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Lionel Messi Awarded ‘Nobel Prize of Spain’, First Footballer to Receive Individual Honour

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Lionel Messi will receive the 2026 Princess of Asturias Award for Sports, becoming the first footballer to win it individually. 

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Lionel Missy won the Princess of Asturias Award for 2026 to become the first single football player in history.

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Lionel Messi leaves his mark on sporting history once again. The Argentine superstar has been awarded the Princess of Asturias Award for Sports, achieving an unprecedented moment for football: he is the first player in the sport to win the award individually and as the sole winner. It marks a new chapter in a career that continues to extend beyond the pitch. Since the award's inception in 1987, iconic figures such as Sebastian Coe, Carl Lewis, M…

Princess Leonor presented the Princess of Asturias Sport Award 2026 to Argentine footballer Lionel Messi on Friday, October 23, during an audience held at the Covadonga Hall of the Hotel de la Reconquista in Oviedo, Spain. The event marked a significant event on the agenda of the heiress to the throne [...]

This Friday Leo Messi received the Princess of Asturias Awards 2026 from Princess Leonor of Bourbon, during the hearing held at the

·Barcelona, Spain
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sport.es broke the news on Thursday, October 22, 2026.
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