Shakib to receive national sports award

Sport Correspondent: Country`s ace all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has been selected for National Sports Award for the year of 2012.

A total of 32 sport personalities will be honoured for their outstanding contribution for the years of 2010, 2011 and 2012.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to hand over the award at a function at Dhaka’s Osmani Memorial Hall on September 4.

It is the highest honour bestowed upon a sports personality which was introduced in 1976.

A total of 188 sports personalities so far have been given the award, which includes 19 cricketers.

Before Shakib, ICC Trophy winning captain Akram Khan received the award in 1998 while Mohammad Rafique, the architect of country’s first-ever one-day international win, received the national award in 2006.

Former Bangladesh captain Khaled Mashud will also receive the award for the year of 2011.

The recipients of national sports award for 2010 are:

Harun-Ur-Rashid (swimming), Atiqur Rahman (shooting), Mahmuda Begum (athletics), Dewan Md. Nazrul Islam (gymnastics), Mizanur Rahman Manu (organiser), ASM Ali Kabir (organiser), Md. Tokbir Hossain (swimming, posthumously), Farid Khan Chowdhury (athletics), Neli Jesmine (athletics) and Nipa Bosh (athletics, Autistic).

The recipients of national sports award for 2011 are:

Rowshan Ara Chobi (gymnastics), Md. Kanchon Ali (boxing), Md. Ashraf Ali (wrestling), Helena Khan Eva (volleyball), Khaled Mashud Pilot (cricket), Robiul Islam (bodybuilding), Jumman Lusai (hockey, posthumously), Kutubuddin Mohammad Aksir (organiser), Ashikur Rahman Miku (organiser) and Saheed Sheikh Kamal (athletics and organiser, posthumously)

The recipients of national sports award for 2012 are:

Sakib al Hasan (cricket), Md. Mohsin (football), Khurshid Babul (football), Ashish Bhadra (football), Abdul Gaffar (football), Sattyajit Das Rupu (football), Firoza Khatun (athletics), Nazia Akter Juthi (badminton), Kazi Rajibuddin Ahmed Chapal (organiser), Mamunur Rashid (hockey), Salma Rafique (organiser, posthumously) and Nurul Alam Chowdhury (organiser).

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