SHILLONG, Jan 13: Klingson Marak, a blind footballer who has been at the forefront of the sport in the state and nationally over the last few years, has been named as this year’s Kiang Nangbah Award winner for sports.
Meghalaya has a strong blind football team and the state won the IBFF National Blind Football Tournament for the third time in September.
Marak was the joint top scorer of the competition and shared the Player of the Tournament award.
He has also captained the Indian national team and is a real fighter on the pitch.
Marak has also scored against Argentina at the IBSA Blind Football World Grand Prix in Mexico.
Marak’s goal, in India’s last fixture, was his team’s first of the tournament.In December he met Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma, who described Marak as a “champion against all odds”.
