A program initiated to support girls in poor neighborhoods in Nairobi, known as ‘Boxgirls’, has been nominated for the Laureus World Sports Awards.
The Laureus Sports Awards is an annual event that was started in 2000 to honor the greatest and most inspirational sporting triumphs of the year. Voting from more than 1,000 sports media from more than 70 different nations results in the creation of shortlists for seven categories, including Sportswoman, Sportsman, Team, Breakthrough, Comeback, Action, and Sport for Good.
The Awards are all-inclusive and the International Paralympic Committee presents the shortlist for the World Athlete of the Year with a Disability award. The Laureus Sport for Good Award celebrates ‘social programs which have made significant contribution in transforming the lives of children and young people through sport’. Kenya’s ‘Boxgirls’ have been nominated for the Laureus Sport for Good Award.
Life experience and skills have been taught to Kenya’s ‘Boxgirls’ who have been given the blueprint of what it takes to battle adversity and lead positive lives through sport in Nairobi.
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Lionel Messi, who helped Argentina win the World Cup, and Rafael Nadal, who finished 2022 top of the list with the most men’s Grand Slam titles, are among the nominees for the top prizes at the Laureus World Sports Awards.
Other Laureus World Sports Awards nominees include Steph Curry and the Golden State Warriors, who won the NBA title for the fourth time in eight years, Katie Ledecky and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, who set records for world titles in the pool and on the track.
The Sportsman of the Year Award will be contested between Lionel Messi, PSG teammate Kylian Mbappe, NBA star Steph Curry, Formula One Legend Max Verstappen, pole vault world-record holder Mondo Duplantis, and 22-time Grand Slam winner Rafael Nadal.
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