Ace Indian cueist Pankaj Advani was today chosen as the Best Sportsperson of the Country, while football Olympians PK Banerjee and Chuni Goswami were picked for Lifetime Achievement awards by the Calcutta Sports Journalists’ Club for 2013-14.

Former India captain IM Vijayan will also be felicitated for oustanding contribution to football as a host of sportpersons from the state and country will be feted at the ONGC-CSJC Annual Awards Function to be held at the Rotary Sadan on Friday.

Following is the list of the awardees:

Lifetime Achievement: Pradip Kumar Banerjee and Subimal (Chuni) Goswami; Outstanding contribution to football: IM Vijayan; Best Sportsperson of the Country: Pankaj Advani (Cuesport); Best Junior Sportsperson of the Country: Rituparna Das (Badminton); Excellence in Cue Sport: Sourav Kothari.

State awards (Best Player): Archery: Somnath Mondal, Athletics (male): Chandan Bauri, Athletics (female): Swapna Burman, Basketball: Sukurmoni Oraon, Chess: Diptayan Ghosh, Cricket: Mohammed Shami, Football: Arnab Mondal, Football (best foreign player): Celestine Anyichie Echezona, Gymnastics: Pranati Das, Hockey: Chandan Singh, Kabaddi: Sumati Adigiri, Shooting: Arjun Das, Swimming: Sayani Ghosh, Table Tennis: Sutirtha Mukherjee, Tennis: Nitin Kumar Sinha, Volleyball: Anushree Ghosh.

source: http://www.news.outlookindia.com / Outlook / Home> Sports / Kolkata – April 23rd, 2014