SPORT FOR GOOD
Nominees
All the Nominees from the 2012 Laureus World Sports Awards.
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Dallas Mavericks
Dallas Mavericks won their first ever NBA title in 2011 beating favourites Miami Heat, a team featuring superstars LeBron James and Dwayne Wade.
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Irek Zaripov
Russia’s Irek Zaripov won six medals at the 2011 IPC Nordic Skiing World Championships in Khanty Mansiysk, Russia.
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Vivian Cheruiyot
Vivian Cheruiyot established herself as one of the great distance runners of this generation in 2011 after winning the 5,000 metres and 10,000 metres gold medals in the World Championships in Daegu.
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Lionel Messi
The greatest footballer of his generation - and still just 24 - Messi scored 53 goals in all competitions for Barcelona in the 2010/11 season.
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Dirk Nowitzki
In 2011, Dirk Nowitzki became the first European-born player to receive the Most Valuable Player Award in the NBA Finals, as Dallas Mavericks beat Miami Heat 4-2 to win their first ever title.
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Queensland Reds
Victory in rugby’s Super 15 competition by Queensland Reds gave a huge lift to people in that part of Australia who had suffered tremendously in a series of floods in December 2010, in which 35 people died.
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Cadel Evans
Won the 2011 Tour de France after dramatically taking the lead in the time trial on the penultimate day of the race.
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Travis Rice
Travis Rice has developed into the best all-around snowboarder in the world, equally capable of showing up to win a Slopestyle event in Aspen as he is in pioneering a first descent in the remote Darwin Range on the tip of South America.
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Japan Women's Football Team
Thousands of flag-waving fans flocked to Tokyo Airport to welcome Japan's women footballers home as the nation's first ever World Cup winners.
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Sergio García
Young Sergio García was the recipient of the Laureus World Newcomer of the Year amidst strong competition.
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About the Laureus World Sports Awards
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