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Kidambi Srikanth named Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year

India’s Srikanth Kidambi

By: Sarwar Alam

India’s top-ranked men’s badminton player Kidambi Srikanth was adjudged Sports Illustrated ‘India’s Sportsperson of the Year’ for his stupendous performance in 2017. Other winners included the women’s cricket team, which bagged the ‘Team of the Year’ award while national football team coach Stephen Constantine clinched the title of ‘Coach of the year’. “It is an honour for me to have received the award in a year where my fellow athletes from different sports have also excelled. This is not just an Award, but it also serves as a reminder for me to work even harder next year and bring more…

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