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Cricketer Mehedi Hasan Miraz became the Best Sportsperson of the year while footballer Tapu Barman won the popular choice award at the Kool-BSPA Sports Award 2021 ceremony held at a city hotel today.
Bangladesh Sports Press Association (BSPA), in association with Square Toiletries Limited, organised the award programme after a two-year break due to the coronavirus pandemic. A total of 15 awards were presented to different athletes,
coaches, and organisers of different disciplines including the ICC U-19 World Cup-winning cricket team and two organisations in a colourful program.
Off-spinner Miraz beat national footballer Tapu and archer Diya Siddique to win the Best Sportsperson of the year while Tapu beat the likes of Miraz and women cricketer Sharmin Akhtar Supta to win the popular choice award.
Cricketer Miraz, footballer Tapu, and Bangladesh women’s team cricketer Supta, archer Diya, hockey player Sohanur Rahman Sabuj, bodybuilder Maksuda Akter Mou, cyclist Faisal Hossain and football coach Oscar Bruzon also won awards for being bests in their respective disciplines.
Pacer Shoriful Islam, high-jumper Ritu Akhtar and gymnast Ali Kader Haq won awards in the promising athletes’ categories while Syed Shahed Reza, Bangladesh Chess Federation, and Aamra Network won the awards in the best organiser, federation and sponsor categories respectively.
Former footballer Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury received a special award.
Amiruzzaman Amir Babu was named the grassroots sportsperson for contributing to cricket while Akbar Ali, who suddenly died of a brain hemorrhage on Thursday afternoon, was also presented a special award for contributing to football at the grassroots.
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