
Lamine Yamal may only be 18 years old, but he’s already got two Laureus awards to his name, a feat only matched in the world of soccer by Lionel Messi.
Barcelona’s star forward won the first-ever Young Sportsperson of the Year award at the Laureus World Sports Awards on Monday, establishing himself as the best athlete under the age of 21 and marking back-to-back honors for the prodigiou star following his win of Breakthrough Sportsperson of the Year in 2025.