Spanish football team wins the Prince of Asturias Award for Sport

Spanish football team wins the Prince of Asturias Award for Sport
larger | smaller
By h.b. - Sep 7, 2010 - 11:54 AM
'La Roya' were expected to win, after gaining the World Cup

Archive Photo EFE

The Spanish National Football Team has been named today, Tuesday, as the winners of this year’s Prince of Asturias Award for Sport. The choice was an open secret ever since the side, led by trainer Vicente Del Bosque, won the World Cup.

Del Bosque, and several players including Captain Iker Casillas and Xabi Alonso have agreed that they will be proud to accept the honour. The news will be a further boost to the team ahead of their friendly against Argentina which kicks off at 2200 CET.

The majority of the jury, made up of 30 people, are reported to have backed the side, with Alpine climber, Edurne Pasaban coming in second place.

The award will be presented by the Prince in Oviedo in October.
The last five years winners of the Sports award were:-
2005 Fernando Alonso Fórmula 1
2006 Spanish Basketball Team
2007 Michael Schumacher
2008 Rafael Nadal
2009 Yelena Isinbayeva (Pole vaulter)

Click here for related stories

mobile |

email this article | print

printer friendly page

More Spain Sports News

Readers' comments:
Please keep to the subject. Opinions published here are of our visitors, not the Typically Spanish team. Comments which go against Spanish laws or which are libellous are not allowed. We reserve the right to delete any comment we wish. Placing a comment indicates you have read our terms and conditions and privacy policy.

Por favor, céntrate en el tema. Son las opiniones de los internautas, y no las de Typically Spanish. No está permitido verter comentarios contrarios a las leyes españolas o injuriantes. Reservado el derecho a eliminar los comentarios que consideremos fuera de tema. Escribir un comentario indica que has leído nuestros condiciones de uso y politica de privacidad.