北京时间4月3日凌晨，有“体育奥斯卡”之称的第8届劳伦斯奖颁奖晚会在西班牙巴塞罗那揭晓。瑞士天王费德勒再收大礼，连续第3年被评为年度最佳男运动员。女子最佳运动员则被俄罗斯撑杆跳女皇伊辛巴耶娃摘走。年度最佳团队被06世界杯冠军得主意大利男子足球队收入囊中。美国网球明星小威廉姆斯成为年度最佳复出运动员。

Tennis number one Roger Federer was named Laureus World Sportsman of the Year for the third year in a row on Monday.

The 25-year-old Swiss became the first sportsman to receive the award on three occasions attributed to his continued domination of men's tennis in 2006.

Russia's record-breaking pole vaulter¹ Yelena Isinbayeva won the award for World Sportswoman of the Year, while the team of the year award went to the Italian football side for their World Cup triumph.

Serena Williams took the comeback of the year award and the breakthrough prize went to fellow tennis player Amelie Mauresmo of France following her first two grand slam titles.

Barcelona Football Club were given the Spirit of Sport award for their support of UNICEF and former Germany captain Franz Beckenbauer, who led his side to victory in the 1974 World Cup and was involved in organizing the 2006 tournament, took the lifetime achievement award.

Federer, who has finished as world number one in each of the three years he has won the award and chalked up three grand slam titles for the second time in three years, was unable to attend the ceremony. His award was picked up by German former world number one and six times grand slam winner Boris Becker.

Vocabulary:

World Sportsman of the Year：年度最佳男运动员

pole vaulter：撑杆跳高选手

the lifetime achievement award：终生成就奖