Three Indian shuttlers are in line to receive the prestigious BWF Awards.
17:28 (GMT)11 DEC 2017
That's all from Sportskeeda's coverage of the BWF Awards Gala Night from Dubai. Stay tuned for all sporting updates from around the world.
17:28 (GMT)11 DEC 2017
This brings an end to the awards ceremony as the players are set to contest in two days' time at the Dubai World Super Series Finals at the Hamdan Sports Complex in Dubai.
17:27 (GMT)11 DEC 2017
Unfortunately, the Indian shuttlers miss out on the honors at the BWF Awards Gala Night in Dubai.
17:26 (GMT)11 DEC 2017
Marcus Fernaldi Gideon / Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo, the World No.1 Men's Doubles pairing has won 2017 BWF Male Players of the Year Award.
17:25 (GMT)11 DEC 2017
The final award of the night will be the men's category as Kidambi Srikanth is in the running for the honor.
17:24 (GMT)11 DEC 2017
Unfortunately, not. Chen Qingchen, World No.1 Women's and Mixed Doubles Player has won 2017 BWF Female Player of the Year Award.
17:23 (GMT)11 DEC 2017
The next award to be announced will be the Female Player of the Year. Can P.V. Sindhu repeat her feat and win it two times in a row?
17:23 (GMT)11 DEC 2017
And we have it...World No.10 19-year old Chinese shuttler Chen Yufei has won 2017 Eddy Choong Most Promising Player of the Year Award.
17:22 (GMT)11 DEC 2017
Up next, the award for the Most Promising Player of the Year will be announced.
17:20 (GMT)11 DEC 2017
And there we have it...Yuki Fukushima and Sayala Hirota have jointly won 2017 BWF Most Improved Players of The Year Award.
17:19 (GMT)11 DEC 2017
And the first award of the night will now be announced - Most Improved Player of the Year.
16:40 (GMT)11 DEC 2017
As we wait for the awards announcement, here is a look at the nominations for the awards this year:
Male Player of the Year Zheng Siwei (China) Viktor Axelsen (Denmark) Srikanth Kidambi (India) Marcus Fernaldi Gideon/Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo (Indonesia)
Female Player of the Year Chen Qingchen (China) Huang Yaqiong (China) Tai Tzu Ying (Chinese Taipei) PV Sindhu (India) Akane Yamaguchi (Japan) Lee So Hee (Korea)
Most Promising Player of the Year Chen Yufei (China) Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (India) Apriyani Rahayu (Indonesia) Gregoria Mariska Tunjung (Indonesia) Lee Zii Jia (Malaysia)
16:27 (GMT)11 DEC 2017
The awards ceremony is about to begin as we bring all the latest updates from the Gala Night in Dubai.
15:31 (GMT)11 DEC 2017
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, along with his partner Chirag Shetty won the Vietnam International and reached the quarter-finals in two Super Series events.
15:29 (GMT)11 DEC 2017
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, 17-year old Indian doubles sensation is in the running for the BWF Most Promising Player of the Year for his rise into the top 30 of the Men’s Doubles World rankings.
15:28 (GMT)11 DEC 2017
Srikanth Kidambi who has had a phenomenal year and risen to World No.4 thanks to four Super Series titles will be in contention for the Player of the Year award against World Champion Viktor Axelsen, the World No.1 Men’s Doubles pair of Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo, and the top-ranked mixed doubles player, Zheng Siwei.
15:26 (GMT)11 DEC 2017
This year, the 22-year-old Indian, who won two Superseries titles and grabbed the silver medal at the BWF World Championships, will be contending for the Female Player of the Year with the likes of the World No. 1 Tai Tzu Ying.
15:26 (GMT)11 DEC 2017
Last year, P.V.Sindhu was conferred this award following her silver medal at the Rio Olympic and her maiden Superseries title win at the China Open.
15:24 (GMT)11 DEC 2017
Srikanth Kidambi and PV Sindhu are in contention for the ‘Player of the Year 2017’ awards while the 17-year-old doubles sensation, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy will be vying for the ‘Most Promising Player of the Year’ award.
15:24 (GMT)11 DEC 2017
Indian shuttlers make their presence felt in all categories as Kidambi Srikanth, P.V. Sindhu and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy have all been nominated in the three major categories.
15:22 (GMT)11 DEC 2017
The fourth award, i.e the Most Improved Player of the Year does not have nominations.
Let's take a look at the nominations in all categories of awards to be conferred tonight.
15:19 (GMT)11 DEC 2017
The top shuttlers in the world will be assembled at the gala which will begin in a few minutes as the players have started arriving for the event.
15:18 (GMT)11 DEC 2017
The category of awards for the gala are - Men's Player of the Year, Women's Player of the Year, Most Promising Player of the Year and Most Improved Player of the Year.
15:17 (GMT)11 DEC 2017
Welcome to Sportskeeda's live coverage of the BWF Awards Gala ceremony that is underway in Dubai. The awards night will witness top shuttlers from around the world being felicitated for the year 2017.
14:54 (GMT)11 DEC 2017
With the Dubai Super Series Finals looming large on the horizon, the BWF Awards Gala ceremony is all set to get underway in Dubai, in the presence of star shuttlers from all around the world.
India has three representatives in the awards, with the likes of PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy getting nominations across different categories. While Sindhu and Srikanth have been nominated for the women’s and men’s Player of the Year categories, Satwiksairaj has gotten the same for the Most Promising Player of the Year category.
Here are the nominations for this year:
Male Player of the Year
Zheng Siwei (China)
Viktor Axelsen (Denmark)
Srikanth Kidambi (India)
Marcus Fernaldi Gideon/Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo (Indonesia)
Female Player of the Year
Chen Qingchen (China)
Huang Yaqiong (China)
Tai Tzu Ying (Chinese Taipei)
PV Sindhu (India)
Akane Yamaguchi (Japan)
Lee So Hee (Korea)
Most Promising Player of the Year
Chen Yufei (China)
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (India)
Apriyani Rahayu (Indonesia)
Gregoria Mariska Tunjung (Indonesia)
Lee Zii Jia (Malaysia)
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