A surprise ! We anticipated at least to see the name of Tunisia appear in the final list of candidates for the Laureus World Sports Awards 2022. Neither Ons Jabeur with her phenomenal career on the WTA , nor the swimmer Ayoub Hafnaoui with his gold medal in the 400m freestyle event at the Olympic Games, or even the Tunisian athlete Walid Ktila and his feat (new record 15.01s) with the gold medal in the 100m Final – T34 of the Tokyo Paralympic Games, and finally the Tunisian weightlifter Ghofrane Belkhir, crowned double World Champion (in the snatch 55 kg and in total), were picked. Unfortunately, no Arab sportsman is even among the stars of world sport, even the Algerian football team and its exceptional career with 35 matches without defeat.
Here is the full list of nominees:
* Sportsman of the Year Award
Tom Brady (USA) American Football
Novak Djokovic (Serbia) Tennis
Caeleb Dressel (USA)
Eliud Kipchoge (Kenya)
Athletics Robert Lewandowski (Poland)
Football Max Verstappen (Netherlands) Motor racing
* Sportswoman of the Year Award
Ashleigh Barty (Australia) Tennis
Allyson Felix (USA) Athletics
Katie Ledecky (USA) Swimming
Emma McKeon (Australia) Swimming
Alexia Putellas (Spain) Football
Elaine Thompson-Herah (Jamaica) Athletics
* Team of the Year
Argentina men’s national football team
Barcelona women’s football team (Spain)
Italy men’s football team
Milwaukee Bucks (USA) Basketball
* Breakthrough of the year
Neeraj Chopra (India) Athletics
Daniil Medvedev (Russia) Tennis
Pedri (Spain) Soccer
Emma Raducanu (United Kingdom) Tennis
Yulimar Rojas (Venezuela) Athletics
Ariarne Titmus (Australia) Swimming
* Return of the Year
Simone Biles (USA) Gymnastics
Sky Brown (UK) Skateboard
Mark Cavendish (UK) Cycling
Tom Daley (UK) Diving
Marc Márquez (Spain) Motorcycling
Annemiek van Vleuten (Netherlands) Cycling
* Athlete of the year with a disability
Diede De Groot (Netherlands) Wheelchair Tennis
Marcel Hug (Switzerland) Wheelchair Athletics
Shingo Kunieda (Japan) Wheelchair Tennis
Jetze Plat (Netherlands) Para-cycling / Paratriathlon
Susana Rodríguez (Spain) Paratriathlon
Sarah Storey (United Kingdom) Para-cycling
* Global Action Sportsman of the Year
Italo Ferreira (Brazil) Surfing
Alberto Ginés (Spain) Climbing
Yuto Horigome (Japan) Skateboard
Carissa Moore (USA) Surfing
Momiji Nishiya (Japan)
Skateboard Bethany Shriever (UK) BMX
*Sport for Good Awards
Ich da rauf! (Germany) Climbing
Jucà Pe Cagnà (Italy) Multisports Kick
4 Life (Lesotho) Football
Lost Boyz Inc. (USA) Baseball
Monkey Magic (Japan) Climbing
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