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VIDEO – XtraTime: Kolkata’s CSJC Annual Awards 2016-17!

The Calcutta Sports Journalists Club organised their CSJC Annual Awards 2016-17 to hand prizes to the winners in Kolkata yesterday evening.

Two-time Indian Open champion golfer S.S.P. Chawrasia and the country’s lone woman Paralympic medallist Deepa Malik were conferred the Sportsperson of the Year and Inspiration of the Year awards respectively.

The CSJC Annual Awards 2016/17 winners

Sportsperson of the year: SSP Chawrasia.

Junior sportsperson of the year: Saurav Singh.

Inspiration of the year: Deepa Malik.

Athletes of the year: Mohammed Rafique and Jeje Lalpekhlua (football); Abhimanyu Easwaran (cricket); Moumita Dutta (table tennis); Atanu Das (archery); Sathi Dolui (hockey); Chandan Bauri and Rajashree Prasad (athletics, men and women winners respectively); Utsava Palit (badminton); Sitamoni Tudu (basketball); Tithi Dhara (volleyball); Arpita Mukherjee (chess); Moupriya Mitra (aquatics-diving).

Special awards: Wriddhiman Saha (cricket), Mridul Banerjee (football), Anindita Chakraborty (table tennis), Pranab Nandy (cricket), Manvir Singh (football), Rana Gharami (football).

Lifetime achievement awards: Raju Mukherji (cricket), Dibyendu Barua (chess), Shyam Thapa (football).

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