4th Annual Premios Fox Sports Presented by DHL to Honor Latino Athletes from the United States and Latin America.Some Winners Voted on Exclusively by Fans, Others Selected by Expert Panel of Judges Panel of Judges is an indie pop band from Melbourne, Australia. Members
LOS ANGELES -- Delivering on its mission to bring Latino sports fans closer to their favorite athletes and teams, Fox Pan American Sports today announced the finalists for the 4th Annual Premios Fox Sports presented by DHL DHL abbr. 1. Doctor of Hebrew Letters 2. Doctor of Hebrew Literature , the only awards program of its kind to recognize the contributions and accomplishments of Latino athletes and personalities from the world of sports both on and off the field. Winners in three categories will be voted on exclusively by fans via text messaging, while 14 additional awards were voted on by an expert panel of judges and will be crowned during the official Premios Fox Sports awards ceremony to be held and taped on December 14, 2006, at the Jackie Gleason Theater of Performing Arts in Miami Beach, Florida “Miami Beach” redirects here. For the beach in Barbados, see Miami Beach, Barbados.
"We're excited to once again engage our viewers and Latino sports fans across the Americas in the selection process, and also congratulate our inaugural awards selection committee for helping us hone in on the year's most extraordinary sports feats, teams and players," said Jim Ganley, chief financial officer for Fox Pan American Sports. "Now in our fourth year, Premios Fox Sports still remains the only awards program of its kind to honor the achievements and contributions of Latino athletes and sports teams. Latino athletes continued to prove themselves on and off the field this past year and our 4th Annual Premios Fox Sports celebration promises to be among our strongest yet." New Awards Selection Committee, First-Ever Consumer Voting via Text Messaging In order to ensure recognizing the most notable sports achievements of the past year, regardless of the individual sport or athlete's popularity, this year's Premios Fox Sports marked the introduction of its first-ever awards selection committee. Tapped for their deep knowledge and understanding of sports in the U.S. and Latin America, their track record covering the biggest and most important sporting events, and their relentless commitment to excellence, objectivity and fairness, the selection committee was Co-Chaired by Luis Vi[+ or -]uales, former editor in chief of Fox Sports en Espa[+ or -]ol The Magazine, and Federico Infante, executive producer of Argentina's Fox Sports Latin America. Other members of the committee include: * German Fernandez Moore, sports editor of Houston Chronicle's La Voz, Houston * Sandra Velazquez Cruz, sports editor of Diario La Estrella, Dallas * Mauro Diaz, sports editor of Dallas Morning New's Al D-a - Dallas * Juan Carlos Aya, sports editor Tribune's Hoy Newspaper - New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago * Montero Alvarez, sports editor of El Pais - Uruguay * Fernando Golscher, sports editor of El Grafico - El Salvador Upon submitting nominations in each category via secret ballot, each committee member's recommendations were tabulated by the Co-Chairs. The five nominees receiving the most votes in each category will be selected as finalists, while the top vote getter overall will be presented as the winner in his/her respective category. Also representing another first for Fox Pan American Sports, this year consumers are able to vote via text messaging for their favorites in three categories: BEST GOAL OF COPA COPA Child Online Protection Act (US internet legislation) COPA Comerica Park (the new Tiger Stadium) COPA Canadian Owners and Pilots Association COPA Compañía Panameña de Aviación TOYOTA LIBERTADORES, BEST GOAL OF COPA NISSAN SUDAMERICANA, and BEST GOAL OF RECOPA, each representing one of the most important club level soccer tournaments in Latin America. Wireless voting kicked off in October and will conclude on November 24, 2006. A Night of Shining Stars, Finalists Unveiled Following are the 2006 Premios Fox Sports award categories and finalists, as selected by the expert panel of judges: OUTSTANDING SOCCER PLAYER * Bruno MARIONI (ARG See argument. arg - argument ) - Toluca of Mexico * Diego LUGANO (URU URU Uruguay URU Union de Rugby del Uruguay (Spanish: Uruguay Rugby Club) URU Universidad Rafael Urdaneta (Venezuela college) URU You Are You URU Universal Research Unit ) - Sao Paulo of Brazil and Fenerbahs.e of Turkey * Carlos TEVEZ (ARG) - Corinthians of Brazil / West Ham of England * Rodrigo PALACIO (ARG) - Boca Juniors of Argentina * Omar BRAVO (MEX MEX Mexico MEX Microsoft Exchange MEX Materials Exchange (Recycling Council of British Columbia) MEX Military Exchange MEX Mobile Exploration System MEX Mesopelagic Export Flux MEX Mesopelagic Export Mooring ) - Chivas de Guadalajara of Mexico OUTSTANDING LATIN AMERICAN SOCCER PLAYER IN EUROPE * Rafael MARQUEZ (MEX) - Barcelona of Spain * Lionel MESSI (ARG) - Barcelona of Spain * Jefferson FARFAN (PER) - PSV Eindhoven of Holland * David SUAZO (HON) - Cagliari of Italy * Nelson Haedo VALDEZ Nelson Antonio Haedo Valdez (born November 28, 1983 in Caaguazú) is a Paraguayan football player. An attacker, he has played 6 matches for the Paraguay national football team. He currently plays for Borussia Dortmund. (PAR) - Werder Bremen of Germany / Borussia Dortmund of Germany OUTSTANDING SOCCER MANAGER * Alfio BASILE (ARG) - Boca Juniors of Argentina / Selecci[sup.3]n Argentina * Am[c]rico GALLEGO (ARG) - Toluca of Mexico * Gerardo MARTINO (ARG) - Libertad of Paraguay * Luis SUAREZ (COL) - Ecuador National Team * Jos[c] Luis TREJO (MEX) - Pachuca of Mexico / Tigres of Mexico OUTSTANDING LATIN AMERICAN SOCCER TEAM * BOCA JUNIORS (ARG) - Champion of Clausura Tournament / Recopa 2006 * TOLUCA (MEX) - Winner of Champions Cup Mexico 2006 * LIBERTAD (PAR) - Co-Champion of Paraguayan League 2006 / Semifinalist of Copa Libertadores * PACHUCA (MEX) - Champion of Clausura 2006 * AMERICA (MEX) - Winner of CONCACAF CONCACAF Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (Soccer) CONCACAF Confederacion Norte, Centroamericana y del Caribe de Futbol Asociacion (Spanish) 2006 Champions Cup OUTSTANDING GOALIE * Oswaldo SANCHEZ (ARG) - Chivas Guadalajara of Mexico * Roberto ABBONDANZIERI (ARG) - Boca Juniors of Argentina / Getafe of Spain * Oscar USTARI (ARG) - Independiente of Argentina * Miguel CALERO (COL) - Pachuca of Mexico * Aldo BOBADILLA (PAR) - Libertad of Paraguay / Boca Juniors of Argentina OUTSTANDING BASEBALL PLAYER * Albert PUJOLS (DOM) - Saint Louis Cardinals, MLB * David ORTIZ (DOM) - Boston Red Sox The Boston Red Sox are a professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts. The Red Sox are a member and currently champions of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball’s American League. From to the present, the Red Sox have played in Fenway Park. , MLB * Mariano RIVERA (PAN) - New York Yankees  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. , MLB * Alfonso SORIANO (DOM) - Washington Nationals, MLB * Johan SANTANA (VEN) - Minnesota Twins, MLB OUTSTANDING BOXER * Carlos BALDOMIR (ARG) - World Welterweight Champion, WBC WBC white blood cell; see leukocyte. WBC abbr. white blood cell WBC, n stands for white blood cell. * Marco Antonio BARRERA Marco Antonio Barrera Tapia (born January 17, 1974 in Mexico City) is a Mexican professional boxer. He is a former world champion at WBO Super Bantamweight (122 lb), IBO / WBC Featherweight (126 lb), WBC Super Featherweight (130 lb) and IBF Junior Lightweight (130 lb) divisions. (MEX) - World Super Featherweight Champion, WBC * Miguel COTTO - Top Ranked Welterweight, WBO * Antonio MARGARITO (MEX) - Ranked #2 Welterweight, WBO * Israel VAZQUEZ (MEX) - World Super Bantamweight Champion, WBC OUTSTANDING MOTOR SPORT DRIVER * Rub[c]n PARDO (MEX) - Busch Series East * Juan Pablo MONTOYA Juan Pablo Montoya Roldán (born September 20 1975 in Bogotá, Colombia) is a race car driver in NASCAR for Chip Ganassi Racing and a former Formula One and Indycar driver. He was born in Bogotá where he was taught the techniques of karting from an early age by his father Pablo, an (COL) - Formula 1/ NASCAR NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing), organization that sanctions American stock-car races, est. 1948. It held its first race in Daytona Beach, Fla. * Mario DOMINGUEZ (MEX) - Rocketsports Racing * Juan Manuel SILVA Juan Manuel Silva (born 1972-10-12), nicknamed el Pato ("the Duck") is an Argentine racing driver from Resistencia, province of Chaco. In 2005 he was the champion of the Turismo Carretera competition. His father used to build racing cars for him. (ARG) - Turismo Carretera / TC 2000 * Luis Miguel DIAZ (MEX) - Grand Am Series OUTSTANDING TENNIS PLAYER * David NALBANDIAN (ARG) * Fernando GONZALEZ (CHI) * Agust-n CALLERI (ARG) * Juan Ignacio CHELA Juan Ignacio Chela (born August 30, 1979, Buenos Aires, Argentina) is a professional male tennis player from Argentina. His strongest surface is slow hardcourt, but like most Argentine players he is comfortable on clay. (ARG) * Jos[c] ACASUSO (ARG) Five additional awards will be presented on December 14, including: BREAKOUT OF THE YEAR, PARAPLEGIC paraplegic /para·ple·gic/ (-ple´jik) 1. pertaining to or of the nature of paraplegia. 2. an individual with paraplegia. ATHLETE OF THE YEAR Athlete of the Year
A series of special recognitions and awards will also be presented at a private reception on December 13 at the Loews Miami Beach Hotel. Special recognitions will include: 100 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE PARAGUAYAN SOCCER ASSOCIATION; 100 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF CHIVAS DE GUADALAJARA OF MEXICO; 20 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF NICOLAS NICOLAS Network Information Center On-Line Aid System LEOZ IN CONMEBOL CONMEBOL Confederacion Sudamericana de Futbol ; BREAKOUT YOUNG STAR FERNANDO GAGO; MARTIN PALERMO FOR 200 GOALS IN FIRST DIVISION; 20 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF ARGENTINA WORLD CUP CHAMPIONSHIP IN 1986; and HORACIO ELIZONDO AS OUTSTANDING REFEREE WORLD CUP GERMANY Germany has hosted the FIFA World Cup twice. Hence World Cup Germany may refer to:
Jaime Camil Returns as Host for Third Consecutive Year, Candela Ferro will Co-Host Airing on December 17 at 9pm ET/6pm PT in the United States on Fox Sports en Espa[+ or -]ol and throughout the Spanish-speaking Americas on Fox Sports Latin America, the 2006 edition of Premios Fox Sports will bring together sports and mainstream celebrities to honor the year's greatest achievements across a variety of sports, including soccer, basketball, motor sports, tennis and boxing. Presented by title Sponsor DHL for the second year in a row, the 4th Annual Premios Fox Sports will once again be hosted by Mexican film and television personality and star of Univision's blockbuster novela "La Fea Mas Bella," Jaime Camil; he will be joined as co-host by one of the leading ladies of Spanish-language television and current host of Telemundo's primetime show "Decisiones," Candela Ferro. On the Web at www.foxsportsla.com/premios, the official hub for Premios Fox Sports offers access to up-to-date event information, including photos and biographies of players, teams and other honorees past and present, participating musical acts, as well as photos and videos from last year's show. About Fox Pan American Sports Fox Pan American Sports LLC, operator of Fox Sports en Espa[+ or -]ol and Fox Sports Latin America, is an international sports programming and production entity jointly owned by HM Capital Partners, LLC and News Corporation's (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : NWS) Fox Sports International Fox Sports International is an international sports programming and production entity housed within the Fox Networks Group, one of the major operating units within Fox Entertainment Group and News Corporation. . Premios Fox Sports presented by DHL, now in its fourth year, is Fox Pan American Sports' signature annual event and the first and only awards program of its kind to celebrate the contributions and accomplishments of U.S. Hispanic and Latin American athletes both on and off the field. Voted on by fans and an expert panel of judges, winners will be crowned during the official Premios Fox Sports 4ta Edici[sup.3]n awards ceremony on December 14, 2006 at the Jackie Gleason Theater of Performing the Arts in Miami Beach, Florida. The show will be transmitted to more than 27.6 million households on December 17, 2006 through Fox Sports en Espa[+ or -]ol in the United States and Fox Sports Latin America throughout the Spanish-speaking Americas. About DHL DHL (www.dhl.com) is the global market leader of the international express and logistics industry, specializing in providing innovative and customized solutions from a single source. DHL offers expertise in express, air and ocean freight, overland transport, contract logistic solutions as well as international mail services, combined with worldwide coverage and an in-depth understanding of local markets. DHL's international network links more than 220 countries and territories worldwide. 285,000 employees are dedicated to providing fast and reliable services that exceed customers' expectations. DHL is a Deutsche Post World Net brand. The group generated revenues of 45bn euros in 2005. |
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