Ha Ji-won to be award presenter at Laureus Sports Awards, the prestigious award ceremony for remarkable athletes

Published on 2015/04/10 | Source

Hallyu star Ha Ji-won will attend the prestigious sports awards ceremony as an award presenter

Her agency, Haewadal entertainment said on April 10th, "Ha Ji-won will leave to Shanghai on April 14th to attend the Laureus Sports Awards, where she will go on the stage as an award presenter for "This year's sportsman – sportswoman".

Laureus Sports Awards is equivalent to the Academy Awards in sports. The previous recipients of the awards include tennis star, Roger Federer and track and field star, Usain Bolt, which helped the awards ceremony emerge as a globally reputable sports awards. The ceremony will be broadcast to 180 countries and is expected to be watched by 500 million viewers.

Laureus Sports Awards was founded in the year of 2000. Previous award presenters include Michael Douglas, Gwyneth Paltrow, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Hugh Grant. Ha Ji-won is the third award persenter for this ceremony after Jacky Chan and Maggie Cheung in Asia.

Laureus Sports Awards will be hosted by the British top star, Benedict Cumberbatch again this year.