BSPA to honour 10 best athletes

The Bangladesh Sports Press Association is set to accord reception to 10 athletes from seven disciplines to mark the organisation's 60th anniversary.

At a press conference today, the BSPA informed that an eight-member jury board had initially considered 108 athletes who featured since the Independence of Bangladesh before trimming the number down to top 10.

The selected athletes are Kazi Salahuddin (football), Niaz Morshed (chess), Mosharraf Hossain Khan (swimming), Monem Munna (football), Shah Alam (athletics), Mosharraf Hossain (boxing), Shakib Al Hasan (cricket), Mashrafe Bin Mortaza (cricket), Asif Hossain Khan (shooting), and Siddiqur Rahman (golf).