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move&do - Stuttgart, Germany
“move&do” is a mobile play and learning centre which visits schools and local communities around Stuttgart. The project was initiated in 2007 thanks to the support ... (More)

LONDON, February 27, 2007 - A glittering collection of the world’s greatest sports stars has been nominated for the 2007 Laureus World Sports Awards. A record number of leading sports journalists from around the world have voted this year to select the nominees. When the ballot closed on January 31, a total of 1,068 members of the Laureus World Sports Awards Media Selection Panel from 128 countries had cast their votes.

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London, February 28, 2007 - Laureus World Sports Academy member Tanni Grey-Thompson, Britain's greatest ever Paralympic athlete, has announced her retirement after a career which brought her 11 gold medals, 3 silver and a bronze, and established her as one of the most gifted and courageous sportswomen of her generation.

The 37-year-old wheelchair athlete, who was born with spina bifida, has competed at five Paralympics, winning at distances ranging from 100 metres to the marathon. She also won the wheelchair race in the London Marathon six times, including the 2002 race just three months after giving birth to daughter Carys.

LONDON, January 29, 2007– Serena Williams’ win in the Australian Open has made her a late candidate for nomination for the Laureus World Comeback of the Year Award.

BARCELONA, January 10, 2007 - The eighth annual Laureus World Sports Awards is to be staged in Barcelona, Spain, from April 1-2, 2007.

LONDON, January 9, 2007 – American Football star Drew Brees fought back from a career-threatening injury to lead New Orleans Saints to the NFL play-offs in one of the most emotionally-charged sporting successes of the year, following the Saints return to the Louisiana Superdome after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina.

LONDON, December 19, 2006 – McLaren-Mercedes' decision in November to give Britain's Lewis Hamilton a Formula One drive in 2007 alongside World Champion Fernando Alonso has made the 21-year-old Briton a strong contender for nomination for the Laureus Breakthrough of the Year Award.

LONDON, December 12, 2006 – Italy's dramatic victory in the FIFA World Cup last summer in a penalty shootout against France has made them strong contenders to be nominated for the 2007 Laureus World Team of the Year Award.

NEW YORK, December 12, 2006 – An impressive collection of the some of the finest names of American sport were announced as members of the Laureus Friends & Ambassadors programme at a fund-raising cocktail party hosted by Laureus World Sports Academy member John McEnroe at his SoHo art gallery in New York.

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