Sahara awards to be given on Oct 30

The awardees of this trophy are selected through an extensive 2 tier selection process,under which at first level,the 400 members of Sports Journalists’ Federation of India (SJFI) from across the nation,nominated sportspersons from different sections of sports in different categories.

From the shortlisted names drawn by through the SJFI nominations,the final awardees under respective will be selected by a 14 person sports jury constituting of living legends from different sports discipline like cricket,billiards,tennis,golf,squash,hockey,athletics,boxing,badminton,football,chess,table tennis etc. The jury panel will be led by cricketing legend Sunil Gavaskar as the chairman of the jury. The entire selection process will be audited and monitored by Ernst & Young,states a press release from Sahara India.

The award categories: Best Young Achiever (Male); Best Young Achiever (Female); Memorable moment of the year; Team of the Year; Sportsman of the Year; Sportswoman of the Year; Cricketer of the Year (Male); Cricketer of the Year (Female); Outstanding Performance of the Year; Breakthrough Performance of the Year; Coach of the year; Outstanding Performance at CWG (Male); Outstanding Performance at CWG (Female); Unsung Hero (2); Legendary Honour.