MADRID, April 21, 2025 - Madrid became the capital city of sport tonight as the Laureus World Sports Awards celebrated its 25th anniversary by gathering the greatest athletes not only of the past 12 months, but of the 21st Century.Simone Biles and Rebecca Andrade – friends, rivals and Olympic champions from the world of gymnastics – were both winners here; both sides of Spanish football’s great duopoly were represented on the winners’ podium, as Real Madrid and Barcelona’s Lamine Yamal were honoured; and...

MADRID, April 20, 2025 - Rebeca Andrade, the Olympic gymnastics champion, has spoken of her pride in being part of a ‘historic moment’ – the Games’ first gymnastics podium to feature three black athletes.The Brazilian gymnast is nominated for the Laureus World Comeback of the Year Award at the Laureus World Sports Awards after suffering three anterior cruciate ligament injuries during her career. Her comeback was captured in one of the images of the Games: Andrade on top of the podium, with Simone Biles...

TBILISI, April  18, 2025 - Jemal (Elguja) Gugushvili, a veteran football player and renowned coach of Georgia has turned 80 years old. The Ministry of Sports of Georgia awarded Gugushvili the “ Knight of Sports” - the highest sports title in the country for “the special merits in the development of football of Georgia”.  The ceremony took place at the ministry, and was attended by the Minister of Sports of Georgia Shalva Gogoladze and the first vice-president of the Georgian Football Federation (GFF) Kakha...

BAKU, April 17, 2025 - The Executive Committee of the Azerbaijan Sports Journalists Association (AIJA) convened on April 15 to deliberate on the forthcoming 30th anniversary of the organization, established in 1995 by renowned journalist Eldar Ismayilov, who is also the president of the association.Presiding over the meeting, Ismayilov highlighted the significance of the upcoming milestone, coinciding with the 150th anniversary of the Azerbaijani national press. He expressed pride in AIJA’s three-decade...