Sportel Awards 2024: N. Karabatic to be awarded the "Lifetime Sport Achievement Award" on 28/10

Nikola Karabatic, former player for the French men's national handball team and Paris Saint-Germain Handball (Liqui Moly StarLigue), is to be awarded the "2024 Lifetime Sport Achievement Award" at the Sportel Awards 2024 ceremony, which will be held at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco on Monday 28/10/2024, announced Monaco Mediax, the event's organiser, on 12/09/2024.

"Best handball player in history, the left-back, who has won 61 club titles, including three in the Champions League, 22 in the national championship (including 16 in France and 9 with Paris Saint-Germain) in 23 professional seasons, who is now 40, has recently retired after competing at the Paris 2024 Olympics," said the organiser, adding that the Frenchman "is the most successful player in world handball history, with 11 titles in the French national team (three-time Olympic Champion, four-time World Champion and four-time European Champion)."

The "Lifetime Sport Achievement Award" has previously been awarded to former German ice skater Katarina Witt (2023), former French Formula 1 driver Alain Prost (2019) and French…