On June 30, at the Irina Viner-Usmanova Gymnastics Palace, one of the largest events in the betting and sports industries took place – the 4th annual ceremony presenting the BR International Awards, organized by the largest portal about sports and sports betting “Bookmakers Rating”. The guests of the evening were the presidents of clubs and federations, famous coaches, athletes and show business celebrities.
This year, the majority of the event was directed by Yuri Kvyatkovsky, a teacher at the Moscow Art Theater School, actor, director of the Brusnikin Workshop, and assistant to the artistic director of the Praktika Theater. The main presenter of the show was Mikhail Bashkatov. Nikolai Bandurin, Emma Gadzhieva, and Alexander Enbert also took part in the production.
The awards ceremony was attended by the president of the All-Russian Federation of Rhythmic Gymnastics, the head coach of the Russian national team Irina Aleksandrovna Viner-Usmanova, as well as sports and show business stars: Victoria Lopyreva, Dina and Arina Averina, Anastasia Makeeva, Alina Zagitova, Alexei Stolyarov and Ksenia Shoigu, Nastasya Samburskaya, Nika Viper, Olesya Sudzilovskaya, Yulia Savicheva, Svetlana Abramova, Konstantin Andrikopulos, Ekaterina Makarova, Boris Nikonorov, Daria Trubnikova, Irina Jovovich and others.
Emmanuel Adebayor, a Togolese footballer known for his appearances for London Arsenal, Real Madrid, Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur, was the guest of honour at the Award.
Gymnast Dina Averina won the Athlete of the Year nomination, Alexander Ovechkin received the Ambassador of the Year award (Fonbet); Sevastian Terletsky (Sport-Express) became the best sports journalist, and Konstantin Genich became the best TV commentator. Sergey Galitsky won the nomination “The Best Top Manager in the Sports Industry”, and the jury awarded the prize “The Best Top Manager in the Betting Industry” to Yuri Nesterov (BETCITY).
The winners of the Award in different nominations were: “Grand Prix: the best bookmaker of the year” – “Fonbet”; “Brand of the Year”, “Best Line” – “1xBet”; “Best Application” – PARI; “The most reliable bookmaker” – “Melbet”; “Best Esports Bookmaker” – BetBoom; “Best Customer Service”, “Best According to Runet”, “Best Bookmaker in Kazakhstan” – Olimpbet; “Best Loyalty Program” – Tennisi.bet; “The best odds according to ODDS.ru”, “The best welcome bonus” – “BETCITY”. The betting company “Astrabet” received a special prize in the “Debut of the Year” nomination. Also, special prizes were awarded to Vivaro Media in the nomination “The Best Innovative Sports Channel in the CIS”; Titul as “Best Sports & Entertainment Promotion Company” and Digitain as “Best Betting Data Provider”; Liga Stavok – “Cooperation of the Year” according to BetON Mobile.
For the third year running, the Match TV media holding won the Best Sports Media nomination. The best sports Telegram channel was Real Radio Utkin; 2DROTS was recognized as the best media football club; the “Best Pop-MMA Promotion” award went to the Nashe Delo organization; the prize “Best Sports YouTube Channel” went to “BALL Production”.