Captain Hardik Pandya snaps up four wickets after Shubman Gill strikes his maiden Twenty20 international century
Rea Madrid striker Karim Benzema won the coveted Men’s Player of the Year award at the 13th Dubai Globe Soccer Awards, which were presented at a glittering ceremony at Madinat Jumeirah Resort, where Egyptian national team and Liverpool star Mohamed Salah and former stars Wayne Rooney and Zlatan Ibrahimovic also earned exciting citations.
It was a second successive award for the 34-year-old Benzema who was being recognised for football excellence, having only last month claimed the Ballon d’Or, football’s most prestigious award.
Salah won the new TikTok Fans’ Player of the Year Award.
Real Madrid swept the Men’s Club of the Year Award while Rooney and Ibrahimovic shared the Player Career Award.
The marquee event was organised by the Dubai Sports Council and attended by some of the biggest names in world football including, Sergio Ramos, Paolo Maldini and Francesco Totti.
The complete Awards winners list:
Captain Hardik Pandya snaps up four wickets after Shubman Gill strikes his maiden Twenty20 international century
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