National & International Sports Awards

[heywoodu 15,141]

Just now, dcro said:

 

No fake hockey.

It'd be weird anyway to give that to a team in a sport where almost all of the world's best players were watching the competitions at home  

[Wumo 3,002]

4 minutes ago, dcro said:

 

No fake hockey.

 

 

Don't look directly into its eyes or you will begin to like Ice hockey. 

Edited November 29, 2018 by wumo26

[phelps 7,677]

1 ora fa, heywoodu ha scritto:

 

Shaun White and Arianna Fontana apparently, although I'm having a hard time to remember what they won  (well it must be Olympic gold and in White's case I guess at least in the halfpipe).

https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1072748/white-and-fontana-among-pyeongchang-2018-stars-honoured-as-unified-korean-ice-hockey-team-win-at-2018-anoc-awards

 

 

Arianna won Gold over 500m, Silver with the women's Relay and Bronze over 1000m in the Short Track tournament...

and she was Italy's Flagbearer at the Opening Ceremony (even if it doesn't count for this prize)...

 

Shaun White...well, it was a save on the line for you...

[heywoodu 15,141]

2 minutes ago, phelps said:

 

 

Arianna won Gold over 500m, Silver with the women's Relay and Bronze over 1000m in the Short Track tournament...

and she was Italy's Flagbearer at the Opening Ceremony (even if it doesn't count for this prize)...

 

Shaun White...well, it was a save on the line for you...

I think Fontana's gold didn't do much for me  

 

I remember White at the halfpipe, but I thought that wouldn't be enough to be chosen as overall best athlete of the entire Olympics. Oh well.

[SalamAkhi 317]

Lol White 

[bestmen 2,818]

the African awards of football 2018 revealed today

 

WOMEN'S NATIONAL TEAM OF THE YEAR
Ghana
Cameroon
Mali
Nigeria
South Africa

MEN'S NATIONAL TEAM OF THE YEAR
Guinea Bissau
Kenya
Madagascar
Mauritania
Uganda
Zimbabwe

YOUTH PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Achraf Hakimi (Morocco & Borussia Dortmunmd)
Wilfred Ndidi (Nigeria & Leicester City)
Andre Onana (Cameroon & AJax)
Ismaila Sarr (Senegal & Rennes)
Mahmoud Benhalib (Morocco & Raja Club Athletic)
Franck Kessie (Cote d’Ivoire & AC Milan)

WOMEN'S COACH OF THE YEAR
Bruce Mwape (Zambia)
Desiree Ellis (South Africa)
Joseph Brian Ndoko (Cameroon)
Saloum Houssein (Mali)
Thomas Dennerby (Nigeria)

 

MEN'S COACH OF THE YEAR
Corentin Martins (Mauritania)
Gernot Rohr (Nigeria)
Florent Ibenge (AS Vita & DR Congo)
Aliou Cisse (Senegal)
Juan Carlos Garrido (Raja Club Athletic)
Moine Chaabani (Esperance)
Nicolas Dupuis (Madagascar)
Patrice Carteron (Al Ahly)
Rachid Taoussi (ES Sétif)
Herve Renard (Morocco)

WOMEN’S AFRICAN PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Abdulai Mukarama (Ghana & Northern Ladies)
Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria & Dilian Quanjian)
 Bassira Toure (Mali & AS Mande)
Chrestinah Thembi Kgatlana (South Africa & Houston Dash)
Desire Oparanozia (Nigeria & Guingamp)
Elizabeth Addo (Ghana & Seattle Reign)
Francisca Ordega (Nigeria & Washington Spirit)
Gabrielle Aboudi Onguene (Cameroon & CSKA Moskow)
Gaelle Enganamouit (Cameroon & Avaldenes)
Janine Van Wyk (South Africa & Houston Dash)
Marlyse Ngo Ndoumbouk (Cameroon & Nancy-Lorraine)
Onome Ebi (Nigeria & Hekan Huisanhang)
Portia Boakye (Ghana & Djurgardens)
Raissa Feudjio (Cameroon & Aland United)
Tabitha Chawinga (Malawi & Jiangsu Suning)

MEN’S AFRICAN PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Abdelmoumene Djabou (Algeria & ES Setif)
Ahmed Gomaa (Egypt & El Masry)
Ahmed Musa (Nigeria & Al-Nassr )
Alex Iwobi (Nigeria & Arsenal)
Andre Onana (Cameroon & Ajax)
Anis Badri (Tunisia & Esperance)
Ayoub El Kaabi (Morocco & Hebei China Fortune)
Ben Malango (DR Congo & TP Mazembe)
Denis Onyango (Uganda & Mamelodi Sundowns)
Fanev Andriatsima (Madagascar & Clermont Foot)
Franck Kom (Cameroon & Esperance)
Jacinto Muondo Dala ‘Gelson’ (Angola & Primeiro de Agosto)
Hakim Ziyech (Morocco & Ajax)
Idrissa Gueye (Senegal & Everton)
Ismail Haddad (Morocco & Wydad Athletic Club)
Jean-Marc Makusu Mundele (DR Congo & AS Vita)
Kalidou Koulibaly (Senegal & Napoli)
Mahmoud Benhalib (Morocco & Raja Club Athletic)
Mehdi Benatia (Morocco & Juventus)
Mohamed Salah (Egypt & Liverpool)
Moussa Marega (Mali & Porto)
Naby Keita (Guinea & Liverpool)
Odion Ighalo (Nigeria & Changchun Yatai, Nigeria)
Percy Tau (South Africa & Union Saint-Gilloise)
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon & Arsenal)
Riyad Mahrez (Algeria & Manchester City)
Sadio Mane (Senegal & Liverpool)
Taha Khenissi (Tunisia & Esperance)
Thomas Partey (Ghana & Atletico Madrid)
Wahbi Khazri (Tunisia & Saint-Étienne)
Walid Soliman (Egypt & Ahly)
Wilfried Zaha (Cote d’Ivoire & Crystal Palace)
Yacine Brahimi (Algeria & Porto)
Youcef Belaili (Algeria & Esperance)

 

 

[bestmen 2,818]

the nominees for the "Ballon d'or 2018 " , the ceremony tomorrow 3-12 at 16.30

 

• Sergio Agüero (Argentine, Manchester City)
• Alisson Becker (Brésil, Liverpool)
• Gareth Bale (Pays de Galles, Real Madrid
• Karim Benzema (France, Real Madrid)
• Edinson Cavani (Uruguay, PSG)
• Thibaut Courtois (Belgique, Real Madrid)
• Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal, Juventus Turin)
• Kevin De Bruyne (Belgique, Manchester City)
• Roberto Firmino (Brésil, Liverpool)
• Diego Godin (Uruguay, Atlético Madrid)
• Antoine Griezmann (France, Atlético Madrid)
• Eden Hazard (Belgique, Chelsea)
• Isco (Espagne, Real Madrid)
• Harry Kane (Angleterre, Tottenham)
• N'Golo Kanté (France, Chelsea)
• Hugo Lloris (France, Tottenham)
• Mario Mandzukic (Croatie, Juventus Turin)
• Sadio Mané (Sénégal, Liverpool)
• Marcelo (Brésil, Real Madrid)
• Kylian Mbappé (France, PSG)
• Lionel Messi (Argentine, FC Barcelone)
• Luka Modric (Croatie, Real Madrid)
• Neymar (Brésil, PSG)
• Ian Oblak (Slovénie, Atlético Madrid)
• Paul Pogba (France, Manchester United)
• Ivan Rakitic (Croatie, FC Barcelone)
• Sergio Ramos (Espagne, Real Madrid)
• Mohamed Salah (Egypte, Liverpool)
• Luis Suarez (Uruguay, FC Barcelone)
• Raphaël Varane (France, Real Madrid)

[Dunadan 1,103]

As further proof that popular vote is bad, the winners of the awards mentioned here by phelps have been announced:

 

Man of the Year: Filippo Tortu 

Woman of the Year: Sofia Goggia

 

Team: Women's volleyball NT

Coach: M. Allegri (Juventus coach) 

Best Performance: Mauro Icardi (for the last Serie A season) 

Exploit: Elia Viviani 

Breakout: Simona Quadarella

Promising Athlete: Francesco Bagnaia 

Paralympic Athletes: Beatrice Vio and Oney Tapia

 

[Dragon 1,844]

Results from

Junior award - men - James Bowen (horse racing)

Junior award - women - Elynor Backstedt (cycling) - cycling fans might know that's the daughter of Paris-Roubaix winner Magnus Backstedt

 

Lifetime award - Tanni Grey-Thompson (wheelchair racing)

 

Team - Cardiff Devils ice hockey

 

Main award-

3rd - Laura Deas (skeleton)

2nd - Mark Williams (snooker)

Winner - what a surprise   Geraint Thomas (cycling)

[hckošice 14,834]

Slovak athlete of the year 2018 nominations announced, the winners will be revealed during the National TV gala show 21st December evening

 

The nominations (In Alphabetical order)

• Henrieta Farkašová (Paralympic Alpine Skiing)
• Paulína Fialková (Biathlon)
• Marek Hamšík (Football)
• Anastasiia Kuzmina (Biathlon)
• Zuzana Rehák-Štefečeková (Shooting)
• Peter Sagan (Road Cycling)
• Alexander Slafkovský (Canoeing Slalom)
• Matej Tóth (Athletics)
• Erik Varga (Shooting)
• Petra Vlhová (Alpine Skiing)

 

we know the final results from 11th places...here the 11th-20th final ranking

11. Ján Volko (athletics),12. Danka Barteková (shooting), 13. Milan Škriniar (football), 14. Martin Kližan (tennis), 15. Zdeno Chára (ice hockey), 16. Dominika Cibulková (tennis), 17. Jozef Metelka (paralympic road and track cycling), 18. Veronika Vadovičová (paralympic shooting), 19. Richard Tury (skateboarding), 20. Tomáš Tatar (ice hockey).

 

The nominations in Team of the year 2018 are in alphabetical order:

• Biathlon - Mixed relay (Paulína Fialková/Anastasiia Kuzmina/Tomáš Hasilla/Matej Kazár) 4th in Ostersund World Cup start last season
• Canoeing Slalom - Mens C1 Team (Matej Beňuš/Alexander Slafkovský/Michal Martikán) - World Champions 8th time in a row in the same composition
• Shooting - Mixed Trap team (Zuzana Rehák-Štefečeková/Erik Varga) won almost everything this year and crowned it by World Champions title

 

so who are your favs ?