- Title: SPAIN: FOOTBALL/SOCCER: Ronaldo & Del Bosque win national awards
- Date: 5th December 2012
- Summary: MADRID, SPAIN (DECEMBER 05, 2012) (REUTERS-ACCESS ALL) ( ** BEWARE FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY **) INTERIOR OF EL PARDO PALACE VARIOUS OF REAL MADRID AND PORTUGAL FORWARD CRISTIANO RONALDO AT CEREMONY FORMER SOCCER PLAYER AND REAL MADRID HONORARY PRESIDENT ALFREDO DI STEFANO AT CEREMONY SPAIN 2011 NATIONAL SPORTS AWARDS WINNERS AT CEREMONY RONALDO (LEFT) AND SPAIN COACH VICENTE DEL BOSQUE REAL MADRID PRESIDENT FLORENTINO PEREZ VARIOUS OF FORMER TORONTO RAPTORS BASKETBALL PLAYER JORGE GARBAJOSA (RED TIE) AT CEREMONY ATTENDEES CEREMONY IN PROGRESS VARIOUS OF TROPHIES QUEEN SOFIA OF SPAIN, CROWN PRINCE FELIPE AND PRINCESS LETIZIA ARRIVING AT CEREMONY WOMAN TAKING PHOTO FELIPE, LETIZIA AND SPAIN EDUCATION AND SPORTS MINISTER JOSE IGNACIO WERT (RIGHT) AT CEREMONY ATTENDEES CLAPPING RONALDO RECEIVING THE IBERO-AMERICAN SPORTS TROPHY FROM QUEEN SOFIA PEOPLE CLAPPING CROWN PRINCE FELIPE HANDING OVER TROPHY TO DEL BOSQUE VARIOUS OF ATTENDEES
- Embargoed: 20th December 2012 12:00
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- Location: Spain
- Country: Spain
- Topics: Sports
- Reuters ID: LVA70L9D6GQZ19VSNXT5B9RD7X4P
- Story Text: Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo and Spain coach Vicente del Bosque are two of the winners at the Spain National Sports Awards.
Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo received a 2012 Spanish National Sports Award at the Pardo palace in Madrid on Wednesday (December 5) .
Every year Spain's National Sports Council (CSD) select a number of athletes as the most outstanding sportsmen and women.
Queen Sofia of Spain handed over the award to Ronaldo recognising the 27-year-old as the most outstanding Ibero-American athlete of the year.
Last season Ronaldo helped Real Madrid claim La Liga by scoring 46 goals. He also scored 10 goals in the Champions League.
Spain coach Vicente del Bosque was given the Olimpia Award for his contribution making sports more accessible for disabled people.
Former soccer player and Real Madrid honorary president Alfredo Di Stefano received the Francisco Fern�dez Ochoa award for his achievements in sport. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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