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NOTTINGHAM, England : Nottingham Forest's Premier League survival hopes got a massive boost as Taiwo Awoniyi's brace helped them to a 4-3 home win over bottom club Southampton whose 10-year stay in the top flight looked to be coming to an end on Monday.
PARIS: Argentina's World Cup winning captain Lionel Messi was named the Laureus Sportsman of the Year, while sprint champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce bagged the top women's honour at the awards ceremony on Monday (May 8).
Nottingham Forest beat Southampton 4-3 in one of the games of the Premier League season to boost their survival hopes and all but relegate the Saints.
Nottingham Forest took a huge step towards Premier League safety with a dramatic win over Southampton, whose impending relegation to the Championship could be confirmed at the weekend.
Argentina and Paris Saint Germain veteran star Lionel Messi on Monday scooped a unique double, landing individual and team Laureus awards for his exploits and those of his World Cup winning nation.
Andy Murray has been handed a tricky first-round clash at the Italian Open against home favourite Fabio Fognini. Murray won his first title in almost four years with a comeback victory over Tommy Paul at Open Aix-en-Provence on Sunday. Ad But he has lost two of his last three meetings against Fognini, including when they met most recently in Shanghai in 2019.
Lionel Messi won the World Sportsman of the Year award at the Laureus World Sports Awards in Paris, with his Argentina side recognised as Team of the Year. Messi led Argentina to a third World Cup win in December, scoring seven goals in the tournament and claiming the Golden Ball award. Ad He produced a blockbuster performance in the final against France, scoring twice before Argentina won on penalties in Qatar.
The final weekend of the 2023 Madrid Open should have been all about celebrating champions Carlos Alcaraz and Aryna Sabalenka. Instead the significance of their victories was mixed in with moments of controversy. Firstly over the respective sizes of the birthday cakes given to Alcaraz and Sabalenka, and then to the “sad and unacceptable” lack of speeches after the women’s doubles final.