WE GO AGAIN
KEVIN McCALLUM: From Boksburg to bubbly in Monaco — I’m ready this time
Laureus World Sports Awards: two whirlwind days of celebration, interviews and shameless name-dropping
I first heard a car talk on the road from Nice to Monaco. It was a Mercedes, a 500-something, I think. It drove like a whisper and spoke in French. I now know it was the GPS doing the talking, but back then I was a country bumpkin from Boksburg who bought MapStudio guides to navigate my way around. We were rolling into Monaco for the 2001 Laureus World Sports Awards, the second edition of the event. On Tuesday, the awards will return to Monaco for its 18th ceremony — two whirlwind days of celebration, interviews and shameless name-dropping. Which is exactly what this column will consist of. Oh, I know the awards are just the big show and Laureus do very important work in communities around the world through their Sport for Good foundation, but the ceremony shines a light on the foundation’s hard work. It gives it oxygen — and the publicity and funds to carry on. The 2001 awards were held the week before the Monte Carlo Grand Prix. The barriers and branding banners were up, the pits ...
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