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ROME, July 15, 2021 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

The countdown to the XXV INTERNATIONAL FAIR PLAY MENARINI AWARD has begun and

this year's event was officially announced today at the Press Conference in

Rome. Following on from the presentation of the 2021 programme, the names of

the winners who will be acknowledged on 1st September for their fair play and

ethical behaviour in sports, were revealed. This edition is set to reach new

heights in celebrating in a very special way the 25th anniversary of the award,

which was established in 1997 with the intent of highlighting the best possible

values in the world of sport.

In the year in which the Italian National Football team won the Euro 2020

championship, and the opening of the Tokyo Games is drawing closer, the XXV

edition of the Fair Play Menarini award is set to bring together champions and

sporting legends who, through their stories and examples, will showcase the

best and most passionate side of sport.

This year will also see the introduction of a Special Category "Model for the

Younger Generation," dedicated to the memory of Champion footballer Paolo

Rossi, and will be conferred to two top ranking sportsmen from the world of

football, Hans Mueller and Marco Tardelli.

The world of soccer will also be represented this year by coach Siniša

Mihajlovic, Dutch footballer Patrick Stephan Kluivert, and former referee

Pierluigi Collina, who shall be joined by other sporting legends such as

Swedish coach and former tennis player Stefan Edberg, boxer Patrizio Oliva

(also known as "Sparrow hawk"), former basketball player in the Cantù team,

Pierluigi Marzorati, and Hungarian record holding swimmer, Katinka Hosszú.

Accompanying the awards is Pharmaceutical Group Menarini which has chosen to

associate its name with the ethical values and fair play that the event

represents.

"The XXV edition of the International Fair Play Menarini Award will also be an

occasion to acknowledge, through the positive values of sport, the enormous

effort the healthcare professionals, researchers and all those who are on the

front line are making to defeat this terrible pandemic," commented Ennio

Troiano, Global Head of Human Resources Menarini. "In this historical moment of

starting over we hope that the values of fair play may guide us in facing other

such challenges in the future."

The 25th edition of the Fair Play Menarini Award will open on 30th August in

Castiglion Fiorentino and continue on 31st August in Florence. The award

ceremony will be staged and broadcast live on Sportitalia on 1st September

hosted by Lorenzo Dallari and Rachele Sangiuliano.

The XXV International Fair Play Menarini Awards winners:

Hans-Peter Mueller and Marco Tardelli – Special prize in memory of Paolo Rossi,

"Model for the younger generation"

Sinisa Mihajlovic – "Sport and health"

Massimo Bonini – "Fair play"

Pierluigi Collina – "Values of sport"

Eleonora Maria Goldoni – "Fair play and solidarity"

Patrick Stephan Kluivert – "Social values of sport"

Stefan Edberg – "Sporting career and fair play"

Pierluigi Marzorati – "Lifetime of sport"

Matteo Marconcini – "Promoting sport"

Patrizio Oliva – "Sport and life"

Katinka Hosszú – "Fair Play life model"

Romano Battisti – "Sport beyond Sport"

Lucia Blini – Special Prize in memory of Franco Lauro, "Narrating the emotions"

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Source: Menarini I.F.R.