Award for Xavi and Casillas

Award for Xavi and Casillas

Xavi and Iker Casillas won the Prince of Asturias Awards 2012 (Premios Príncipe de Asturias) for the sports category. Both the Spanish national team star will receive the appreciation in a ceremony at the Asturias, Oviedo, on 26 October. The award is given to individuals or organizations from around the world to have achieved outstanding in his field. Of the eight categories, exercise is one of them. If last year's Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) from athletics came out as the winner, this time Xavi and Casillas who triumphed. Here is an excerpt from the official site Fundacion Principe de Asturias (FPA) on the basis of the selection of Xavi and Casillas as the winner. The jury assessed Barcelona and Real Madrid players as a symbol of friendship and camaraderie that can go beyond the rivalry of the two clubs concerned. Soul sportsmanship they believed to be a role model for young people around the world. Xavi and Iker, who have won important titles with the Spanish national team and club, respectively, have been friends for a long time, including when they helped Spain win the Under-20 World Cup in Nigeria. Relationship is even stronger with the passage of time, even beating all the passion and potential hostility. Xavi and Casillas has never won this award before, that as part of the Spanish national team in 2010 ago.