Argentinian soccer participant Lionel Messi poses together with his Laureus World Sportsman of the Year award throughout the 2023 Laureus World Sports Awards ceremony in Paris on May 8, 2023.
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Argentina and Paris Saint Germain veteran star Lionel Messi on Monday scooped a novel double, touchdown particular person and team Laureus awards for his exploits and people of his World-Cup successful nation.
Messi, 35, lastly landed a primary World Cup winners medal in Qatar final December after an exciting penalty shootout closing win over France – sufficient to earn him a person accolade whereas the seven-time Ballon d’Or winner additionally accepted the team award at a prestigious Paris ceremony.
The Argentine, who attended the ceremony with spouse Antonela Roccuzzo, beforehand had received the award collectively with British Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton in 2020.
The accolade noticed Messi, who earned a nice and suspension from PSG for making an unauthorised promotional go to to Saudi Arabia, see off competitors notably from clubmate Kylian Mbappé, whose World Cup closing hattrick was not sufficient to earn him glory in Qatar.
Jamaican sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, who final August earned a fifth world 100m crown at Eugene, Oregon, picked up the feminine athlete award whereas US Open tennis champion Carlos Alcaraz earned the World Breakthrough of the Year award.
Going again to soccer, Denmark and Manchester United star Christian Eriksen earned a Comeback Award for returning to the highest of the European sport after collapsing with cardiac arrest throughout the Euros two years in the past.
Swiss para-athlete sensation Catherine Debrunner in the meantime picked up the Disability Award after triumphing in her opening two marathons
The Sport for Good Award was offered to TeamUp — a programme for kids displaced by battle — by Barcelona and Poland star Robert Lewandowski.
Meanwhile, Chinese-American Olympic ski freestyle champion Eileen Gu received the World Action Sportsperson accolade.
The awards have been made yearly since 2000 by a jury comprising 71 members of the Laureus World Sports Academy, representing the previous 50 years of athletic excellence.
This 12 months’s ceremony following two digital editions owing to Covid restrictions.
