Rio has been named as the host city of the Laureus World Sports Awards for 2013 and 2014, the Laureus Academy announced.
The globally televised event, considered the Oscars of international sports, will give Rio the chance to showcase itself to the sporting world ahead of the 2014 football World Cup and 2016 Olympics, reports Xinhua.
It will be the first time the event has been held in the southern hemisphere since it began in 2000. Read more
The Britain No. 1 Andy Murray quelling Switzerland’s Roger Federet’s challenge with 6-2, 6-1, 6-4 in men’s singles final at Wimbledon gold medal match at the All England Lawn Tennis Club today.
Stunned Olympic gold medal at 2012 London Olympics by Murray is called as revenge time as on the same Centre court last month Murray had defeated by Swiss on the Wimbledon final Read more
Hitting a win-win in four-set Wimbledon final against Britain’s Andy Murray, Roger Federe has claimed the seventh All England Club title and celebrated 17th Grand Slam crown of his exhaustic career.
This victorious move brought for him Centre Court’s £80 million prize.
Since getting his 16th Grand Slam at the 2010 Australian Open, Federe had been waiting for another hit that has moved in his eighth Wimbledon final and 24th Grand Slam championship match. Read more
The Indian cricket team captain MS Dhoni has one again proved that he is lucky as he overtakes the ‘Sprint King’ Usain Bolt, tennis mastero Novak Djokovic and ‘God of Cricket’ master blaster Sachin Tendulkar in the latest list of world’s 100 richest sportspersons.
Meanwhile, the survey was conducted by the Forbes magazine. Read more
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