Novak Djokovic named Laureus Sportsman of Year

[Deleted member 3771]

Novak Djokovic named 2012 Laureus Sportsman of Year.

Well deserved ahead of Messi and Usain Bolt etc. Great recognition for the Joker and for tennis.

Barcelona won the team of the year.

Kenyan distance runner Vivian Cheruiyot, won the sportswoman's award.

Heres the list of winners:

List of Laureus Sports Awards announced Monday:

Sportsman of the Year: Novak Djokovic, Serbia, tennis

Sportswoman of the Year: Vivian Cheruiyot, Kenya, athletics

Team of the Year: Barcelona, soccer

Comeback of the Year: Darren Clarke, Northern Ireland, golf

Breakthrough of the Year: Rory McIlroy, Northern Ireland, golf

Action Sportsperson of the Year: Kelly Slater, United States, surfing

Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability: Oscar Pistorius, South Africa, track and field

Lifetime Achievement: Bobby Charlton, England, soccer

Sport for Good: Rai, Brazil, soccer

 

[MG1]

Congratulations to Novak.

Laureus people seemed to obsessed with tennis players...in last 7-8 years

first roger(4 times?)
then Rafa and now nole.

But good for novak he deserves this.

 

[jackson vile]

Nice, about time!

 

[zcarzach]

Yeah, but any group that would list Farca as "team of the year" clearly has a screw or two loose...

 

[Say Chi Sin Lo]

Really? It's only February...

 

[dudeski]

Congrats Novak! Very deserved. And now
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till Clarky21 says something disparaging and dumb about Djokovic...

 

[MaiDee]

Really? It's only February...

Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsman of the Year - 2011.

Congratulations to Novak, well deserved.

 

[Say Chi Sin Lo]

Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsman of the Year - 2011.

Congratulations to Novak, well deserved.

"Novak Djokovic named 2012 Laureus Sportsman of Year."

I thought so, why don't they just call it "2011 Laureus ... Year" since it's for achievements in 2011.

 

[Manus Domini]

Yes, give the currently most famous gamesman ever a sportsmanship award. Makes sense...

 

[CocaCola]

Very good for his popularity. Congrats.

 

[ViscaB]

Congrats to Djokovic and FC Barcelona!

 

[NadalAgassi]

It seems atleast one tennis player, often two, winning the award has become an annual thing in the last decade.

 

[Bartelby]

Winning three slams in a year seems to be a lock on the Laureus, but tennis players must be the most hardworking sportsmen and women in non-team sports.

 

[NadalAgassi]

Winning three slams in a year seems to be a lock on the Laureus, but tennis players must be the most hardworking sportsmen and women in non-team sports.

Serena won it a couple years ago when she won only 3 tournaments all year. Capriati won it in 2001 winning only 3 tournaments all year as well. I think they also just like giving it to a tennis player.

 

[Sentinel]

What;s all this obsession with soccer, and soccer teams. What about other sports like cricket ?

edit: Vivian running 14:20 for the 5,000m. Woooow !

 

[roysid]

Congratulations to Novak.

Laureus people seemed to obsessed with tennis players...in last 7-8 years

first roger(4 times?)
then Rafa and now nole.

But good for novak he deserves this.

Did Rafa win Laures. I thought he lost to Usain Bolt.

 

[Mike Sams]

What's this fascination with Usain Bolt? He's done nothing lately other than get himself DQ'd at the world championships. :lol:

 

[Sid_Vicious]

Well deserved!

 

[Clarky21]

Did Rafa win Laures. I thought he lost to Usain Bolt.

Yep,Nadal won it last year.

 

[ViscaB]

What;s all this obsession with soccer, and soccer teams. What about other sports like cricket ?

edit: Vivian running 14:20 for the 5,000m. Woooow !

It's football. Football is by far the biggest sport in the world.

The main reason though that FC Barcelona have won the trophy is that they have won almost every competition they competed in the last 3 years.

In an almost "Federer" like manner. With many technical small players playing some of the best football ever. According to people who can know like Sacchi and Cruijff.

 

[Russeljones]

Nauseating acceptance speech.

 

[Russeljones]

Cruijff.

Is a bitter man who can't accept his time has past and there are coaches, teams and whole federations who are just as qualified as him to comment on football. Just look at the way he has spurned Ajax at every turn. Typical of most ultra-ambitious and mercurial football stars. Still unsavoury however.

You forgot to mention the unfair financial advantage Barcelona have over 99.9 of the teams they compete against at home and in Europe.

 

[roysid]

3 slams is tough to beat. All 3 slam winners have gone to win Laures.

Fed won in 2005 though he won 2 slams but had a wonderful year 81-4 and no great competition.

Nadal in 2008 was also superb but Usain Bolt broke world records in Olympics

 

[Sentinel]

It's football. Football is by far the biggest sport in the world.
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Is it that sport where they kick a ball for an hour or two ? Isn't it played only in Europe ?

 

[Nathaniel_Near]

Is it that sport where they kick a ball for an hour or two ? Isn't it played only in Europe ?

LOL. Nice sarcasm.

 

[Tcbtennis]

In the U.S. Sports Illuatrated magazine has its annual Athlete of the Year, but despite Federer's multi-year dominance he never won it. So as an American who loves tennis in a non-tennis loving country it's nice to see great tennis athletes rewarded for all the hard work and great accomplishments they achieve. Congratulations to Novak. He deserved it.