Germany’s treble-winners Bayern Munich were named World Team of the Year and Spaniard Rafael Nadal completed a hat-trick of Laureus awards after he took the Comeback of the Year prize.
The ceremony, packed with some of the greats of world sport Malik McDowell Seahawks Jersey , was preceded by a moment’s silence for the 239 people on the missing flight MH370.
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, who just two days earlier announced the fate of the missing Malaysia Airlines plane and passengers, said, “our thoughts and our prayers” were with the victims.
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