Women Who Serve: Laureus World Sports Awards

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Thursday, March 11, 2010

Williams and Clijsters win Laureus Awards

Serena Williams has received the Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year Award for 2010. Williams also won the award in 2003. Kim Clijsters received the Laureus World Comeback of the Year Award for winning the U.S. Open after being away from the tour for two years.

Williams won the Comeback award in 2007.

The Laureus World Sports Awards are the most prestigious international awards given to athletes.

Monday, February 18, 2008

Henin wins Laureus Sportswoman of the Year award

World number 1 Justine Henin has won the Laureus World Sports Awards' biggest award for 2007--Sportswoman of the Year. Others nominated were 2006 winner Yelena Isinbayeva, Carolina Kluft, Libby Lenton, Marta, and Lorena Ochoa.

Roger Federer won the men's award for the fourth year in a row.

Thursday, February 7, 2008

Sharapova to host Laureaus Awards

Maria Sharapova will host the 2008 Laureaus World Sports Awards ceremony in St. Petersburg later this month.

Justine Henin is a nominee.

About the blog author

Diane Elayne Dees is a writer, a retired psychotherapist, a former speech communication instructor, and a former public relations specialist. She is also a life-long fan of women's professional tennis.

For several years, Diane published the progressive blog, The Dees Diversion, and she also contributed regularly to the Mother Jones MoJo Blog. Diane has published political essays, short fiction and creative nonfiction. For the past several years, she has concentrated on writing poetry.

An eight-time Pushcart Prize nominee, Diane has published four poetry chapbooks, Coronary Truth (Kelsay Books), The Last Time I Saw You, (Finishing Line Press), The Wild Parrots of Marigny (Querencia Press), and I Can't Recall Exactly When I Died (Kelsay Books). (See ordering information at the top of the page.)

Diane's nature poetry was read on Martha Stewart Living Radio's "The Naturalist's Datebook." She has also published four microchaps with the Origami Poems Project: Beach Days, Pandemic Times, Missing Amy, and Yogic Truth.