Laureus World Sports Awards ceremony honours greatest athletes in the world

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Laureus World Sports Awards ceremony honours greatest athletes in the world  In Madrid, Laureus World Sports Awards gathered some of the most important athletes in the world on Monday evening for an annual award ceremony.   READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2025/04/22/laureus-world-sports-awards-ceremony-honours-greatest-athletes-in-the-world  Subscribe on our Dailymotion channel and receive all the latest news from the continent.    Africanews is available in English and French.  Website : www.africanews.com  Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/  Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews

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00:00Madrid became the capital city of sports on Monday night as the Laureate World Sports

00:05Awards celebrated its 25th anniversary.

00:08Gathering some of the world's best athletes across varying disciplines, the awards celebrated

00:13excellence in sports across the globe.

00:16Among the laureates were tennis star Rafael Nadal and surfing legend Kelly Slater, but

00:21also Rebecca Andrade and Simone Biles, Olympic gymnasts, rivals and friends.

00:27Rebecca Andrade was honored as World Comeback of the Year after recovering from an injury

00:31and winning a gold medal in the Paris Olympics.

00:37I'm very happy and honored to receive my first laureate.

00:42I'm very proud of it and I feel blessed by the team I have, by the family I have, who

00:47have always believed in me, even when I didn't believe in myself.

00:57I'd also like to thank someone who is here with us tonight, who is very important to

01:01me, who has played, as I can say, a very important role in the world getting to know me.

01:07I'm not an athlete, I'm Rebecca.

01:12Simone Biles was named World Sports Woman of the Year.

01:15I want to thank Laureus so much for this incredible honor.

01:19I have been dreaming of moments like this since I was a foster kid, so I have to say thank

01:25you to my parents for adopting my sister and I and for allowing me to turn my passion into

01:32my profession.

01:33Please welcome to the stage.

01:34The Laureus Sports for Good Award went to Kick for Life, a charity foundation that uses football

01:39to engage children and teens in Lesotho and educate them about HIV.

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