HIBAPRESS – Follow-up
Moroccan international goalkeeper Yassine Bounou won the Best Athlete award at the JOY AWARDS 2026 ceremony, which was held in Riyadh, the Saudi Arabian capital, as part of the Riyadh Season events, with the presence of personalities from the fields of art, sports, and media.
Bounou's coronation came after competition that included a number of football players, including Salem Al-Dawsari, Saleh Abu Al-Shamat and Nawaf Al-Aqidi. The award was received on his behalf by the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Morocco to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Dr. Mustafa Al-Mansouri. The JOY AWARDS awards ceremony was held in its sixth edition, on Saturday evening, organized by the General Entertainment Authority in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, in partnership with the MBC group, and in the presence of Advisor Turki bin Abdulmohsen Al Al-Sheikh, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Authority. The ceremony witnessed the coronation of a number of names in the fields of drama, cinema, music and sports, in addition to honoring artistic and sports personalities within the honorary awards, as well as musical and performance segments. The ceremony was broadcast live via MBC channels and the Shahid platform, where the audience followed the honoring segments and the announcement of the winners in various categories. The crowning of Yassine Bounou comes in the context of his continuous presence on the sports scene, after his career with the Moroccan national team and his professional experience, which made him one of the names nominated for the award in the sports category.
