National
Association of Sports Press de Senegal (ANPS), Saturday celebrated its 15th
edition of Sports Award Night, where they awarded and celebrated their athletes
who did fantastically well throughout the 2018/2019 season in Senegal and
outside.
The
Award night that brought together dignitaries, including Gambia’s youth and
sports minister Hadrammeh Sidibeh and his host Matar Ba, Senegal’s youth and
sports minister, Amadou Gallo Fall, vice president and NBA general manager for
Africa and president of the Basketball Africa League, was held at the Museum of
Black Civilizations in Dakar.
The
ceremony was also graced by the presidents of Sports Journalists Association of
The Gambia (SJAG) and Malian Sports Journalists Association.
Awardees
Liverpool
attacker Sadio Mâné won the Senegalese Golden Ball, followed by Modou LÔ, who
won the best Senegalese Wrestler of the year and Abdouramane Ndiaye Falang won
the best emerging local wrestler of the year.
Mbagnick
Ndiaye, who is the best African Judo player won the best Sportsman of the year,
and Jean Louis Barthélémy Diouf won the Best local-based footballer of the
year.
Meanwhile,
all the other athletes who had distinguished themselves in the past season were
also honored as well as former stars, deans of the press and some eminent
leaders.
The
15th edition of the award ceremony coincided with the 49th anniversary of the
Sports Journalists Association of Senegal (ANPS) and next year’s celebration
will be the association’s silver jubilee.
Speaking
during the occasion, Gambia’s youth and sports minister Hadrammeh Sidibeh
hailed ANPS for organising the event to recognise their athletes, adding that
the event is also used to strengthen the already existing relationship between
The Gambia and Senegal, through the ANPS and SJAG.
As
part of the event, the President of the SJAG, Musa Sise and the minister youth
and sports Hadrammeh Sidibeh presented two Kora instruments to the Senegalese
sports Minister Matar Ba and the president of ANPS, Abdoulaye Thiam.
