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Six months on, National Sports Awards still await nodIndia's sporting community faces an unusual delay in the National Sports Awards. The Sports Ministry cites a re-evaluation of Arjuna awarde...- Will Dhyan Chand ever get a Bharat Ratna?Major Dhyan Chand, the hockey legend, is yet to receive the Bharat Ratna. Despite numerous appeals and movements, the nation's highest civi...
- National Sports Day 2025: Theme, history, significance, and its connection with Wizard of Hockey Major DhyanchandNational Sports Day, celebrated annually on August 29th, honors Major Dhyan Chand and the values of sports. The theme of Sports Day is "Spo...
- Dhyan Chand lifetime award to be replaced by Arjuna lifetimeThe sports ministry has replaced the Dhyan Chand Award for lifetime achievement with the Arjuna Award Lifetime to rationalize sporting hono...
- Shami nominated for Arjuna Award, Satwik-Chirag for Khel RatnaIndia's cricketer Mohammed Shami has been nominated for the Arjuna Award. Shami, who led India to a successful World Cup campaign, was the ...
- Maharashtra government sets up IT award in Rajiv Gandhi's nameThe award would be conferred on August 20, the late Congress leader's birth anniversary, every year. But this year the recipient will be se...
- Renaming Khel Ratna award not people's wish, but 'political game': Shiv SenaIndia's highest sporting honour Khel Ratna Award, which was named after former PM Rajiv Gandhi, was on Friday rechristened in the honour of...
- Better late than never: Sporting fraternity welcomes decision to rename Khel Ratna after Dhyan ChandDhyan Chand is widely regarded as the greatest player in hockey. In his career that spanned from 1926 to 1949, he clinched Olympic medals i...
- Khel Ratna Award will now be called Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award"Respecting their sentiment, the Khel Ratna Award will hereby be called the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award! Major Dhyan Chand was among...
- A documentary on early years of hockey legend Dhyan Chand in worksProducer and entrepreneur Joyeeta Roy and Prateek Kumar Mishra will work on the documentary.
- Kiren Rijiju defends govt's decision to confer Sports Awards to record 74 winnersSports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday defended his government's decision to confer a record 74 National Sports Awards this year, includi...
- Virender Sehwag, PT Usha named in Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award committeeThe Committee, to be headed by Justice (retd) C K Thakkar, will meet on August 3 to select this year's awardees.
- Rajya Sabha members demand Bharat Ratna for Dhyan ChandDhyan Chand had won three Olympic gold medals in hockey for India between 1928 and 1936.
- Dhyan Chand should have got Bharat Ratna first: Milkha SinghMilkha Singh said hockey wizard Dhyan Chand should have been the first sportsperson to be conferred with country's highest civilian award, ...
- Dhyan Chand should have got Bharat Ratna first: Milkha Singh"Dhyan Chand should have got Bharat Ratna first. Dhyan Chand was the most deserving candidate," Milkha said.
- UMYAS denies recommending Dhyan Chand's name for Bharat RatnaMinistry of Youth Affairs and Sports today denied that it suggested the name of hockey legend Dhyan Chand for Bharat Ratna Award in 2013-14.
- Hockey India recommends four players for Arjuna AwardHI today announced the names of players and coaches recommended for the National Sports Awards 2014 which includes the prestigious Arjuna A...
- Ex-players march to PMO, demand Bharat Ratna for Dhyan ChandDhyan Chand's name has already been recommended by the Sports Ministry for the honour.
- More transparency needed in awarding of Bharat Ratna: Shivraj Singh ChouhanThere has been a growing demand from various quarters for awarding Vajpayee and Dhyan Chand, after the Centre recently bestowed Bharat Ratn...
- Bharat Ratna: Does hockey legend late Dhyan Chand deserve it more than cricketing icon Sachin Tendulkar?In India's bitterly divided polity that has parties torn down the middle, a debate has been triggered on who should have been awarded first.
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