The Laureus World Sports Awards, which honour and recognise the top athletes in world sport, return to the Spanish capital, Madrid, for the 2026 edition.\u00a0<\/p>\n
On Monday, April 20,\u00a0the annual awards\u00a0will be held at the Cibeles Palace in the heart\u00a0of the Spanish capital, which also staged the previous two editions of the ceremony.<\/p>\n
Ra\u00fal Gonz\u00e1lez Blanco, Laureus World Sports Academy Member and Real Madrid football legend is excited that Spain remains at the centre of world sport.<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel truly honoured that my home city is once again hosting this wonderful celebration of global sport,” said Blanco.<\/p>\n
“The Laureus World Sports Awards are special not only because they recognise sporting achievement and success, but also the positive change that sport can drive in our society,\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Since the 2024 edition, the awards in Madrid have linked\u00a0Laureus-supported initiatives that provide educational opportunities and encourage active participation in sports in order to improve the lives of young people in the city and surrounding areas.<\/p>\n
Real Madrid star and winner of the 2024 Laureus World Breakthrough of the Year Award, Jude Bellingham, was announced as a Laureus Ambassador in September.<\/p>\n
In each of the seven major categories, one winner will receive a Laureus Sports stautette. The awardees will be selected by the\u00a0Laureus World Sports Academy jury.<\/p>\n
World pole vault record holder Mondo Duplantis<\/a> and the most decorated gymnast in history Simone Biles<\/a> won the Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year Awards, respectively, at the 25th anniversary awards, held last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Laureus World Sports Awards, which honour and recognise the top athletes in world sport, return to the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":246096,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":{"0":"post-246095","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-il","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246095\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/246096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}