CSJC chooses Abhinav Bindra as best sportsperson

KOLKATA: Olympic gold medalist Abhinav Bindra was chosen as the 'Best Sportperson of the Year 2008' by the Calcutta Sports Journalists Club (CSJC) on Tuesday.
The CSJC also decided to honour son of hockey legend Dhyanchand, Ashok Kumar, and adventurer Bachendri Pal with the Lifetime Achievement Awards, while paddler Ankita Das was adjudged the Best Junior Sportperson of the Year.
Ankita, who is the reigning national Junior champion, has won five national titles in last six years. The 16-year-old recently emerged champion in the Indian Open Under-21 Girls' singles category.
The annual awards will be given on March 28.
ALL-INDIA AWARDS
Best Sportperson of the Year: Abhinav Bindra (shooting);
Best Junior Sportperson of the Year: Ankita Das(table tennis);
Lifetime Achievement Awards: Bachendri Pal (adventure sport) and Ashok Kumar (hockey).
STATE AWARDS
Football: Sunil Chhetri;
Cricket: Wriddhiman Saha (men's) and Priyanka Roy (women's);
Hockey: Imran Khan;
Athletics: Sushmita Singha Roy;
Volleyball: CS Ramya;
Basketball: Arundhati Banerjee;
Kabaddi: Jyotish Biswas;
Tennis: Treta Bhattacharya;
Chess: Surya Sekhar Ganguly;
Table Tennis: Saurav Chakraborty;
Archery: Somnath Mondal;
Badminton: Rituparna Das;
Swimming: Ronit Dey.