Some more info re" European activities -
England coach Eriksson to attend Laureus World Sports Award
www.chinaview.cn 2005-05-13 09:35:01
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-05/13/content_2953265.htm LISBON, May 12 (Xinhuanet) -- England football coach Sven Goran Eriksson is the latest sports personality to confirm attendance atthe sixth annual Laureus World Sports Awards at the Casino Estoril, Portugal, on the evening of Monday.
Also present at the ceremony will be four-time Olympic champion rower Matthew Pinsent and French rugby legend Abdel Benazzi.
From the world of entertainment, English actress Joely Richardson will be a guest, along with Cuba Gooding Jnr, who won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as American Football star Rod Tidwell in the film Jerry Maguire.
Other top names in the ceremony will include Boris Becker, Abdel Benazzi, Darren Berrecloth, Bertrand Berry, Sergey Bubka, Jackie Chan, Bobby Charlton, Sebastian Coe, Nadia Comaneci, Gunn-Rita Dahle, Roger Federer, Morgan Freeman, Edwin Moses, RobbyNaish, Martina Navratilova, Luis Felipe Scolari, Mark Spitz, DaleyThompson andKatarina Witt.
Switzerland's World No.1 tennis star Roger Federer, who has been nominated for the 2005 Laureus World Sportsman of the Year Award, will be present in Estoril, along with other nominees like Britain's Kelly Holmes, who won the gold medal in Athens in the 800 and 1,500 meters, Yelena Isinbayeva, Russia's gold medal pole vaulter and Otto Rehhagel, coach of the European Football Champions Greece.
The confirmed guests include great names of sport such as former World Middleweight Champion Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Portuguese football legend Eusebio, Portugal's football coach LuisFelipe Scolari and Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting.
Among Laureus Academy members who will be in Estoril will be Boris Becker, Bobby Charlton, Sebastian Coe, Nadia Comaneci, Emerson Fittipaldi,Michael Johnson, Edwin Moses, Gary Player and Katarina Witt. They will be joined by stars from the world of entertainment including renowned Hollywood actor Morgan Freeman, Owen Wilson, Jackie Chan and Teri Hatcher.
The Laureus World Sports Awards has established a unique place in the sporting calendar, honouring the greatest sportsmen and sportswomen from around the world and across all sports.
The winners are selected by the ultimate sports jury - the Laureus World Sports Academy, a unique collection of 40 of the greatest sportsmen and sportswomen of all time, led by Chairman Edwin Moses.
The sixth annual Laureus World Sports Awards will be held in Estoril from May 14-16, 2005. The Awards Ceremony, which is seen by a worldwide first run TV audience of 460 million, will be staged at the Casino Estoril on the evening of Monday, May 16. Laureus TV programming annually attracts an audience of over one billion.
Last year's Awards Ceremony was one of the highlights of the sporting year. Football legend Luis Figo was in the audience alongwith Hollywood actors Michael Douglas and Morgan Freeman, renowned tenor Placido Domingo and His Excellency Jose Barroso, the former Prime Minister of Portugal and currently the European Commission President.
The Laureus Awards Ceremony is the climax of two days of exciting sports events including the Laureus Golf Challenge, the Laureus Beach Festivalat Tamariz Beach and the Laureus Regatta in Cascais Bay.
The Laureus Golf Challenge, hosted by Laureus Academy member and golfing legend Gary Player, one of only five men to win golf's Grand Slam, will take place at Penha Longa, the Robert Trent JonesII designed course between Sintra and Cascais.
The Laureus Beach Festival which will take place on the spectacular strip of sand between Estoril and Cascais will include beach volleyball, football and tennis, while the Laureus Regatta will feature yachts crewed by members of various America's Cup teams. Enditem
Re the photo's - It's also strongly rumoured that Marcello Dell'utri has powerful mafia connections, he's the right hand man to Silvio Berlusconi the Prime Minister....So watch out...treat the girl right Owen or you'll end up in the bay with cement boots! LOL.
Personally, I don't think there's much in the association.
Also, the girl in the pic seemed too tall for Araba, she's tiny, tiny.