Argentina and Paris Saint Germain veteran star, Lionel Messi has been named sportsman of the year at the Laureus World Sports Awards.

Iran PressEurope: Leo Messi and Carlos Alcaraz have been two of the great winners of the Laureus 2023 gala. The Argentine player from PSG has taken the ‘fat’ prize for being awarded as the best Sportsman of the Year.

“The Argentine player won the World Cup in Qatar 2022, was the top scorer in the tournament and was the Ligue 1 champion,” said the official Laureus account about the Rosario. Leo was one of the great favorites to win the award and was finally chosen by the majority of voters. were nominated Max Verstappen, Mondo Duplantis, Rafael Nadal and Stephen Curry.

The legend of FC Barcelona is also for many the great favorites to win the next Ballon d’Or after being one of the key players in leading the Argentine National Team to its third World Cup. 219