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09 Jan 2024

WATCH: Mohammed Shami Conferred With Arjuna Award By President Of India

Shami emerged as the highest wicket-taker in the ODI World Cup 2023, securing an impressive 24 wickets from just 7 matches.

National Sports Awards

13 Nov 2021

From Neeraj to Indian men's hockey team, check national sports awardees here

As many as 12 Khel Ratna awards were received by athletes this year.

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.

Indian women's hockey team

25 Aug 2020

Sjoerd Marijne 'very pleased' with women's hockey players getting recognized

Indian women`s hockey team coach, Sjoerd Marijne, is happy that two players from the team are being recognized with National Awards this year. Rani Rampal becomes the first Indian Women`s Hockey player to be honored with Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, country`s highest award for a sports person. Former Indian defender Deepika will receive the Arjuna Award this year.

23 Aug 2020

Wrestler Sakshi Malik unhappy after Arjuna Award snub

Olympic bronze medallist Sakshi Malik expressed her displeasure at missing out on the Arjuna award this year. Sakshi is the only woman wrestler to win an Olympic medal for the country, a feat she achieved at the 2016 Rio Olympics. The Ministry decided against awarding the Arjuna Award to Sakshi as she has already been conferred with the Khel Ratna award.

22 Aug 2020

We are proud of you,Hitman: BCCI congratulates Rohit on winning Khel Ratna

Besides Rohit, only three more Indian cricketers namely Sachin Tendulkar, MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli have been honoured with Khel Ratna. Rohit became the first cricketer ever to notch up five centuries in the International Cricket Council (ICC) ODI World Cup in 2019. The awardees will receive their awards from President Ram Nath Kovind at a specially organized function through virtual mode on August 29, 2020.

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