Tag: Khel Ratna Award
PM Modi Removes ‘Rajiv Gandhi’, Khel Ratna Award To Now Be Called Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award
Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted on Friday that he was renaming the nation's highest award for sports in response to "many requests from citizens across India". It will now be called Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award after the hockey wizard who won three Olympic gold medals for India from 1928 to 1936.....
Deepa Malik Dedicates Khel Ratna To Late Father
After being recommended for the highest sporting award in the country -- the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna -- para athlete Deepa Malik has dedicated the honour to her late father Bal Krishan Nagpal, saying the recognition was a real tribute to "Sabka Sath, Sabka Vikaas."....
Final List Out; Rohit, Vinesh Among 5 Athletes To Receive Khel Ratna
Star India batsman Rohit Sharma is among the five athletes who will receive the country's highest sporting honour, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, for 2020. ....
Rohit, Four Others Recommended For Khel Ratna
India's star batsman Rohit Sharma, wrestler Vinesh Phogat, 2016 Rio Paralympics gold medallist Mariyappan Thangavelu, table tennis sensation Manika Batra and Indian women's hockey captain Rani Rampal have been recommended for this year's Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award. ....
President Kovind Confers Awards To 60 Sportspersons
Table tennis star Manika Batra and cricketer Deepti Sharma were among those who were presented the National Sports Awards by President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday. Commonwealth Games gold medallist Batra, alongwith Indian women's hockey captain Rani Rampal and 2016 Rio Paralympics gold medallist Mariyappan Thangavelu were presented the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award. ....
National Sports Awards: Neeraj Chopra, 11 Others Get Khel Ratna; 39 Arjuna Awardees In Jumbo List
Tokyo Olympic gold medallist javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, silver medal-winning wrestler Ravi Kumar Dahiya, boxer Lovlina Borgohain, and Paralympic Games medallists Avani Lekhara, Pramod Bhagat, Krishna Nagar, Sumit Antil, and Manish Narwal were among a dozen awarded the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award by the government on Tuesday. ....
