Sharath Kamal wins sportsperson of year award

: Ace table tennis player A Sharath Kamal was honoured with the Sportsperson of the Year Award at the annual awards and scholarships function organised by the Tamil Nadu Sports Journalists' Association (TNSJA) and the India Cements here Saturday.

Legendary Indian tennis player Vijay Amritraj, former India leg-spinner V V Kumar and Asian Games gold medallist (200m) R Gnanasekaran were felicitated with the India Cements-TNSJA Lifetime Achievement awards.

Among the emerging talent, chess prodigy D Gukesh, who recently became the world's second youngest Grand Master, and athlete P M Tabitha were given the Young Achiever awards.

Ten up-and-coming sportspersons were also given scholarships to the tune of Rs 3 lakh.

CSK coach Stephen Fleming, batting coach Mike Hussey, CSK CEO K S Viswanathan were among the guests.

Vijay Amritraj, who received his award from former hockey Olympic gold medallist V Baskaran, was at his eloquent best as he reminisced about his illustrious ...