Tag: Laureus World Sports Academy Member

  • Football legend Cafu becomes newest Laureus world sports academy member

    Football legend Cafu becomes newest Laureus world sports academy member

    Sao Paulo, Nov 3, 2015: Brazilian football legend Cafu has been elected the newest member of the Laureus World Sports Academy. Over a period of 16 years, Cafu played a record 149 games for Brazil, including 20 World Cup matches. He is the only player from any country to appear in four consecutive World Cups.…

  • Tegla Loroupe elected newest Laureus World Sports Academy Member

    London, Feb 3, 2015: Kenya’s Tegla Loroupe, the first African woman to win the New York Marathon, has been elected the newest member of the Laureus World Sports Academy. Tegla, who is active in the field of peace and women’s rights, becomes the 48th member of the Laureus Academy, a unique collection of the world’s…

  • Spanish MotoGP world champion and Laureus award winner

    London, April 8, 2014: Spain’s brilliant young MotoGP world champion Marc Márquez is the newest Laureus Ambassador. Márquez, the youngest ever MotoGP world champion, at 20 years 266 days, a feat for which he received the Laureus World Breakthrough of the Year Award last month, was welcomed into the Laureus Family by motor cycle legend and…