BERLIN, April 17, 2016 – Hugely popular Hollywood comedian, actor and writer Bill Murray, famous for landmark roles in blockbuster films such as Groundhog Day, Ghostbusters, Lost In Translation and The Grand Budapest Hotel, is to host the 2016 Laureus World Sports Awards in Berlin on April 18.
Bill’s latest successes have included the movie Rock the Kasbah and he was also nominated by the Screen Actors Guild for the Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor for `A Very Murray Christmas’ shown on Netflix in December, which he also wrote.
Bill Murray said: “As a world class athlete, I am at my best at a moment like this. It’s what I have trained for.”
The Laureus World Sports Awards is the premier honours event on the international sporting calendar. The winners, as voted by the Laureus World Sports Academy, the ultimate sports jury, made up of more than 50 of the greatest sportsmen and sportswomen of all time, will be unveiled at the Awards Ceremony staged at the Messe Berlin Palais am Funkturm on the evening of Monday, April 18.
The Laureus Academy Members, Ambassadors, Nominees and Guests so far confirmed for Berlin are:
| Boris Becker | Anna Fenninger | Edwin Moses |
| Oliver Bierhoff | Sean Fitzpatrick | Robby Naish |
| Ole Bischof | Cathy Freeman | Ilie Nastase |
| Stefan Blöcher | Jan Frodeno | Alexey Nemov |
| Fredi Bobic | Tanni Grey-Thompson | Brian O’Driscoll |
| Marie Bochet | Bryan Habana | Victoria Pendleton |
| Ian Botham | Marvelous Marvin Hagler | Hugo Porta |
| Martin Braxenthaler | Mika Hakkinen | Carles Puyol |
| Bob Burnquist | Regina Halmich | Raul |
| Flavio Canto | Lewis Hamilton | Steve Redgrave |
| Cafu | Maria Höfl-Riesch | Jamie Redknapp |
| Nadia Comaneci | Chris Hoy | Markus Rehm |
| David Coulthard | Nadine Kessler | Nico Rosberg |
| Liu Cuiqing | Kip Keino | David Rudisha |
| Alessandro Del Piero | Chloe Kim | Anna Schaffelhuber |
| Deng Yaping | Christa Kinshofer | Axel Schulz |
| Marcel Desailly | Franz Klammer | Michael Teuber |
| Kapil Dev | Philip Köster | Daley Thompson |
| Genzebe Dibaba | Stefan Kretzschmar | Pascal Wehrlein |
| Mick Doohan | Nia Künzer | Steve Waugh |
| Morné du Plessis | Niki Lauda | Katarina Witt |
| Pieter du Preez | Jens Lehmann | Toto Wolff |
| Omara Durand | Tegla Loroupe | Kathi Wörndl |
| Mick Fanning | Joachim Löw | |
| Luis Figo | Garrett McNamara |
The Laureus World Sports Awards supports Laureus Sport for Good by showcasing the incredible work it does to transform the lives of individuals and communities around the world by using the power of sport as a tool to combat challenging social issues. Since its inception, Laureus Sport for Good has raised over €100 million and supported over 150 projects worldwide which use sport to tackle violence, discrimination and disadvantage. Laureus Sport for Good has helped to improve the lives of millions of young people in over 35 countries and is proving that sport can change the world.
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