Mumbai, Dec 17 (PTI) Ace badminton player Saina Nehwal has been named the Sports Illustrated India's sportsperson of the year.
Other awards included Team of the Year - Indian Davis Cup Squad, International Sportsperson - Usain Bolt, Young player - Virat Kohli, Lifetime Achievement - late Rajsingh Dungarpur, Editor's Award for Excellence - Leander Paes,
The awards were declared last night at a function held here in a city hotel.
"The Sports Illustrated award are an attempt to provide the essential acknowledgement and recognition for the achievement of men and women who have excelled in their field," Sports Illustrated India Editor-in-Chief Sundeep Mishra said.
Leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna were among the sportspersons present on the occassion.
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Saina named sportsperson of the year by Sports mag
Yuvraj may miss again, Sehwag to play 2nd ODI
Nagpur, Dec 17 (PTI) Already nursing a finger injury, India's middle-order batsman Yuvraj Singh has been laid low by viral flu, which may rule him out of second one-dayer against Sri Lanka here tomorrow.
Yuvraj, who had also missed the opening match in Rajkot due to injury, skipped the practice session today and it is still not known if he has recovered from his finger injury.
India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni was unsure of Yuvraj's participation in tomorrow's clash but said opener Virender Sehwag was fit to play.
"Yuvraj Singh is having flu. He's having a viral infection. Till now it's flu. We did not ask him about his finger since he did not turn out on the field because of flu.
We have to see how difficult it is for him to field," he said.
