National Sports Awards
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Murlikant Petkar, Sucha Singh to be conferred with Arjuna Lifetime Awards 2024
Other Sports | Jan 02, 2025, 04:19 PM ISTThe legendary para-athlete Murlikant Petkar won the historic Gold medal at the 1972 Summer Paralympics in Heidelberg. He was India's first individual gold medalist in the Paralympic Games history,
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National Sports Awards 2024: Complete list of recipients of Khel Ratna, Arjuna, Dronacharya awards
Other Sports | Jan 02, 2025, 04:27 PM ISTMinistry of Youth Affairs and Sports announced the National Sports Awards 2024 today. Manu Bhaker, Harmanpreet Singh and Gukesh D are among the Khel Ratna award recipients. Here's the complete list of Khel Ratna, Arjuna and Dronacharya award winners
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Sunil Chhetri, football's first Khel Ratna awardee, says it has been a dream journey
Football | Nov 03, 2021, 06:40 PM ISTThe first footballer to be conferred with the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award, Indian maestro Sunil Chhetri on Wednesday said the journey that he has been through in the last 16 years has been nothing short of a dream.
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Honoured to be awarded Khel Ratna: Neeraj Chopra
Other Sports | Nov 03, 2021, 05:53 PM ISTNamed for the prestigious Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna after winning a historic gold in the Tokyo Olympics, star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra said.
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Manpreet Singh, Sunil Chhetri to get Khel Ratna
Hockey | Nov 02, 2021, 11:35 PM ISTManpreet was originally recommended for the Arjuna award but he joined veteran goalkeeper PR Sreejesh as the second hockey player in the list of awardees for the highest sporting honour.
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Dope violators eligible for national sports awards if ban period served: sports ministry
Other Sports | Sep 08, 2021, 03:55 PM ISTA decision that will benefit the likes of boxer Amit Panghal, whose 'inadvertent' violation in 2012 has denied him a shot at the honours.
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Devendra Jhajharia, Venkatesh Prasad named in National Sports Awards selection committee
Other Sports | Sep 08, 2021, 11:07 AM ISTJhajharia won a silver medal at the recent Tokyo Games, adding to the two gold medals he had won in the 2004 and 2016 editions.
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List of National Sports Award winners 2020
Other Sports | Aug 29, 2020, 02:32 PM ISTFollowing is the list of National Sports Award winners for the year 2020.
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Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju announces increase in prize money for National Sports Awards winners
Other Sports | Aug 29, 2020, 11:48 AM ISTRijiju made this announcement on the occasion of the 115th birth anniversary of hockey legend Dhyan Chand, which is also celebrated as National Sports Day.
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Prize money of National Sports Awards set to be hiked: Ministry source
Other Sports | Aug 20, 2020, 06:20 PM ISTCurrently, the Khel Ratna comes with a cash prize of Rs 7.5 lakh, while the Arjuna awardees get Rs 5 lakh.
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National Sports Awards likely to be held virtually due to COVID-19 pandemic
Other Sports | Aug 17, 2020, 11:21 PM ISTThe National Sports Day is celebrated on August 29, the birth anniversary of hockey wizard Dhyan Chand.
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Virender Sehwag, Sardar Singh in 12-member selection panel for National Sports Awards
Other Sports | Jul 31, 2020, 04:32 PM ISTJust like last year, the ministry opted for a single selection committee to pick the awardees among both athletes and coaches and it will be headed by Retired Supreme Court Justice, Mukundakam Sharma.
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National Sports Awards: Ministry extends deadline till June 22; allows self-nomination
Other Sports | Jun 03, 2020, 03:01 PM ISTThe relaxation offers a window of opportunities for those athletes who have neither been shortlisted by their national sports federations nor got the backing of previous awardees.
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Sports ministry invites nominations for national sports awards
Other Sports | May 05, 2020, 03:19 PM ISTThe last date for filing the nominations for national sports awards is June 3.
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COVID-19 pandemic delays process of National Sports Awards, ministry to invite applications in May
Other Sports | Apr 26, 2020, 06:29 PM ISTThe ministry generally invites the nominations for the awards in April while the ceremony to confer them is held on August 29 on the occasion of National Sports Day celebrated to mark the birth anniversary of hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulates National Sports Awards winners
Other Sports | Sep 26, 2018, 05:41 PM ISTIn a series of tweets, the Prime Minister congratulated all the athletes and coaches who have been conferred with the awards.
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BCCI congratulates Virat Kohli and Smriti Mandhana for bagging national awards
Cricket | Sep 25, 2018, 10:30 PM ISTThey were bestowed with the award in a ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
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From Salman Khan buffs to 'ghar ki lassi', National Sports awardees display candor on fans' questions
Other Sports | Sep 25, 2018, 08:20 PM ISTThe National Awardees came together to reply to their fans in on a variety of subjects.
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President gives away National Sports Awards
Other Sports | Aug 30, 2014, 07:06 AM ISTNew Delh: With a Khel Ratna missing for the first time in two decades, President Pranab Mukherjee gave away the National Sports Awards during a ceremony held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here Friday.For the first
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Intense lobbying by Poonia delays national sports awards
Other Sports | Aug 20, 2013, 11:04 PM ISTNew Delhi: Intense lobbying for getting female discus thrower Krishna Poonia the Khel Ratna, the highest sports award, delayed the scheduled announcement of the national sports awards here on Tuesday.The ministry was supposed to make