February 12, 2015

Real Madrid nominated for Laureus World Team of the Year award



Cristiano Ronaldo and James Rodríguez are also up for World Sportsman of the Year and World Breakthrough of the Year respectively.

The nominees for the 2015 Laureus Awards have now been confirmed, with the winners to be announced at a ceremony held on 15 April in the Chinese city of Shanghai. Real Madrid have been nominated in the World Team of the Year category, while Cristiano Ronaldo is a candidate for World Sportsman of the Year and James Rodríguez is up for World Breakthrough of the Year.

The Whites, who won their tenth European Cup in Lisbon, as well as being holders of the European Super Cup and Club World Cup, will compete for the accolade with the European Ryder Cup Team (golf), the Germany Men's Football Team, the Mercedes Formula One Team, the San Antonio Spurs (NBA) and the Switzerland Davis Cup Team (tennis).

Cristiano Ronaldo
The winner of the 2014 Ballon d'Or is a nominee for World Sportsman of the Year alongside Novak Djokovic (tennis), Lewis Hamilton (Formula One), Renaud Lavillenie (athletics), Rory McIlroy (golf) and Marc Márquez (motor racing).

James Rodríguez
The Colombian player, who scooped the Golden Boot at the 2014 World Cup, will battle for the World Breakthrough of the Year award with Mario Götze (football), Daniel Ricciardo (Formula One), Mikaela Shiffrin (skiing) and the Switzerland Davis Cup Team (tennis).

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