Yang Yang had made history by winning a Laureus award!
The Chinese legend had created another sensation, becoming the first Chinese athlete to win the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year award!
A new legend of football had been born!
The great Yang Yang had won the Laureus!
Yang Yang had finally fulfilled his Laureus dream!
Immediately after the Laureus awards ceremony in Shanghai ended, major news agencies, newspapers, and websites around the world began frantically reporting the news of Yang Yang winning the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year award. Everyone responded with excitement and approval.
As the number-one figure in world football, Yang Yang had been nominated for the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year award for several consecutive years, but each time he had merely been there to make up the numbers. This time, however, Yang Yang had actually won the award. Although everyone was surprised, they all acknowledged that he was thoroughly deserving of it.
Xinhua News Agency did not even wait for the ceremony to end before publishing a commentary, declaring that Yang Yang was fully deserving of the award. It congratulated Yang Yang on becoming the first Chinese athlete to win the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year award, as well as the first footballer to win it.
"This isn't just the pride of us Chinese people. It's the pride of the entire football world!"
"Tonight, the Shanghai Laureus night will go down in history because of Yang Yang's victory!"
The Associated Press published a commentary at the earliest opportunity, stating that Yang Yang's victory was a major event for Chinese sports and a historic breakthrough for world football. It represented the possibility that, from then on, footballers could truly compete for the Laureus. This was a historic moment not only for football,