It’s finished for Africa Top Sports Awards. Many of you to vote for your favorite sports people.

You have been thousands of users to vote via the website Sports.com Africa Tops – French and English Version-through mobile apps on the site – optimized version of the Android mobile apps and iPhone, and via the websites of our two partners, Moov Togo and Tele Sud.

These votes have lasted over ten weeks and passed across Africa but also in Europe and the United States where the site is accessed by the diaspora.

Thanks to everyone who voted. Thanks to the athletes who made us dream in 2012 and go quickly to the second edition of the Africa Top Sports Awards.

Here are the winners of the first edition of the Africa Top Sports Awards:

African sportsman of the Year : Daniel Teklehaimanot (Cycling, Eritrea) with 480 votes
African sportswoman of the Year: Caster Semenya (South Africa) with 323 votes
African Footballer of the Year: Didier Drogba (Côte d’Ivoire) with 426 votes http://en.africatopsports.com/2013/02/11/africa-top-sports-awards-drogba-etoo-and-teklehaimanot-great-winners/
African female Footballer of the Year: Noko Matlou (South Africa) with 213 votes
Best african Club : Espérance Sportive de Tunis (Tunisia) with 262 votes
Best Coach: Hervé Renard (Zambia) with 413 votes
Best Federation : Eritrean cycling with 394 votes
Best Hope: Chinwendu Ihezuo (Nigeria U17 women) with 338 votes
Best communicator on social networks : Samuel Eto’o with 356 votes
African expat of the Year: Didier Drogba (Football / CIV) with 200 votes
Worst Coach: Denis Lavagne with 228 votes
Worst moment in 2012 : Senegal CI-Match with 293 votes
Worst african Federation : Egypt Foot with 282 votes
Worst african club: ASKO Kara (Togo) with 223 votes http://en.africatopsports.com/2013/02/10/africa-top-sports-awards-asko-de-kara-the-worst-african-club-of-the-year/