60 sports icons awards, two days to go

The National Secretariat of our great Association, the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) wants to remind all state chapters of the need to galvanize their members to vote for their preferred nominees for the 60 Sports Icons of the last 60 Years Awards.

Recall that the Ministry of Sports and Youth Development has as part of events to mark Nigeria’s 60 years independence, introduced a laudable programme to honour 60 Nigerians who have excelled in the past 60 years.

This is undoubtedly one of the unprecedented innovations introduced by the Minister, Mr. Sunday Dare and it behooves on us as worthy partners in the development of sports in the country, to participate actively by voting.

Who are your top 60 sports icons of the last 60 years? This is the time to celebrate our sports heroes and heroines.

You can choose them from Football, track and Field, boxing, wrestling, tennis, basketball, weightlifting, volleyball, handball, Taekwondo, hockey, judo, and golf among others.

The parameters for qualification include: The athlete must be an Olympics medalist, commonwealth games medalist, Nations Cup medalist, World champion and African Champion.

Also, there is the Pacesetters category for the likes of; Teslim Balogun, Hogan Bassey, Omawunmi Majekodunmi, Ernest Okonkwo, Larry Izamoje, Babatunde Oshuntolu (SB), all fall under Pacesetters categories who can also be voted for.

Simply vote those sports men and women that have excited you the most in the last 60 years. The ball is in your court to determine Nigeria’s 60 superstars in the last 60 years.

We as Sports Writers must take the lead by participating in this memorable exercise.

Remember that voting ends by midnight of Tuesday, September 29, 2020.

Vote via the official twitter handle: naija@60icons.