Sports
Mikel, Odemwingie Up For Awards
John Mikel Obi and Osaze Odemwingie have been nominated in two categories of the upcoming Nigeria Sports Awards, along with Ikechukwu Uche.
Mikel and Odemwingie were nominated in the Sportsman of the Year and Footballer of the Year categories, while Ike Uche was only nominated in the Footballer of the Year category.
Mikel and Odemwingie will have to contend with Paralympic gold medallist Yakubu Adesoka in the Sportsman of the Year category.
Organisers of the award, which will be coming up on November 29, have disclosed that the award will have 13 other categories.
A nine-man voting panel which consists of former athletes Falilat Ogunkoya and Gloria Obajimi, as well as the General Manager of SuperSports Nigeria, Felix Awogu.
Voting will also be open to members of the public between October 16 to November 19 via SMS in three categories, namely: Team of the Year, Sportsman of the Year and Sportswoman of the Year.