Messi, candidate to Sportsman of the Year beside a horse

The Argentinian star of the FC Barcelona, Leo Messi, is one of the candidates to Sportsman of the Year that has appointed the North American magazine "Sports Illustrated" beside other sportsmen known like Novak Djokovic, Usain Bolt, Stephen Curry and the horse American Pharoah

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The big star of the FC Barcelona, the Argentinian Leo Messi, finds in the same list that a horse of careers, American Pharoah, like candidate to achieve this year 2015 the prize to Sportsman of the Year that concedes annually the prestigious magazine "Sports Illustrated".

The magazine has given to know already the list of the 12 candidates that opt to the prize, between which can see to six men, four women, a team of baseball, the Kansas City Royals, and the horse of competition American Pharoah, that this year 2015 has achieved to win the Triple Crown, something that did not produce from 1978 in the world of the careers of horses.

The list of candidates form it the following sportsmen, in addition to the already mentioned: Leo Messi (football), Usain Bolt (athletics), Novak Djokovic (tennis), Jordan Spieth (golf), Thomas Davis (American football) and Stephen Curry (basketball); and four women: Serena Williams (tennis), Round Rousey (martial arts), Simone Bile (gymnastics) and Carli Lloyd (football).

Leo Messi, as it is normal, is at present one of the favourite maxima to achieve the prize after having won the triplete of League BBVA, Champions League and Glass of the King the past season comandando to one of the best FC Barcelona of all time.

Messi also can carry the Puskas and the Balloon of Gold

The big star of the FC Barcelona, Leo Messi, no only could carry the Balloon of Gold 2015 in the ceremony of delivery of the next 11 January 2016 in Zúrich (Switzerland). The Argentinian star is also one of the footballers nominated to the Prize Puskas 2015, that choose the users in a massive vote through Internet and for which "The Flea" is also the favourite maximum, taking into account that the so much nominated is one of the best of all his career futbolística.