Vettel, Bayern make it a German Laureus double
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FORMULA One world champion Sebastian Vettel and swim star Missy Franklin were named Laureus sportsman and woman of the year yesterday in a ceremony in Malaysia that was tinged with tragedy over the MH370 plane disaster.
Germany’s treble-winner Bayern Munich beat out rugby’s All Blacks for team of 2013 and Rafael Nadal won comeback of the year at the glamorous awards show in Kuala Lumpur.
The ceremony, packed with some of the greats of world sport, was preceded by a moment’s silence for the 239 people killed when flight MH370 crashed in the Indian Ocean in still unexplained circumstances.
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, who just two days earlier announced the fate of the missing Malaysia Airlines plane and passengers, said, “our thoughts and our prayers” are with the victims.
Vettel, F1’s youngest four-time world champion and in Kuala Lumpur for this week’s Malaysian Grand Prix, won sportsman of 2013 ahead of Usain Bolt, LeBron James, Nadal, Cristiano Ronaldo and Mo Farah.
Franklin, 18, beat tennis great Serena Williams and Russian pole vault queen Yelena Isinbayeva, among others, to the women’s award.
Spain’s Nadal, who picked up his third Laureus award, won comeback of the year for his amazing recovery from a career-threatening knee injury when he won the French Open and US Open and returned to world No. 1.
Afghanistan’s cricket team was honored with a spirit of sport award for its feat in rising from refugee camps and long-running conflict to qualify for the 2015 World Cup.
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