Fashola, Okagbare, Others Win Nigerian Sports Award

Governor Babatunde
Fashola of Lagos State was honoured as the “Sports Governor of the Year” by the Nigerian Sports Award.
The organisers said at the event which held at the Muson Centre, Onikan, that Fashola was honoured for developing sports and the youth in the state.
Other recipients of the award include Commonwealth gold medalist, Blessing Okagbare and top table tennis star, Aruna Quadri whom, the organisers noted, had performed creditably in the year.
Okagbare, 26, holds the 2014 women’s 100 meters and the 200 meters fastest time at 10.85 seconds in the last Commonwealth Games in Scotland.
The sprinter’s 100m best of 10.79, makes her the African record holder for the event.
She was also the African 100m and long jump champion in 2010 and had won medals at the All Africa Games and the IAAF Continental Cup.
Quadri, 26, was honoured as the “Ball Sports Personality of the Year”.
The table tennis star competed for Nigeria at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he defeated a Spanish player before being defeated. At the International Table Tennis (ITTF) World Cup 2014 in Germany, he reached the quarter-finals in the Men’s Singles competition.
Super Eagles goalkeeper, Vincent Enyeama, was honoured as the footballer of the year and the sportsman of the year.
Courtney Dike, Falconets sensational player, was honoured with the footballer of the year, while her teammate, Asisat Oshoala, received the discovery of the year award.