SPORT FOR GOOD
Nominees
All the Nominees from the 2012 Laureus World Sports Awards.
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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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Liu Xiang
After injury and the huge disapointment of not being able to compete fully in the Beijing Olympics in 2008, Liu Xiang, to the delight of everyone in China, came back to win the silver medal in the 110 metres hurdles in the World Championships in Daegu.
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Oscar Pistorius
Known as the Blade Runner, South African Oscar Pistorius is a double amputee who runs with the aid of carbon fibre artificial limbs.
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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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David Weir
After his face has appeared on advertising billboards, newspapers and local buses, David Weir will be one of the most recognisable athletes taking part in next summer’s Paralympic Games in London and one of Britain’s best hopes for a gold medal.
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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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All Blacks
New Zealand ended 24 years of misery when they beat France 8-7 in a tense final in Auckland to win the Rugby World Cup for the second time.
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Homare Sawa
In July 2011, Homare Sawa captained Japan to its first ever FIFA Women's World Cup win with a 3-1 victory over the United States in a penalty shootout in the final.
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Jamie Bestwick
Bestwick claimed his seventh gold medal in BMX Vert at the X Games, earning the event's first-ever four-peat in the process.
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About the Laureus World Sports Awards
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