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Lionel Messi receives Spain's Princess of Asturias Award for Sports

23 October 2026

The Argentine footballer Lionel Messi received the Princess of Asturias Award for Sports, presented by Princess Leonor, heir to the Spanish throne. The jury cited his football career, the work of the Leo Messi Foundation and his role as a UNICEF ambassador, praising his "dazzling talent". Messi is the first Argentine athlete to receive the award and the first footballer to receive it since Iker Casillas and Xavi Hernández in 2012. Earlier winners of the sports award include Serena Williams, Michael Schumacher and Michael Jordan.

Award: Princess of Asturias Award for Sports Presented by: Princess Leonor, heir to the Spanish throne First from Argentina: Messi is the first Argentine athlete to win it Previous footballers honoured: Iker Casillas and Xavi Hernández in 2012
Why it matters for exams: The Princess of Asturias Awards are Spain's annual honours in sports, arts, letters and science — the award, the country that gives it and its presenter are frequent Awards questions.
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23 October 2026 Source: Buenos Aires Herald

In plain words

Princess of Asturias Awards — Annual Spanish awards for achievement in sports, the arts, letters, science and other fields.

UNICEF United Nations Children's Fund — The UN agency for children, for which Messi is a goodwill ambassador.

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