03-03-2025
Verstappen, Biles & Pidcock among award nominees
Olympic champions Simone Biles, Mondo Duplantis, Leon Marchand, Faith Kipyegon, Sifan Hassan and Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone are among a star-studded shortlist for the Laureus World Sports Biles, the world's most decorated gymnast, is a three-time winner of the women's award and also claimed the comeback award last year. She won three golds in Paris in the team, all-around and vault plus a silver on floor and now has 11 Olympic is joined on the shortlist by a trio of athletes - American McLaughlin-Levrone, the 400m hurdles and 4x400m relay champion, Kenya's Kipyegon, who won a third 1500m title and Dutch star Hassan, the marathon year's winner, the Spanish footballer Aitana Bonmati, and tennis world number one Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus complete the the men's side, pole vaulter Duplantis, who retained his Olympic title and has broken the world record 11 times, and swimmer Marchand, the winner of four golds at his home Games, both enjoyed Olympic success last on the shortlist are the 2023 winner Max Verstappen, who claimed his fourth consecutive Formula 1 title, Slovenian cyclist Tadej Pogacar, who won the Tour de France, Giro d'Italia and world title, and Spanish tennis player Carlos Alcaraz, the winner of Grand Slam titles at the French Open and WimbledonHowever, Alcaraz's on-court rival Jannik Sinner, the world number one had his nomination withdrawn last week after he was given a three-month doping ban.
British cyclist Tom Pidcock is nominated for the action award after retaining his Olympic mountain biking title in spectacular who trailed French rider Victor Koretzky by as much as 40 seconds at one point, defied a puncture to win his second consecutive is joined on the shortlist by two gold-medal winning skateboarders – Yuto Horigome and last year's winner Arisa Trew, snowboarder Chloe Kim, surfer Caroline Marks and Polish speed climber Aleksandra McLaren Formula 1 team are the only nominee for the team of the year award not to hail from either Spain or the sport's second longest-lived team ended a 26-year wait to win the 2024 constructors' nominated are three Spanish football teams - Real Madrid men, Spain men and Barcelona women, along with USA men's basketball team and the Boston is also represented in the world breakthrough award through San Antonio Spurs and France star Victor Wembanyama, who is up against Olympic gold-medal winning athletes Julien Alfred of St Lucia and Letsile Tebogo of Botswana, Canadian swimmer Summer McIntosh and Spanish footballer Lamine Paris Paralympic gold medallist and London Marathon winner Catherine Debrunner of Switzerland is among those nominated for the sportsperson with a disability along with wheelchair tennis player Tokito Oda, archer Matt Stutzman, swimmers Teresa Perales and Jian Yuhan, and badminton player Qu nominees for the awards are selected by a panel of journalists and broadcasters with the winners to be announced at a ceremony in Madrid on 16 April.
Sportsman of the year
Carlos Alcaraz (Spain) - tennis Mondo Duplantis (Sweden) - athletics Leon Marchand (France) - swimmingTadej Pogacar (Slovenia) - cycling Max Verstappen (Netherlands) - Formula 1
World sportswoman of the year
Simone Biles (USA) - gymnastics Aitana Bonmati (Spain) - footballSifan Hassan (Netherlands) - athletics Faith Kipyegon (Kenya) - athletics Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (USA) - athletics Aryna Sabalenka - tennis
Team of the year
FC Barcelona women - footballBoston Celtics - basketballMcLaren - Formula 1Real Madrid men - footballSpain men - footballUSA men - basketball
Breakthrough of the year
Julien Alfred (St Lucia) - athletics Bayer 04 Leverkusen (Germany) - football Summer McIntosh (Canada) - swimming Letsile Tebogo (Botswana) - athleticsVictor Wembanyama (France) - basketball Lamine Yamal (Spain) - football
Comeback of the year
Rebeca Andrade (Brazil) - gymnasticsCaeleb Dressel (USA) - swimming Lara Gut-Behrami (Switzerland) - alpine skiingMarc Marquez (Spain) - motor cyclingRishabh Pant (India) - cricketAriarne Titmus (Australia) - swimming
Action sportsperson of the year
Yuto Horigome (Japan) - skateboarding Chloe Kim (USA) - snowboarding Caroline Marks (USA) - surfing Aleksandra Miroslaw (Poland) - speed climbing Tom Pidcock (GB) - mountain bikingArisa Trew (Australia) - skateboarding
Sportsperson of the year with a disability
Catherine Debrunner (Switzerland) - athleticsTeresa Perales (Spain) - swimming Tokito Oda (Japan) - wheelchair tennisMatt Stutzman (USA) - archery Jiang Yuyan (China) - swimmingQu Zimo (China) - wheelchair badminton
Sport for good award
Kick4life (Lesotho) - football & gender equity Figure Skating in Harlem (USA) - figure skating & racial equityKind Surf (Spain) - surfing & inclusionLiberi Nantes (Italy) - football & social inclusionParis Basket 18 (France) - basketball & gender equityStreet League (UK) - multi-sport & employability
