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Sports Minister announces massive hike in prize money of National Sports Awards

Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday officially announced a massive hike in the prize money in four of the seven categories of the Nati...

Dream Sports to support athletes, sport ecosystem with ‘Back on Track’ programme

The initiative has come at a time when the entire sports ecosystem in India has suffered a major setback due to the Covid-19 pandemic. This...

Govt making numerous efforts to popularise sports and support sporting talent: PM Modi

"National Sports Day is a day to celebrate the remarkable achievements of all those exemplary sportspersons who have represented India in v...

List of National Sports Award winners 2020

Following is the list of National Sports Award winners for the year 2020:

Strategy cricket game SuperCric raises undisclosed angel funding from Nordanvind Gaming

AnalytIQ was founded in 2019 by ex-cricketer and Indian Premier League (IPL) presenter Suhail Chandhok and husband-wife entrepreneurial duo...

View: Problems with the ways we decide upon national sporting awards

One major issue is the number of awards given. Take the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna awardees. When it was instituted in the early 1990s, it was...

BCCI congratulates Rohit, Ishant and on Deepti on winning National Sports Awards

The Sports Ministry on Friday named Rohit among five athletes who will be conferred with the Khel Ratna on August 29 while Ishant and Deept...

Prize money of National Sports Awards set to be hiked: Ministry source

It has been learnt that the ministry is busy giving final touches to the proposal after which Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju will make a form...

Badminton's showpiece Thomas and Uber Cup postponed after coronavirus pull-outs

The men's and women's world team championships had been set to take place in Denmark next month, and would have been the first internationa...

Kiren Rijiju defends govt's decision to confer Sports Awards to record 74 winners

Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday defended his government's decision to confer a record 74 National Sports Awards this year, includi...

In a first, sportspersons receive national honours virtually

This year a whopping 74 winners were picked for the national honours, including an unprecedented five Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratnas and 27 Arjun...

In a first, sportspersons receive national honours virtually

India's sporting heroes were bestowed the annual national awards in an unparalleled online ceremony amid the COVID-19 pandemic during which...

Plea claims Hockey India created posts in violation of sports code, Delhi High Court seeks Centre stand

A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan issued notice to the Sports Ministry, HI and the two persons who have been app...

Traders’ body writes to sports minister, seeks immediate intervention in IPL title sponsorship

In its letter, CAIT has called out BCCI for its “sheer insensitive nature” and for having “absolutely no sympathies with the Indian soldier...