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Sachin Tendulkar will be competing with the tennis star Rafael Nadal and Formula One champion Sebastian Vettel for the 2011 Laureus World Sportsman of the Year Award. Though Sachin was ICC Player of the Year, he has to fight with Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan for the award. Footballer stars Diego Forlan, Andres Iniesta and Lionel Messi will also hope to win this individual Award.
Tendulkar became the first man to score a double century in an ODI, hitting an unbeaten 200 against South Africa. He also became the first to score 14,000 runs in Test cricket. It was his 171st Test match, in which he has scored 49th Test century. Murali got world record with his 800th Test wicket on the final day of his career in July 2010. The winner will be chosen from the list of Nominees by the Laureus World Sports Academy, made up of 46 greatest sportsmen and sportswomen of all time, and will be unveiled during Ceremony in Abu Dhabi on Feb 7.
Tendulkar became the first man to score a double century in an ODI, hitting an unbeaten 200 against South Africa. He also became the first to score 14,000 runs in Test cricket. It was his 171st Test match, in which he has scored 49th Test century. Murali got world record with his 800th Test wicket on the final day of his career in July 2010. The winner will be chosen from the list of Nominees by the Laureus World Sports Academy, made up of 46 greatest sportsmen and sportswomen of all time, and will be unveiled during Ceremony in Abu Dhabi on Feb 7.
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