LeBron James, Naomi Osaka and Lewis Hamilton are included among the shortlists for Laureus World Sport Awards.

James, who was part of the Los Angeles Lakers’s NBA

title journey last year, is nominated for the Sportsman of the Year Award.

He will face Formula One driver Hamilton who shared

the award with Barcelona footballer Lionel Messi last year.

Osaka, who won the Breakthrough Award at the last

staging is nominated for the women’s equivalent.

See the full shortlists for the 2021 Laureus World

Sport Awards below:

Laureus World Sportsman of the Year Award

Joshua Cheptegei, Armand Duplantis, Lewis Hamilton,

LeBron James, Robert Lewandowski, Rafael Nadal.

Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year Award

Anna van der Breggen, Federica Brignone, Brigid

Kosgei, Naomi Osaka, Wendie Renard, Breanna Stewart.

Laureus World Team of the Year Award

Argentina Men’s Rugby Team, Bayern Munich, Kansas

City Chiefs, Liverpool Football Club, Los Angeles Lakers, Mercedes-AMG Petronas

Formula One Team.

Laureus World Breakthrough of the Year Award

Ansu Fati, Patrick Mahomes, Joan Mir, Tadej

Pogacar, Iga Swiatek, Dominic Thiem.

Laureus World Comeback of the Year Award

Daniel Bard, Kento Momota, Alex Morgan, Max Parrot,

Mikaela Shiffrin, Alex Smith.