Laureus Awards 2022, Mancini’s Italy nominated as Team of the Year
The victory of the European Championshipthe second after that of 1968, was awarded to the Italian national team of football of Roberto Mancini the nomination in the category “Team of the Year Award”(Team of the Year) dei Laureus World Sports Awardsthe Sports Oscar. In addition to this prestigious nomination, there is also that of “Jucà Pe Cagnà”, A social responsibility program promoted in the Sanità district of Naples by the Foundation Laureus Sport for Good Italycompeting in the category “Laureus Sport for Good Award“. Just today, in fact, all the names of the candidates were officially announced, selected following the voting carried out by over 1300 journalists from all over the world. The winners of the Laureus World Sports Awards will be announced in April, during a virtual ceremony, at the end of the voting of the Laureus World Sports Academy, the jury par excellence made up of 71 sports legends.
Laureus Awards 2022, Mancini: thrilled to be nominated
Roberto Mancinitechnical commissioner of the Italian national team, commented: “We are very excited to have been nominated for this important award. On behalf of the team, I thank all the media in the world for their support. Italy last won this award after winning the 2006 World Cup. That was an important day for Italian football, but I think what we achieved last year was even more important for many. reasons. Italian football was not going through a good period after failing to qualify for the 2018 World Cupand our country suffered from many problems caused by the pandemic from Covid. But the national team was the symbol of a country that has always known how to get up in difficult moments. Thank you Laureus to have understood it “.
Laureus Awards 2022: Italy of football dreams of the second Laureus Team of the Year Award
In case of victory the Italian national team will win his second “Laureus Team of the Year Award”, after the one he received in 2007 after winning the 2006 World Cup. Alessandro Del Pieromember of the Laureus Academy and legend of Italian football. “That of Italy was an extraordinary victory, of enormous importance not only for Italian football, but for the whole country that has suffered so much during the last two years of the pandemic. We must not forget that Italy played its first international tournament in five years, not having qualified for the 2018 World Cup. Mancini and his staff are extraordinary professionals who have been able to get the most out of their players. Confidence in their means increased from match to match and this was seen above all in the final against England, when they found themselves behind after a few minutes, but then managed to win on penalties. They didn’t panic and kept playing great. I am thrilled to know that the national team has been nominated for the prestigious Laureus Team of the Year Award“.
Laureus Awards, Mancini’s national team against Mercedes F1, Milwaukee Bucks and … the rivals
To win the prestigious award, the Italian national team will have to overcome the team’s competition Mercedes AMG Petronas F1, who won the eighth consecutive World Constructors’ title, thus setting a record; of the Milwaukee Bucks, who clinched their second NBA title; from the Argentina national team of football, captained by Lionel Messi, winner of the Copa America; and of Chinese Olympic diving teamwho has won seven gold medals in the eight races he participated in.
Laureus Sport for Good Award, Jucà Pe Cagnà in nomination
In nomination, in the category “Laureus Sport for Good Award“, also Jucà Pe Cagnàthe social responsibility program promoted in the Sanità district of Naples by Laureus Sport for Good Italia Foundation, where children and teenagers are given the opportunity to practice sports, where even the school gyms are inaccessible. In that area, Jucà Pe Cagnà therefore represents the only space in which it is possible to practice sport outside the control of organized crime in the Camorra. In this area, services for young people are scarce almost everywhere and the school drop-out rate is among the highest in Italy. In the ward Health sport, therefore, it has become a tool to oppose this dramatic situation and the Jucà Pe Cagnà center offers young people the concrete possibility of having a safe space available in which to discover and cultivate their talent. Sports and activities include karate, gymnastics, table tennis, padel, zumba and samba. The words of Daria BragaDirector of the Laureus Sport for Good Italia Foundation: ““ Sport is undoubtedly an engine of great emotions, but it is increasingly recognized as a central element for the social development of communities and individuals. And it is precisely on these aspects that the work of the Laureus Foundation takes place. Frailties are everywhere, and this pandemic has brought them out clearly. But where boys and girls have fewer protective factors, due to the social and family context, it is even more important to be there. We are in the suburbs all over Italy, to deal with these frailties and to give, through sport, the tools of self-confidence, awareness of one’s own possibilities, of the ability to team up, know how to lose and know how to win, so that even those who are less solid can face their tomorrow with greater protection. Jucà Pe Cagnà, which is the beautiful Neapolitanization of the English expression “Play for Change”, already has in its name the essence of the precious work that is carried out in a neighborhood as difficult as the Rione Sanità. A place open to all, a new reference, where you can practice sports, develop educational and recreational activities, in a dynamic and positive environment, so as to stimulate the desire for a life different from the dictates of the Camorra and the contexts of the underworld. “
Laureus Awards 2022 nominees: Tom Brady, Robert Lewandowski, Max Verstappen and … The nominations
Apart from the Italian candidacies, the struggle for the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year Award it will be one of the hardest fought ever. Tom Bradythe greatest quarterback in NFL history, is among the nominees along with Robert LewandowskiBayern Munich goalscorer, Max Verstappennew Formula 1 World Champion, Novak Djokovicnumber 1 in world tennis, Caeleb Dresselwinner of five gold medals at the Japanese Olympics, ed Eliud KipchogeOlympic marathon champion in Rio de Janeiro 2016 and Tokyo.
Laureus Awards 2022 nominees: Elaine Thompson-Herah, Katie Ledecky, Ashleigh Barty and … the nominations
In the women’s field, vying for the category Laureus World Sportswoman of the Yearwe find the Jamaican Elaine Thompson-Herahwho equaled compatriot Usain Bolt’s record, winning three Olympic gold medals in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay; Allyson Felix, who in Tokyo became the most successful American Olympic athlete ever, ousting Carl Lewis; the American swimmer Katie Ledecky, who at the Games enhanced his palmares with two other gold and two silver medals; Australian swimmer Emma McKeon, who with four Olympic golds and three bronze medals equaled the record for medals won by a woman in a single edition of the Games; the Australian tennis player Ashleigh Barty, who won the Wimbledon tournament (he also triumphed at the Australian Open last Saturday); and finally, Alexia Putellascaptain of the Barcelona women’s football team.
Laureus Awards 2022, Emma Raducanu, Daniil Medvedev and … The nominations among the revelations
The tennis player Emma RaducanuInstead, she became a world star after winning the US Open at the age of 18, and is therefore a candidate in the category Laureus World Breakthrough of the Year Awardtogether with his Russian colleague Daniil Medvedev, winner of the men’s title in New York. Other candidates include the young Barcelona star Pedri19, voted best young player in the Golden Ball ranking.
Laureus Awards 2022: Mark Cavendish, Simone Biles and the returns of the year
Among the candidates for the Laureus World Comeback of the Year there are various giants of sport: the indomitable gymnast Simone Bileswho showed courage and determination when she returned to compete in Tokyo, winning the bronze medal on the beam; Mark Cavendishwho after solving his physical and mental health problems equaled Eddie Merckx’s record of 34 stage wins in the Tour de France, and Marc Márquezeight-time world champion in motorcycling, who returned to success in a Grand Prix 581 days after breaking his right arm.
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