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20 Dec 2023

Shami To Receive Arjuna Award, Satwik-Chirag To Get Khel Ratna Award For 2023

Satwiksairaj and Chirag, popularly known as 'Sat-Chi' have secured three Badminton World Federation (BWF) titles this year.

14 Nov 2022

Sharath Kamal to receive Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award

Eldhose Paul, Avinash Sable, Lakshya Sen, and Nikhat Zareen, who won medals at the Commonwealth Games, are among the athletes on the ministry's list of recipients of the Arjuna Award.

08 Jun 2022

Indian footballer Sunil Chhetri's top achievements and records (In Pics)

Take a look at some achievements and records set by Indian football legend Sunil Chhetri

14 Nov 2021

Taapsee Pannu hails 'inspiring' Mithali Raj for getting Khel Ratna Award

Taapsee will be seen playing Mithali Raj, who has the distinction of being the highest ODI run-getter in women's cricket The actress has wrapped up shooting for 'Shabaash Mithu'.

National Sports Awards

13 Nov 2021

Check out full list of Khel Ratna award winners

Apart from Neeraj, hockey team captain Manpreet Singh and goalkeeper PR Sreejesh along with cricketer Mithali Raj and national football team skipper Sunil Chhetri were the others named for the Khel Ratna award.

Khel Ratna award

28 Sep 2021

Neeraj Chopra should get Khel Ratna Award this year, says ex-footballer

Neeraj Chopra had won the first gold medal for India in track and field events this year at the Olympics after throwing the javelin for a distance of 87.58m.

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award

06 Aug 2021

PM Modi: Not Rajiv Gandhi, now Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award will be named

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today announced that the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award will now be named Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award. PM Modi said that this decision has been taken after the request of the countrymen. The PM made this announcement through Twitter.

Khel Ratna award

01 Jul 2021

BAI recommends Kidambi Srikanth, Sai Praneeth's name for Khel Ratna Award

BAI also nominated HS Prannoy, Pranav Jerry Chopra and Sameer Verma for the Arjuna honour.

24 May 2021

Murder Case: Sushil Kumar risks losing Khel Ratna, Arjuna & Padma Shri awards

Sushil Kumar was arrested on Sunday morning along with his aide Ajay Kumar, who has been on the run for over 18 days in several states after the death of wrestler Sagar Rana after the brawl on May 4 at Chhatrasal stadium.

Harbhajan Singh

18 Jul 2020

Asked Punjab govt to take back my Khel Ratna nomination: Harbhajan Singh

In a series of tweets, Harbhajan said that he is not eligible for the award, which is the highest sporting honour in the country.

Kidambi Srikanth

20 Jun 2020

BAI recommends Kidambi Srikanth for Khel Ratna Award after his apology

Meanwhile, HS Prannoy has been given 15 days to respond to his misconduct.

26 Sep 2018

Ranveer Singh wishes Virat Kohli for Khel Ratna win — Here's what he said

Congratulatory messages and wishes have been pouring in from everywhere for Indian skipper Virat Kohli who have been honoured with the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award.

20 Sep 2018

Wrestler Bajrang Punia threatens to move court after Khel Ratna snub

Bajrang Punia wants to know why he is not being awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award this year.

03 Oct 2017

Deepa Malik still hurt over Khel Ratna snub

The Khel Ratna was awarded to two-time Paralympic gold medallist, Devendra Jhajharia, and former India hockey captain Sardar Singh in August.

19 Aug 2017

Rohan Bopanna, Deepa Malik miss out as Sports Ministry accept Khel Ratna, Arjuna awards recommendations without any changes

The award selection panel, earlier this month, had announced the list of recommendation for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award and Arjuna Award. Rio Paralympics gold medallist Devendra Jhajharia and former Indian hockey team captain Sardar Singh – were on the list for Khel Ratna award in the country; while Cheteshwar Pujara, Harmanpreet Kaur along with 17 others were on the list for the Arjuna award.

18 Aug 2017

Deepa Malik appeals for Khel Ratna, gets Haryana Chief Minister's backing

A few weeks earlier, the award selection panel had announced the names of Javelin thrower and a Rio medallist Devendra Jhajharia and former Indian Hockey team captain Sardar Singh for the Khel Ratna award. However, the 47-year-old, who had scripted history at Rio to become the first Indian female athlete to win a silver at the Paralympics, wasn't on the list.

Devendra Jhajharia

23 Sep 2016

Gracious Devendra Jhajharia lauds Sports Ministry for unprecedented support; aims for treble in Tokyo Games

The gold medal in men's javelin throw F46 category in the Rio Paralympics made Devendra Jhajharia the most successful Indian para athlete ever but he is in no mood to stop here and is eyeing for a treble in the 2020 Tokyo Games.

07 Sep 2016

Awards come with responsibility, wrestler Sushil Kumar says after Padma Bhushan nomination

The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) recently nominated the 33-year-old for India's third-highest civillian honour.

29 Aug 2016

PV Sindhu, Sakshi Malik, Dipa Karmakar, Jitu Rai conferred with Khel Ratna award

PV Sindhu, Sakshi Malik, Dipa Karmakar along with ace shooter Jitu Rai were conferred with the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award today.

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