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[April 3] Federer
wins Sportsman of Year Award; Nadia Comaneci glowed
romanian-gymnastics.com
 BARCELONA/
Tennis star Roger Federer won his straight Laureus sportsman
of the Year award for the third year in a row in Barcelona
overnight.
Romanian gymnastics star Nadia
Comaneci glowed once more as a member of Laureus World
Sports Academy: her appearance in a blue dress was sensational.
Photo: Laureus World Sports
Academy member Nadia Comaneci and dancer Joaquin Cortes;Photo
by Ian Walton/Getty Images for Laureus
A 42-member panel of the Laureus World
Sports Academy picked Federer for the top honour over a group
of finalists that included golfer Tiger Woods and former Formula
One champion Michael Schumacher.
Federer, the world's top-ranked tennis
player, won three grand slams last year and  added
the Australian Open in january for his 10th career major championship.
Photo: Roger Federer
poses with the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year award.
(Photo by Getty Images for Laureus)
The 25-year-old Swiss became the first sportsman
to receive the award on three occasions, making off with it
once again for his continued domination of men's tennis in
2006.
Russia's record-breaking pole vaulter Yelena
Isinbayeva was named sportswoman of the year, and Italy won
the world team of the year award after its World Cup triumph
in Germany.
Tennis was the big winner at the awards
ceremony with American Serena Williams taking the comeback
of the year award and the breakthrough prize going to fellow
tennis player Amelie Mauresmo of France following her first
two grand slam titles.
Other winners included German skier Martin
Braxenthaler for sportsperson of the year with a disability
and Kelly Slater of the United States for action sportsperson
of the year.
Barcelona Football Club were given the
Spirit of Sport award for their support of UNICEF and former
Germany captain Franz Beckenbauer took the lifetime achievement
award. Beckenbauer won the World Cup as a player and a coach,
and was the president of Germany's World Cup Organising Committee.
German mono-skier Martin Braxenthaler took the
award for the sportsperson with a disability after winning
gold medals in three of the four Alpine skiing disciplines
at the Paralympic Winter Games in Turin.
[April 3] Nadia
Comaneci at Laureus Sports Awards Photo Gallery
List
of 2007 Laureus World Sports Awards
Sportsman
of the Year
Roger Federer, Switzerland, tennis
Sportswoman of the Year
Yelena Isinbayeva, Russia, pole vault
Team of the Year
Italy's men's soccer team
Comeback of the Year
Serena Williams, United Sates, tennis
Breakthrough of the Year
Amelie Mauresmo, France, tennis
Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability
Martin Braxenthaler, German, skiing
Action Sportsperson of the Year
Kelly Slater, United States, surfing
Nadia
Comaneci at Laureus Sports Awards Photos
 
(1,2)Nadia
Comaneci and Ilie Nastase (R) share a conversation with
former International Olympic Committee president Juan
Antonio Samarach
(Photo
by John Gichigi/Getty Images for Laureus)
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 (3)Laureus
World Sports Academy members Marcus Allen, Nadia Comaneci
(2nd L), Nawal el Moutawakel (R) and guest attend the
Laureus Sports Awards at the Palau Sant Jordi
(Photo
by MJ Kim/Getty Images for Laureus)
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(4) (L
to R) Nadia Comaneci, Marcus Allen and Nawal el Moutawakel
attend the Laureus Welcome Party at Shoko prior to the
Laureus Sports Awards on April 1, 2007 in Barcelona, Spain.
(Photo by Jamie McDonald/Getty Images for Laureus) |
 (5)Laureus
World Sports Academy member Nadia Comaneci
arrives at the Laureus Sports Awards at the Palau Sant
Jordi on April 2, 2007 in Barcelona, Spain.
(Photo by Ian Walton/Getty Images for Laureus) |
 (6)
BARCELONA, SPAIN - APRIL 02: Actor and host Cuba Gooding
Jr speaks with Laureus World Sports Academy member Nadia
Comaneci and dancer Joaquin Cortes during the Laureus
Sports Awards at the Palau Sant Jordi on April 2, 2007
in Barcelona, Spain.
(Photo by Ian Walton/Getty Images for Laureus) |
 (8)
BARCELONA, SPAIN - APRIL 02: Laureus World Sports Academy
member Edwin Moses and Michelle Douglas attend the awards
ceremony during the Laureus Sports Awards at the Palau
Sant Jordi on April 2, 2007 in Barcelona, Spain.(Photo
by MJ Kim/Getty Images for Laureus) |
 (8)
BARCELONA, SPAIN - APRIL 02: Laureus World Sports Academy
member Edwin Moses and Michelle Douglas attend the awards
ceremony during the Laureus Sports Awards at the Palau
Sant Jordi on April 2, 2007 in Barcelona, Spain.
(Photo by MJ Kim/Getty Images for Laureus) |
 (9)
BARCELONA, SPAIN - APRIL 02: Former Tennis player Boris
Becker (R) arrives partner, Caroline Rocher at the awards
ceremony during the Laureus Sports Awards at the Palau
Sant Jordi on April 2, 2007 in Barcelona, Spain.
(Photo by MJ Kim/Getty Images for Laureus) |
 (10)
BARCELONA, SPAIN - APRIL 02: Presenter Tanya Bryer arrives
at the awards ceremony during the Laureus Sports Awards
at the Palau Sant Jordi on April 2, 2007 in Barcelona,
Spain.
(Photo by Jamie McDonald/Getty Images for Laureus) |
 (11)BARCELONA,
SPAIN - APRIL 02: (L-R) Amelle Berrabah, Heidi Range and
Keisha Buchanan of the Sugababes pose during the Laureus
Sports Awards at the Palau Sant Jordi on April 2, 2007
in Barcelona, Spain.
(Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images for Laureus) |
Detailed
photo captions:
(1,2) BARCELONA, SPAIN - APRIL 02: Laureus World Sports Academy
members Nadia Comaneci and Ilie Nastase (R) share a conversation
with former International Olympic Committee president Juan
Antonio Samarach during the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation
Breakfast featuring the IWC Book Launch 'Let the Children
Play' at Bestial, Port Olympic on April 2, 2007 in Barcelona,
Spain. (Photo by John Gichigi/Getty Images for Laureus) ***
Local Caption *** Juan Antonio Samarach;Nadia Comaneci;Ilie
Nastase
(3) BARCELONA, SPAIN - APRIL 02: Laureus World Sports Academy
members Marcus Allen, Nadia Comaneci (2nd L), Nawal el Moutawakel
(R) and guest attend the Laureus Sports Awards at the Palau
Sant Jordi on April 2, 2007 in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by
MJ Kim/Getty Images for Laureus) *** Local Caption *** Marcus
Allen;Nadia Comaneci;Nawal el Moutawakel|
(4) BARCELONA, SPAIN - APRIL 01: (L to R) Nadia Comaneci,
Marcus Allen and Nawal el Moutawakel attend the Laureus Welcome
Party at Shoko prior to the Laureus Sports Awards on April
1, 2007 in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by Jamie McDonald/Getty
Images for Laureus) *** Local Caption *** Nadia Comaneci;Marcus
Allen;Nawal el Moutawakel
(5) BARCELONA, SPAIN - APRIL 02: Laureus World Sports Academy
member Nadia Comaneci arrives at the Laureus Sports Awards
at the Palau Sant Jordi on April 2, 2007 in Barcelona, Spain.
(Photo by Ian Walton/Getty Images for Laureus) *** Local Caption
*** Nadia Comaneci
(6) BARCELONA, SPAIN - APRIL 02: Actor and host Cuba Gooding
Jr speaks with Laureus World Sports Academy member Nadia Comaneci
and dancer Joaquin Cortes during the Laureus Sports Awards
at the Palau Sant Jordi on April 2, 2007 in Barcelona, Spain.
(Photo by Ian Walton/Getty Images for Laureus) *** Local Caption
*** Cuba Gooding Jr;Nadia Comaneci;Joaquin Cortes
(7) BARCELONA, SPAIN - APRIL 02: Laureus World Sports Academy
members pose with Head of IWC Georges Kern (C) during the
Laureus Sport for Good Foundation Breakfast featuring the
IWC Book Launch 'Let the Children Play' at Bestial, Port Olympic
on April 2, 2007 in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by John Gichigi/Getty
Images for Laureus) *** Local Caption *** Georges Kern
(8) BARCELONA, SPAIN - APRIL 02: Laureus World Sports Academy
member Edwin Moses and Michelle Douglas attend the awards
ceremony during the Laureus Sports Awards at the Palau Sant
Jordi on April 2, 2007 in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by MJ Kim/Getty
Images for Laureus) *** Local Caption *** Michelle Douglas;Edwin
Moses
(9) BARCELONA, SPAIN - APRIL 02: Former Tennis player Boris
Becker (R) arrives partner, Caroline Rocher at the awards
ceremony during the Laureus Sports Awards at the Palau Sant
Jordi on April 2, 2007 in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by MJ Kim/Getty
Images for Laureus) *** Local Caption *** Boris Becker;Caroline
Rocher
(10)
BARCELONA, SPAIN - APRIL 02: Presenter Tanya Bryer arrives
at the awards ceremony during the Laureus Sports Awards at
the Palau Sant Jordi on April 2, 2007 in Barcelona, Spain.
(Photo by Jamie McDonald/Getty Images for Laureus) *** Local
Caption *** Tanya Bryer
(11) BARCELONA, SPAIN - APRIL 02: (L-R) Amelle Berrabah, Heidi
Range and Keisha Buchanan of the Sugababes pose during the
Laureus Sports Awards at the Palau Sant Jordi on April 2,
2007 in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images
for Laureus) *** Local Caption *** Amelle Berrabah;Heidi Range;Keisha
Buchanan
[April 3] Nadia
Comaneci at Laureus Sports Awards Photo Gallery
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