Asian Sportsman of the year

The Asian Sports Award (ASA) is a recognition programme conceived by Stropt and Sports Limited (HK) in collaboration with the Asian Sports Press Union (ASPU). Its aim is to honour, champion and promote the world-class sports heroes of Asia. They named Liu Xiang and Nicol Ann David as the recipients of the inaugural Asian Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year awards.^[1][2]

Asian Sportsman of the Year Award Winner

• 2007: Liu Xiang Event: Athletics

Asian Sportswoman of the Year Award Winner

• 2007: Nicol Ann David Event: Squash

Asian Team of the Year (Men) Winner

• 2007: Lee Ho-Suk, Ahn Hyun-Soo, Seo Ho-Jin, Song Suk-Woo Event: Short track speed skating

Asian Team of the Year (Women) Winner

• 2007: Gao Ling, Huang Sui Event: Badminton

Lifetime achievement award

• 2007: Ramanathan Krishnan Event: Tennis

Asian Sportsman of the year

• 2007: Shahid Afridi Event: Cricket