Quadri, who qualified for the
quarter-final of the Swedish Open on Friday after beating Portugal’s
Marcos Freitas, was voted Sportsman of the Year while Moses won Male
Footballer of the Year.
The Portugal-based table tennis star
beat Moses and D’Tigers captain Ike Diogu to the award. Moses however
beat Nigeria Professional Football League top scorer, Anthony Okpotu,
and former MFM forward Stephen Odey to the footballer award.
Asisat Oshoala won the Female Footballer
of the Year while she lost the Sportswoman of the Year award to Odunayo
Adekuoroye, who also won the Wrestler of the Year award.
D’Tigress won the Team of the Year while
16-year-old golfer Georgia Oboh was awarded the Discovery of the Year
and Purity Akuh won the Coach of the Year.
Daniel Igali and Enitan Oshodi were
jointly awarded the Sports Administrators of the Year. The Sports
Governor of the Year was won by Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode
and his Akwa Ibom State counterpart Emmanuel Udom.
D’Tigress star, Evelyn Akhator, won the
Ball Sports Person of the Year while Hannah Babalola won the Special
Sports Person of the Year.
Veteran journalist Fabio Olanipekun and
the Nigeria Football Federation president, Amaju Pinnick, were given the
Lifetime Achievement and Special Recognition awards respectively.
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