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ARJUNA AWARD RECIPIENTS
President Droupadi Murmu presents National Sports Awards; Tejaswin, Divya among Arjuna winnersPresident Droupadi Murmu presented the National Sports Awards at Rashtrapati Bhavan, with 17 sportspersons receiving the Arjuna Award, incl...- Asian Games 2026: Anahat Singh settles for silver, loses squash singles finalAnahat Singh lost in the women's singles squash final at the Asian Games 2026. She competed against Malaysia's Sivasangari Subramaniam but ...
- Savita Punia becomes India's most-capped women's hockey playerSavita Punia achieved the milestone of becoming India's most-capped women's hockey player. She surpassed Vandana Katariya's previous record...
- Asian Games 2026: Kynan Chenai backs India shooters, looks forward to weather challengeKynan Chenai looks forward to the 2026 Asian Games, anticipating outdoor challenges. He expressed strong confidence in India's world-class ...
- Neeraj Chopra conferred honorary rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Indian ArmyOlympic gold medallist Neeraj Chopra will be conferred the honorary rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Indian Army. The pipping ceremony is ...
- Double Olympic-medallist Manu Bhaker, chess champion Gukesh among four who received Khel RatnaManu Bhaker and D Gukesh received the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna from President Droupadi Murmu at the National Sports Awards. Other recip...
- Three cheers for our sports heroes, but...World Chess champion Gukesh - whose splendid victory in Singapore in December fell outside the stipulated 4-yr awards cycle - made the Khel...
- Sports ministry confirms Satwik, Chirag for Khel Ratna, Shami and 25 others for Arjuna awardThe Dyan Chand award in the life-time category will be conferred to three persons. Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar is the recipient of ...
- India honours its sporting best at dazzling National awards ceremonyThe star attraction of the evening was Chopra, who received his Khel Ratna award amid thunderous applause from the select dignitaries prese...
- Simranjit Kaur, Gaurav Solanki nominated for Arjuna awards by boxing federationSimranjit (60kg) is a 2018 world championships bronze winner and is among the four Indian women boxers who have qualified for the Tokyo Oly...
- In a first, sportspersons receive national honours virtuallyThis year a whopping 74 winners were picked for the national honours, including an unprecedented five Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratnas and 27 Arjun...
- Gaurav Gill’s Arjuna gives hope to motorsport fraternityThe FMSCI itself only regained recognition as a national sports federation in 2015, two years after India held its last Formula One race at...
- BCCI nominates MS Dhoni for Padma Bhushan awardIf Dhoni is conferred with Padma Bhushan, he will become the 11th Indian cricketer to get the third highest civilian honour.
- Paralympian Devendra Jhajharia, Sardar Singh bask in Khel Ratna gloryJavelin thrower Jhajharia is the only Indian to win two Paralympic gold medals -- 2004 Athens Games and 2016 Rio Paralympics -- while star ...
- I deserved Arjuna this time: Harinder Sandhu after third failed attemptCountry's leading squash player Harinder Pal Sandhu, the 2014 Asian Games team gold medallist, has been left dejected after being ignored b...
- At Bandra Gymkhana, there's still a room for billiards champ Michael FerreiraDespite being embroiled in a multi-crore scam, the gym never thought of renaming the billiards room.
- In a first, Govt to confer Khel Ratna to four athletesDronacharya Award has been conferred upon six coaches, the most notable being Dipa's coach Bishweshwar Nandi and India Test team captain Vi...
- Ace shooter Jitu Rai recommended for Khel Ratna AwardRai was the first shooter to qualify for the Rio Games after winning a silver medal at the 51st Shooting World Championships in Spain in 20...
- Sania Mirza conferred Khel Ratna, Arjuna awards also givenSania Mirza was today conferred with the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna -- the country's highest sporting honour.
- Tendulkar,Anand get Padma VibhushanSachin Tendulkar and Viswanathan Anand, two of India's sporting icons whose exploits have earned them worldwide acclaim, on Friday added an...
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