SACHIN in fray for Laureus World Award

Sachin Tendulkar will compete with the likes of Rafael Nadal and Sebastian Vettel for the 2011 Laureus World Sportsman award.

         The Laureus World Sports Awards, which recognize sporting achievement during 2010, are the premier honors on the international sporting calendar.

         Tendulkar, who is the  ICC Player of the Year, will also have to fight it out with spin legend Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan for the prestigious award.
         Star footballers like Diego Forlan, Andres Iniesta and Lionel Messi will also hope to become the first-ever team player to win this individual Award.
         Tendulkar has been very consistent all through out the year. He became the first man to score a double century in a ODI history in February, hitting an unbeaten 200 for India against South Africa.       
         He also became the first man to score 14,000 runs in Test cricket in which he also scored his 49th Test century during the second Test against Australia in Bangalore in October playing in his 171st Test match, . 
        Rafael Nadal is the current World No. 1 and completing his Grand Slam by winning his first US OPEN in 2010.
       Lionel Messi is the current holder of  Ballon d' Or  - FIFA World Player of the Year 2009 and literally thrashed Real Madrid 5-0 in the recently La Liga match in Nou Camp.
        Diego Forlan won the Golden Boot award in the FIFA World Cup  in South Africa.
        Muttiah Muralitharan, took his world record 800th Test wicket on the final day of his career in Galle in July 2010.
        Sebastain Vettel is the current World Champion, having won in the 2010 season and currently driving for Red Bull Racing. In the same year he, along with teammate Mark Webber, helped Red Bull win the World Constructors' Championship .
    
The names of the six nominees for the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year Award, as voted by the Laureus Media Selection Panel, will be announced in early January.     
        The eventual winner will then be chosen from that list of Nominees by the Laureus World Sports Academy, the ultimate sports jury, made up of 46 of the greatest sportsmen and sportswomen of all time, and will be unveiled during a televised Awards Ceremony in Abu Dhabi on Monday, February.

POLL :
Who will win this prestigious Laureus World Sportsman of the Year Award 2011 ?
a) Sachin Tendulkar
b) Rafael Nadal
c) Lionel Messi
d) Muttiah Muralitharan
e) Sebastain Vettel
f) Diego Forlan

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