ROBERT MARAWA ATTENDS LAUREUS WORLD SPORTS AWARDS
Robert Marawa with soccer manager Rudd Gullit. PICTURE: Twitter/Robert Marawa |
LOCAL sports journalist and television and radio personality, Robert Marawa, attended
the prestigious Laureus World Sports Awards last night in Monaco by
special invitation from the Laureus and interviewed some of the world’s
top athletes.
The Laureus World Sports Awards is an annual
award ceremony honouring remarkable individuals from the world of sports along
with the greatest sporting achievements throughout the year.
Marawa attended the 18th annual Laureus
World Sports Awards last night in Monaco and interviewed the likes of Usain
Bolt, the Laureus Sportsman of the Year winner; Simone Biles, the Laureus
Sportswoman of the Year, who at just 19 years of age is already the
greatest American gymnast of all time; Claudio Ranieri, Leicester City Coach
and winner of the Laureus Spirit in Sports Award; and Ruud
Gullit, Gary Player, Clarence Seedorf and Boris Becker just to name a few.
Established in 1999 with their first awards ceremony
taking place in 2000, the first Patron of Laureus was Nelson
Mandela. At the inaugural Laureus World Sports Awards in 2000,
former late President Mandela said: “Sport has the power to change the world.
It has the power to unite people in a way that little else does. Sport can
awaken hope where there was previously only despair.” This has become the
philosophy of Laureus and the driving force behind its work. - release by SAPR
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