More Sports More Sports Beckenbauer, Figo, Waugh to attend Laureus Awards Sporting greats Franz Beckenbauer, Luis Figo and Steve Waugh will be among the Academy Members for the prestigious Laureus World Sports Awards in Monaco next month. Team Sportstar 21 January, 2019 23:44 IST The 2019 Laureus Sports awards will be held in Monaco. (FILE IMAGE) - GETTY IMAGES Team Sportstar 21 January, 2019 23:44 IST Sporting greats Franz Beckenbauer, Luis Figo and Steve Waugh will be among the Academy Members for the prestigious Laureus World Sports Awards in Monaco next month.Laureus World Sports Academy chairman Sean Fitzpatrick will lead a glittering collection of his fellow Academy Members at the ceremony, including no fewer than 20 Olympic and Paralympic gold medal winners, five FIFA World Cup winners, plus world champions from the major sports.The awards ceremony will be held on February 18.Among the Laureus Academy Members who will be in Monaco are:FootballFranz Beckenbauer, Cafu, Marcel Desailly, Luis Figo, Carles Puyol, Alessandro Del PieroAthleticsSergey Bubka, Cathy Freeman, Tegla Loroupe, Edwin Moses, Nawal El Moutawakel, Daley ThompsonRugbySean Fitzpatrick, Morné du Plessis, Hugo PortaGolfLorena OchoaTennisBoris Becker, Li Na, Monica SelesCyclingFabian Cancellara, Chris HoyGymnasticsNadia Comaneci, Alexey Nemov, Li XiaopengBoxingMarvelous Marvin HaglerSkateboardingTony HawkMotor SportGiacomo Agostini, Mick Doohan, Emerson FittipaldiRowingSteve RedgraveAmerican FootballMarcus AllenTable TennisDeng YapingSwimmingDawn Fraser, Mark SpitzParalympic SportTanni Grey-ThompsonWinter SportMaria Höfl-Riesch, Franz Klammer, Katarina Witt, Yang YangCricketSteve Waugh Read more stories on More Sports. For more updates, follow Sportstar on :