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ATP Star Nadal Tips Benzema For FIFA Ballon d’Or Award

Tennis superstar Rafael Nadal has given his backing to Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema to win the 2021 Ballon d’Or and he has received some high-profile backing from Tennis star Rafael Nadal.

Nadal who is a famous Real Madrid fan on Wednesday wrote a social media post to explain why he hopes the striker will be recognised with this individual accolade.

“He has my admiration as a player, he shows commitment to the sport and demonstrates professionalism at his age,” Nadal wrote.

“Good luck Benzema and you have my support for the 2021 Ballon d’Or.”

The 2021 UEFA Nations League winner with France has recorded 11 goals with 8 assists in 12 appearances in all competitions for Real Madrid this season.

Izuchukwu Okosi

Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc. In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio. He worked there for 13 years until October 2017. Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch. He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations. Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line. Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.