Indian cricketer, Sachin Tendulkar along with other four sports persons on 15 April 2015 was inducted into the prestigious Laureus Sports Academy.
The other sportsmen name are:
- Yao Ming– Retired Chinese professional basketball player.
- Tegla Loroupe– Kenyan long-distance runner.
- Li Xiaopeng– Chinese gymnast.
- Yang Yang– Former Chinese short track speed skater Yang Yang.
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- About Sachin Tendulkar
- Sachin is one of the best former Indian cricketer.
- He took up cricket at the age of eleven, made his Test debut on 15 November 1989 against Pakistan in Karachi at the age of sixteen.
- He is the only player to have scored one hundred international centuries.
- In his entire career, he had played for India in 200 Tests, 463 One-Day Internationals (ODIs) and one Twenty20 International.
- In 200 Test matches he had scored 15,921 runs at an average of 53.78. It comprised of 51 centuries and 68 half centuries.
- Awards and honours:
- Sachin received the Arjuna Award in 1994.
- Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award in 1997.
- Padma Shri award in 1999.
- Padma Vibhushan awards in 2008.
- On 16 November 2013, the Prime Minister’s Office announced the decision to award him the Bharat Ratna.
- He is the youngest recipient to date and the first ever sportsperson to receive the award.
- He also won the 2010 Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for cricketer of the year at the ICC awards.
- He was also the first sportsperson and the first person without an aviation background to be awarded the honorary rank of group captain by the Indian Air Force.
- In 2012, he was named an Honorary Member of the Order of Australia.
- Laureus World Sports Awards:
- The Laureus World Sports Awards is an annual award ceremony honoring remarkable individuals from the world of sports along with the greatest sporting achievements throughout the year.
- It was established in 1999 by founding patrons Daimler and Richemont.
- The first event was held on May 25, 2000 in Monte Carlo.
