for the third straight year for the World Team of the Year Award, along with three football teams -- European Champions Portugal, Champions League winners Real Madrid and Neymar-inspired Olympic gold medal winners Brazil.
for the third straight year for the World Team of the Year Award, along with three football teams -- European Champions Portugal, Champions League winners Real Madrid and Neymar-inspired Olympic gold medal winners Brazil.
American teams Chicago Cubs, winner of their first baseball World Series for 108 years, and NBA Champions Cleveland Cavaliers, led by LeBron James, are also shortlisted.
The Rio Paralympic Games will provide all six nominees for the highly respected World Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability Award with swimmers Ihar Boki from Belarus and New Zealand's Sophie Pascoe, visually impaired Cuban sprinter Omara Durand, Iran weightlifter Siamand Rahman, Swiss wheelchair racer Marcel Hug and Italian fencer Beatrice Vio.
The men's and women's surfing world champions John John Florence and Tyler Wright were nominated for the Laureus Action Sportsperson of the Year Award, along with snowboarder Chloe Kim, skateboarder Pedro Barros, mountain biker Rachel Atherton and Estonia's freestyle skier Kelly Sildaru who at 13 became the youngest ever winner of a gold medal at the Winter Games.
The eventual winners, as voted for by members of the Laureus World Sports Academy, will be revealed here tomorrow at a glittering function.
For the first time ever, sports fans will have the chance to make their voices heard in a brand new Best Sporting Moment of the Year Award.
(This article has not been edited by DNA's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)
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