SPORTSINFO Chairman Thilan Rangana will be part of the Laureus World Sports Awards nominations panel 2025. The awards are held in February each year.
The Laureus World Sports Awards celebrates the most remarkable men and women from the world of sport along with their achievements from the previous calendar year.
To find the winners, a nominations panel of the world’s leading sports editors, writers, and broadcasters vote to create a shortlist of six nominations in five categories – Laureus World Sportsman of the Year, Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year, Laureus World Team of the Year, Laureus World Breakthrough of the Year, and Laureus World Comeback of the Year.
Members of the Laureus World Sports Academy then vote by secret ballot to select the final award winners. The academy also has the power to present Discretionary Awards such as Lifetime Achievement, Spirit of Sport, and Exceptional Achievement.
Since its inception in 2000, the annual awards ceremony celebrates the most remarkable men and women from the world of sport along with the greatest achievements fans have admired throughout the year.
The Laureus movement had a memorable beginning, with a speech from Nelson Mandela, who was named the Laureus Patron.
Laureus Sport for Good uses the power of sport to end violence, discrimination, and disadvantage, proving that sport can change the world. Sport for Good now supports over 100 projects in 35 countries, including Sri Lanka.
This year’s ballot will be held between 20 and 29 November to create a truly global list of nominees, recognising the sporting achievements of 2024. This will be used to select the winners of the Laureus World Sports Awards in April 2025.
On 22 April, Madrid will host the 25th edition of the Laureus World Sports Awards, an event that recognises the world’s best sportsmen and women in seven categories.
SPORTSINFO is a presidential award-winning sports promotion company in Sri Lanka which commenced operations in 2014 with the launch of sports news website sportsinfo.lk.
Besides, the visionary leadership of Thilan Rangana contributed in no small way towards the introduction and implementation of the extraordinary concept of ‘SILK Sports Awards – Sri Lanka’s First Annual Sports Awards (2015), ‘SPORTEX – Sri Lanka’s First National Sports Exhibition (2016)’, ‘Cricket Inspiration Lecture (2017)’, ‘Institute of Sports Management’ (2020), ‘Schools Sports Awards (2022); Sri Lanka’s First Annual Schools Sports Awards which have become best sports brands in Sri Lanka.
Befittingly, in recognition of the significant contributions towards promotion of sports, SPORTSINFO was selected as the runners up under the category of ‘Most Outstanding Sports Promoter & Sponsor of the Year’ at the Presidential Sports Awards in 2015 & ‘The Most Outstanding Sports Electronic Production of the Year-Runners-up’ and ‘The Most Outstanding Sports Promoter of the Year-Bronze’ in 2016.
In July 2019 SPORTSINFO was awarded for ‘The Most Outstanding Sports Promoter & Sponsor of the Year 2017 & 2018 – Runners-up’ and the ‘Most Outstanding Sports Social Media Network of the Year – Runners Up’ at the Presidential Sports Awards in 2019, for the fifth consecutive year.
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