Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, where the Laureus World Sports Awards 2011 ceremony was held. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

For Zhang Guan, this award is no longer too attractive, Zhang Guan's Laureus Trophy has been placed in a row, but for the other players of the men's basketball team, this is a very important honor, especially those young players, regardless of the Chinese New Year, they have long been eager to come to the United Arab Emirates to receive the award.

The Best Team Award is an important award in the Laureus Awards, second only to the best male athlete and the best female athlete in the ranking, and the difficulty of winning the award is very high, and the competitors of the Chinese men's basketball team are not general.

The biggest competitor of the Chinese men's basketball team is the Spanish men's football team. Last year's most popular sporting event was undoubtedly the World Cup in South Africa, where the Spanish men's football team was the champion.

According to the Laureus Awards in previous years, the 2007 Best Team Award for the Italian men's team, who were the champions of the World Cup in Germany; The 2003 Best Team Award for the Brazilian men's football team and the winner of the Korea-Japan World Cup. In other words, the World Cup winners all won the Laureus Best Team Award the following year, and according to this convention, the best team award should be awarded to the Spanish men's football team, so the call for the Spanish team to win the award is also very high.

In addition, Italian giants Inter Milan, who won five crowns last season, Los Angeles Lakers, who won last year's NBA championship, Red Bull Racing, who won last year's F1 team championship, and the European Ryder Cup golf team were also nominated for the best team award.

In normal times, Inter Milan's five-time champion would have qualified for the best team award, but unfortunately there was a tournament of this level last year at the World Cup. And as a football sport, the gold content and influence of the Hercules Cup far exceed the sum of the Serie A champions, cup champions, Super Cup champions, Champions League champions and Club World Cup champions, and Inter Milan is destined to only run for the Spanish men's football team.

Football is undoubtedly the number one sport in the world, and in terms of influence, the Men's World Basketball Championship is a big step worse than the Football World Cup. The World Basketball Championship champion is definitely in a weak position compared to the Football World Cup winner.

However, in terms of strength, the Spanish team was originally the favorite to win the World Cup, while the Chinese team was a midstream team in the men's basketball World Championships, and the difficulty of winning the championship between the two could be said to be very different. Although Spain won the World Cup championship cannot be said to be easy, it is not a difficult step, and China to win the World Championship is really difficult. In particular, the five-overtime final showed how difficult the game was far more than Spain's victory over the Netherlands in the World Cup final.

The important thing is that the country attaches great importance to this kind of award, and the Sports Federation or the Basketball Association are willing to spend money to operate, for them, they finally have an opportunity to nominate, they must not miss it, if the next nomination does not have to wait for ten or eight years! When you get the award, you have face, and your political achievements will naturally be there.

In the end, the best team award fell on the head of the Chinese team, and the senior management of the Basketball Association smiled when they came to the stage to accept the award.

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After sitting for a long time and being a little hungry, Zhang Guan unceremoniously picked up a piece of dessert with a fork, and almost died in one bite!

Not too salty, but too sweet.

Many people think that Arabs like to eat barbecue and other things, but in fact they prefer sweets, and Arabic sweets are not only honey, but also sugar, so they are particularly sweet. Abu Dhabi is rich in oil, and naturally there is no saving on ingredients, which is certainly delicious for Arabs, and it may be acceptable for Europeans, but it is not in line with Eastern eating habits.

Zhang Guan swallowed half a glass of champagne in one gulp, and then he felt better, and the waiter next to him immediately brought black tea.

"Give me another glass of champagne!" Zhang Guan said immediately. He knows that when Emiratis drink black tea, they will also add a lot of sugar to it.

"Hey, Zhang! Long time no see! A voice sounded from the side, and Zhang Guan turned his head to see a bald man with a long face standing there.

"Congratulations, Zinedin! Congratulations on your Lifetime Achievement Award! Zhang Guan said immediately.

The bald man is none other than the famous footballer Zinedine Zidane, who retired after the 2006 World Cup and received the Laureus Lifetime Achievement Award this year.

The two began to talk, and after a few pleasantries, Zidane led a half-bald middle-aged man to the front and said, "Zhang, let me introduce you to a friend, this is Mr. Prudhomme, the president of the Tour de France." ”

Zhang Guan already understood that Zidane ran to him to talk, nine times out of ten, in order to introduce Prudhomme to himself, and also to introduce himself to Prudhom.

The three of them chatted a few more words, and Prudhomme got to the point.

"Zhang, I heard that you are proficient in many sports, I wonder if you are interested in cycling?" Prudhomme asked.

"Bikes? You know, every Chinese team rides a bike, and when I was in elementary school, I rode my bike to school every day. Zhang Guan said with a smile.

Prudhomme nodded: "Actually, I invited you to participate in this year's Tour de France." Of course, it can't be regarded as an official competition, but more of a charity performance. ”

Just listen to Prudhomme continue: "This year's Tour de France will start on July 2nd, and we are ready to invite some well-known personalities as guests in the opening stage. Of course, there is no need for the guests to actually ride the whole race, just show up on the first day of the race and ride a few kilometers casually. We have a special car for each guest, so you can get on and rest at any time, and you can even ride to the finish line and ride a few kilometers before the finish line. It won't be very long, at most it will take you a day. ”

Zhang Guan nodded, this is similar to the opening ceremony of some activities to find guests to cut the ribbon, the purpose is to create momentum. It's just that when it comes to the Tour de France, the ribbon cutting is replaced by a real ride of two laps.

"Is the guest's equipment the same as the athlete's?" Zhang Guan asked with interest.

"It's the same, and it will be provided by the fleet." Prudhomme continued: "We have invited 10 guests initially, and each guest will wear a team jersey that will be provided by the team. ”

"I remember that there were more than 20 teams in the Tour de France, right?" Zhang Guan asked.

"Twenty-two teams, so we'll have an auction when the time comes." Prudhomme pointed to Zinedine Zidane next to him and said: "I'll give you an example, if the Corfiniti team had photographed Zinedin, then Zinedin would have appeared on the field wearing the Corfiniti race shirt. All proceeds from the auction will be donated to Africa for malaria prevention. ”

"It turns out that Zinedin will also participate!" Zhang Guan smiled and looked at Zidane.

"In addition to that, we also invited Hollywood star Tom Cruise, singer Justin Timberlake......" Prudhomme said three or four names in a row.

Zhang Guan thought about it and felt that he could spare a day, and the Tour de France was also quite influential, so it didn't hurt to participate in more of this kind of fame-earning activity. So Zhang Guan opened his mouth and said: "Since it is for charity, then I have no problem, I will definitely participate when the time comes." (To be continued.) )