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Bolt, Nadal, Williams among nominees for Laureus World Sports Awards

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The full list of Nominees for the 2014 Laureus World Sports Awards is:   Laureus World Sportsman of the Year Usain Bolt (Jamaica) Athletics – won 100m, 200m and 4 x 100m World Championship gold medals Mo Farah (UK) Athletics – won classic 5,000m and 10,000m double in World Championships LeBron James (US) Basketball – Miami Heat star, voted NBA MVP for fourth time in five years Rafael Nadal ( pic ) (Spain) Tennis – winner of French Open, US Open and five ATP Masters event Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) Football - scored 69 goals for Real Madrid and Portugal in 2013 Sebastian Vettel (Germany) Motor Racing – won fourth straight Formula One World Championship Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year Nadine Angerer (Germany) Football – FIFA Women’s Player of the Year, captain of German team Missy Franklin (US) Swimming – at 18, won a record six gold medals in World Championships Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (Jamaica) Athletics – won three sprint gold...

Putrajaya to host Formula E

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What is Formula E ? It is a single-seater championship, under FIA, featuring cars powered by electricity. Races will be held in 1o major cities around the world. E means electric. But the hardcore petrol heads would cringe and say it's Formula Ewwwwww! World champion Sebastian Vettel had told Fox Sports he was not a fan of the city racing concept, despite the fact the almost-silent cars are being built by famous F1 names Williams and McLaren. “I don’t like it at all,” the Red Bull driver said. “I think the people come here to feel Formula One and there’s not much to feel when a car goes by and you don’t even hear anything else but the wind. With maximum speeds of 200km/h, it is deemed 'slow'. Even an 800cc easy rider or a modified Perodua Viva can hit speeds exceeding 200km/h easily. Existing F1 cars, meanwhile, can be configured to do about 386 km/h . Others, however, are more optimistic. They say Formula E, being an FIA project, has a promising futur...