Kolkata: Journalists' Club at their annual awards function here on Friday.
Advani, however, was not present at the function that also awarded former world youth (under-12) chess champion Sayantan Das as the best junior sportsperson of the year.
Eight times national badminton champion Madhumita Bisht was given the lifetime achievement award for her long and illustrious career.
The others were state awardees.
The other awardees (in state category):
Football - Denson Devadas
Cricket - Manoj Tiwary
Tennis - Rupesh Roy
Table Tennis - Soumyajit Ghosh
Swimming -Bikram Mondal
Badminton - Sheshadri Sanyal
Basketball -Satyendra Singh
Kabaddi - Abdus Salam Gazi
Hockey - Leo Bilung
Gymnastics - Gobinda Pramanik
Athletics (men) - Sheikh Mortaza
Athletics (women) - Jhuma Khatun
Chess -Saptarshi Roy Choudhury
Advani, however, was not present at the function that also awarded former world youth (under-12) chess champion Sayantan Das as the best junior sportsperson of the year.
Eight times national badminton champion Madhumita Bisht was given the lifetime achievement award for her long and illustrious career.
The other awardees (in state category):
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Cricket - Manoj Tiwary
Tennis - Rupesh Roy
Table Tennis - Soumyajit Ghosh
Swimming -Bikram Mondal
Badminton - Sheshadri Sanyal
Basketball -Satyendra Singh
Kabaddi - Abdus Salam Gazi
Hockey - Leo Bilung
Gymnastics - Gobinda Pramanik
Athletics (men) - Sheikh Mortaza
Athletics (women) - Jhuma Khatun
Chess -Saptarshi Roy Choudhury
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