The tenth edition of the Sports Award includes eight different categories--Player of the Year Male, Player of the Year Female, Youth Player of the Year, Coach of the Year, Popular Player of the Year, Para-athlete of the Year, Special Award and Lifetime Achievement Award. [break]
The program will begin at 2:30 pm and will be telecast live by Avenues Television.
Youth and Sports Minister Kamala Roka, foreign diplomats and the main sponsor Shekhar Golcha, executive director of Hansraj Hulaschand and Company, will grace the event.
The winner of the male and female categories will receive Pulsar bikes while the winners of the other six categories will receive Rs 30,000 each.
There are five nominees under each category except for the Special Award, Lifetime Achievement Award and the Para-athlete of the Year. No nominees were selected for these three categories and the winners will be announced directly during the program, according to Mahesh Acharya, coordinator of the selection committee.
The winner of the Popular Player category will be based on SMS voting while the rest of the winners will be decided on the basis of the performance of the player, his or her achievements and the importance of the event participated in.
The winners of all categories will also receive Timex watches, one year free health service from International Society for Medical Education (ISME), Chitwan, six months free DTH service from Dish Media Network, a Mountain flight ticket from Buddha Air, one year internet service from Cherry World Communication Pvt Ltd, and carpets from New Horizon Carpet Industries Pvt Ltd. Likewise, the nominees will receive trophies, Timex watches and gift hampers and John Players T-shirt.
Skipper of Nepali cricket team Paras Khadka had won the Player of the Year Male award last year while karateka Ganga Adhikari had won the award from female category. Likewise, wushu player Binita Maharjan and karate coach Deepak Shrestha were the winners of the Youth category and Coach of the Year respectively.
The multitalented Komal Pandey, who used to be a footballer, cricketer, athlete as well as a swimmer, was felicitated with the Lifetime Achievement Award.
Taekwondo ace Deepak Bista, who had created a record in the South Asian Games by winning four consecutive gold medals, had received the Special Award.
Football star Santosh Sahukhala was voted the Popular Player while table tennis player Arjun Sapkota had won the Para-athlete Award.
Judoka Debu Thapa had won the Bravery Award, one of the two categories introduced last year. The other winner was cricketer Rubina Chhetri, who won the Miracle Award.
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