Novak Djokovic will lead the Laureus Awards gala

Novak Djokovic, five times winner of the laureus award as best athlete of the year, The last one in 2024, heads the list of attendees to the Gala for the Distinctions of this year, which will be held on Monday, April 21, at the Cibeles Palace in Madrid.

The ceremony, which commemorates the 25th anniversary of the awards, will take place for the second consecutive year in Spain, with Carlos Alcaraz, Mundo Duplantis, León Marchand, Tadej Pogacar and Max Verstappen as candidates to relieve Serbio.

“The laureus awards give us athletes the rare opportunity not only to gather and share our experiences, but also to celebrate the Laureus mission – which Nelson Mandela entrusted us 25 years ago – to use sport to change the world,” Djokovic said, in statements released by Laureus.

Since a year ago he collected his fifth award, the Serbian has won a gold medal in the Paris Olympic Games 2024 and inscribed his name in the history books of Golden Slam.

“It is exciting to return to Madrid to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Laureus Awards. I have very good memories of having collected my fifth laureus in Madrid last year and I have the privilege of being able to attend again,” he added Nole.

Together with the Serbian, among the academy’s sports legends, the six -time Grand Slam champion and former Djokovic coach, Djokovic, have also confirmed their assistance to the prizes, Boris Becker and football figures such as Cafú, Luis Figo and Ruud Gullit, of Gymnastics such as Nadia Comaneci, of Athletics such as Edwin Moses and Nawal El Moutawakel, the winner of the World Cup of Rugby Bryan Havana and the Olympic Chris today and Steve Redgrave.

“It is very exciting to return to Madrid, where the city and the region welcomed us so hot last year. While we celebrated our 25th anniversary, we also hope to celebrate athletes who made 2024 an unforgettable year,” said Sean Fitzpatrick, president of the Laureus Academy.

The organization He recalled that the 69 sport legends that make up his academy They annually choose the winners of their awards, previously selected in each category by a panel of more than 1300 international sports media.

The so -called gala “Oscars” of sport, In which the winners will receive the Laureus statuette as a symbol of excellence, it will also feature the assistance of Ambassadors Laureus such as Fabio Capello, who won two leagues with Real Madrid in 1997 and 2007, the tennis champion Garbiñe Muguruza, who announced his withdrawal from sport at the awards last year, and the adventurer Annabelle Bond.