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Lionel Messi was crowned sportsman of the year on The Laures World Sports Awards; an annual award-giving event that recognizes big names in the world of sports was concluded on Monday, May 8th, in Paris, France.
The ceremony was once again, like in the previous years, done in style as many sports personalities who had been nominated were in attendance, as winners were awarded in front of a constellation of the current and retired stars of the gaming world.
Lionel Andres Messi was the main protagonist of the night. The Argentine football megastar was awarded the biggest prize of the night, The Spokesperson for the Year, and also received, alongside his Argentinean teammates, the award for the best team of the year, this after their triumph at the 2022 world cup in Qatar.
The 35-year-old Paris St Germain forward has previously won the award once before, sharing it with Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton in 2020.
Messi also became the first athlete to scoop both the World Sportsman of the Year Award and the World Team of the Year Award in the same year.
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I was looking at the names of the incredible legends that won the Laureus Sportsman of the Year Award before me: Schumacher, Woods, Nadal, Federer, Bolt, Hamilton, Djokovic, it really sunk in what unbelievable company I’m in and what a unique honour this is.”
Messi Said
Lionel Messi, who attended the event with his wife Antonella Roccuzzo, had been up against fellow Paris Saint-Germain forward Kylian Mbappe for the award.
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The year 2022 saw the football star make a great run in the national team shirt triumphantly, eventually winning the Qatar FIFA World Cup, the biggest stage in the world of sports. An event in which, Lionel Messi was also named the player of the tournament, having tirelessly fought for the third star on his nation’s shirt.
Winners other than Lionel Messi
Laureus World Sportsman of the Year award: Lionel Messi, Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year award: Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Laureus World Team of the Year award: Argentina men’s football team, Laureus World Breakthrough of the Year award: Carlos Alcaraz, Laureus World Comeback of the Year award: Christian Eriksen, Laureus World Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability award: Catherine Debrunner, Laureus World Action Sportsperson of the Year award: Eileen Gu, Laureus Sport for Good award: TeamUp
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