Madrid, April 8 -- Laureus football legends will be on hand later this month to welcome a celebrated collection of football stars to the 2026 Laureus World Sports Awards - the Athletes' Awards.

Cafu played a record 142 times for Brazil, the only player to have appeared in three World Cup finals, winning in 1994 and 2002; Marcel Desailly was a member of the French team which won the 1998 World Cup and the 2000 European Championship; Luis Figo made history playing for both FC Barcelona AND Real Madrid; and Ruud Gullit won two European Cups with AC Milan and captained the Netherlands to victory at Euro 1988. He also won the Ballon d'Or in 1987.

According to a press release, all four will be present in Madrid on April 20 to honour the great...