Socrates Award

SportsBrief.com News ☆ Bayern Munich and Senegal superstar Sadio Mane has been a shining beacon of hope for the good people of Senegal, particularly in his ...

The Senegal international has been described by many as a man with a 'golden heart' owing to his humanitarian works. [Sadio Mane](https://sportsbrief.com/tag/sadio-man/) proved his class off the pitch during the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations after [he paid the entire](https://sportsbrief.com/football/liverpool/11497-sadio-mane-pays-entire-hospital-bill-young-cameroonian-boy-life-threatening-injuries/) hospital bill for a young boy with life-threatening injuries. The Socrates Prize, a novel award in the history of the awards, identifies the best social initiative by a committed champion.

Sadio Mané finished second in the 2022 Ballon d'Or, only ranking behind unstoppable Karim Benzema on Monday night (Oct 17). The Teranga lion did not leave ...

Sadio Mané finished second in the 2022 Ballon d'Or, only ranking behind unstoppable Karim Benzema. The Bayern Munich winger offers each family in the village a monthly support package of almost $70 and has also awarded nearly $400 bonus to the top pupils in the village high school. In a few months span, he invested nearly a million dollars in the building of infrastructure, including a school.

Bayern Munich player Sadio Mane was named this Monday as winner of the Socrates Award 2022, for his charity work in the last year.

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The Socrates Award, presented for the first time on Monday evening during the Ballon d'Or ceremony, was awarded to Senegalese footballer Sadio Mané for his ...

The Bayern Munich and Senegal striker was rewarded for his investment in the development of his native village of Bambali, in southern Senegal, where he encouraged equal access for boys and girls to practice. The Socrates Award, presented for the first time on Monday evening during the Ballon d’Or ceremony, was awarded to Senegalese footballer Sadio Mané for his investment in the development of his native village of Bambali. The best African player of the year 2022, Sadio Mané received the very first Socrates Awards on Monday, during the Ballon d’Or 2022 ceremony.

Sadio Mane has won the maiden Socrates Award, with the Bayern Munich forward being recognised for his humanitarian work.

Prior to that, he is expected to lead the Bavarians’ attack against Augsburg in a German Cup fixture. Mane built a public hospital and funded schools and families in his home village of Bambali last year, and also donated to the Senegalese National Committee to help fight the Covid-19 pandemic. The prize is named after Brazil football icon Socrates - who co-founded the Corinthians Democracy movement, in opposition to the ruling military government in 1980s Brazil.