To honour and recognise the top sports personalities of 2015 and 2016, BSPA Sports Award will be given in a colourful award giving ceremony on January 30 at a local hotel in Dhaka.
For the first time, the name of the top sports persons of the two years will be named on the very award day.
However, three names were shortlisted for the year's best sports person award 2015 and 2016.
For the best sportsperson award 2015, cricketer Mahmudullah Riyad, Soumya Sarkar and Mustafizur Rahman were shortlisted while swimmer Mahfuza Khatun Shila, cricketer Tamim Iqbal Khan and hockey striker Ashraful Islam were shortlisted for 2016.
The general sports lovers will be able to pick the best one through online voting after visiting the BSPA website. The online voting will be casted till January 20.
Beside, the jury board of BSPA finalised the names of the best sportspersons in different events of the two years.
For 2015, Mahmudullah Riyad will be awarded as the best cricketer, M Fahad Rahman as best chess player, Tamimul Islam as best archer, footballer Sarwar Jaman Nipu as the best rising player, Yusuf Ali as best organiser, Syed Gola Zilani as best coach, Max Group as best sponsor while Aminul Haque Moni will be given special award.
For 2016, Tamim Iqbal Khan will be awarded as the best cricketer, Mabia Akter Shimanta as best weightlifter, Ashraful Islam as best hockey player, Shakil Ahmed as best shooter, Sayeed Al Zabir as best volleyball player, Mehedi Hasan Miraz as best rising player, Krishna Rani Sarker as best woman rising player, Golam Rabbani Choton as best coach, Tarafdar M Ruhul Amin as best organiser and Bangladesh Navy as best organisation.
Bangladesh Sports Press Association (BSPA) Sports Award is the earliest sports award in the country that was initiated in 1968. Once it was regarded as the national sports award before initiation of the national sports award.
Like the previous time, Square Toiletries Ltd is sponsoring BSPA for the award programme this year too.
