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UNB, Dhaka

Youth and Sports Adviser Tapan Chowdhury announced the names of 10 sports personalities for the National Sports Award for the year 2007.

The Adviser announced the names at a press conference at his Ministry Thursday.

The awardees included eight sportsmen and two sports organisers.

The eight sportsmen are: Sharmila Roy (Athletics), Ranjit Das (Football), Amir Hossain Patwari (Kabaddi), Lieutenant Commander S Arshad (Swimming), Aminul Islam (Judo), M Nurul Islam (Hockey), Engineer Sheikh Abul Hashem (Badminton) and Professor Dr Rashiduddin Ahmed (Basketball).

Sports organisers are late Ataul Haq Mallik (posthumous) and Kazi Anisur Rahman.

Each award carries a gold medal, certificates and Tk 20,000.