The government yesterday approved the nomination of ten sports personalities for National Sports Award 2008 for their outstanding contributions to different fields of sports.
The nominees are: General Moeen U Ahmed, NDC, PSC (organiser), Sunil Krishna Dey (football), Lt (retd) Mohammad Amzad Hossain (athlete), Senior Warrant Officer (retd) Mohammad Lutfur Rahman (swimming), Alhaj Mohammad Ruhul Amin (weightlifting), Khondokar Abul Hasan (volleyball), Brig General Mohammad Shawkat Hossain, PSC (bodybuilding), Mohammad Saidul Haque Sadi (table tennis), Syed Abdul Majid (cricket) and Mohammad Jahangir Alam Chowdhury (kabaddi).