Malaysia to stage 2014 Laureus World Sports Awards
Sports
code: Sports awards
Source: laureus.com
Date: 5/2/14
Source: laureus.com
Date: 5/2/14
The
2014 Laureus World Sports Awards is to be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on
Wednesday, March 26.
This is the 15th year of the Laureus World Sports
Awards and Edwin Moses, Chairman of the Laureus World Sports Academy, said: “I am delighted that the 2014
Awards is to be staged in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is an exciting development
that Laureus is being held in South East Asia for the first time, enabling the
Laureus message to be extended to a new part of the world.
“Of course this will be a very
emotional occasion as it is the first Awards since the death of our Patron, the
great Nelson Mandela, and I am sure with the support of everyone in Kuala
Lumpur it will be an Awards Ceremony to remember where we can salute today’s
sporting heroes and pay tribute to President Mandela.”
The globally televised Awards Ceremony, attended by living
legends of sport, celebrates the achievements of the greatest sportsmen and
sportswomen each year.
Among the sporting greats who have been named as winners of
Awards over the 15 years of Laureus have been Usain Bolt, Lindsay Vonn,
Roger Federer, Serena Williams and Rafael Nadal.
YB Dato' Seri Mohamed Nazri, Minister of Tourism & Culture
of Malaysia, said: “Kuala Lumpur is honoured to have been given the privilege of
hosting the prestigious 2014 Laureus World Sports Awards and the city looks
forward to staging this internationally-renowned event and welcoming a plethora
of sporting legends to Malaysia. This is a sports-loving country and I can
promise warm Malaysian hospitality awaits all our guests.
“We are proud to count
badminton world No 1, Dato’ Lee Chong Wei, squash world champion Dato’ Nicol
David and 2012 Olympic bronze medalist in platform diving Pandelela Rinong as
products of our sports culture. Coupled with international events such as the
Monsoon Cup and Formula One Grand Prix, we are supremely confident that Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia, is the perfect host for a sporting event with such global
significance. I am positive this will be an event to remember for all
involved.”
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