{"id":7692,"date":"2013-01-11T12:53:12","date_gmt":"2013-01-11T12:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.generalknowledgetoday.com\/?p=7692"},"modified":"2013-01-11T12:53:12","modified_gmt":"2013-01-11T12:53:12","slug":"current-affairs-sports-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/generalknowledgetoday.com\/?p=7692","title":{"rendered":"Current affairs -Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Male and female Athlete of the Year awards<\/strong><\/p>\n

Usain Bolt<\/strong>, the fastest man of the world and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, the women’s 100m Olympic champion won the male and female Athlete of the Year awards respectively on 8 January 2013 at Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) Golden Cleats Awards ceremony which took place at Terra Nova Hotel in St Andrew.<\/p>\n

Glen Mills, the Racers Track Club head coach won the Coach of the Year Award for the second time in a row, bringing his total of winnings to 3. It was Mills who conditioned Bolt and Yohan Blake, which in turn helped them in grabbing gold and silver respectively in 100m and 200m at the London Olympics.<\/p>\n

FIFA Ballond\u2019Or Award<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lionel Messi<\/strong>, the Argentine footballer won FIFA Ballond\u2019Or Award on 7 January 2013 as a reward to his 91-goal in a year for Barcelona and Argentina, in the year 2012. Messi voted to be the best player for the fourth year in a row managed to beat his close competitors, Cristiano Ronaldo of Spanish champion Real Madrid and Barcelona teammate Andres Iniesta.<\/p>\n

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