Vinesh Phogat had written an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi when she stressed upon the treatment meted out to the female wrestlers. Vinesh also said she would return the Khel Ratna and the Arjuna awards.
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports announced the National Sports Awards 2023 on December 20 (Wednesday) and some of the top sportspersons in the country have been honoured. Chirag Shetty and Satwik have won the top sports honours for their achievements in Badminton.
Team India pacer Mohammed Shami was added to the final list of sportspersons nominated for the Arjuna Award following a sensational ICC Men's Cricket World Cup campaign. Shami ended up taking 24 wickets in just seven matches at the World Cup and was the highest wicket-taker in the tournament.
In a glittering function organised at the Durbar Hall of the Rashtrapati Bhawan here, the President recognised the country's unparalleled Olympic and Paralympic performances.
The first footballer to be conferred with the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award, Indian maestro Sunil Chhetri on Wednesday said the journey that he has been through in the last 16 years has been nothing short of a dream.
Manpreet was originally recommended for the Arjuna award but he joined veteran goalkeeper PR Sreejesh as the second hockey player in the list of awardees for the highest sporting honour.
Seasoned hockey goalkeeper PR Sreejesh and woman cricket Test skipper Mithali Raj were also recommended for the Major Dhyanchand Khel Ratna by the selection committee.
An online petition has been initiated by the residents of Kodagu demanding change of the name of Nagarahole National Park (Tiger Reserve) also known as Rajeev Gandhi National Park.
Grandson of Major Dhyan Chand, Vishal Singh reacted on renaming of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award.
In a historic decision, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday announced that the Rajiv Khel Ratna Award will hereby be called the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award. Renaming Khel Ratna from Rajiv Gandhi to Major Dhyan Chand has triggered Congress leaders who are now calling for changing the name of the Narendra Modi stadium.
The nation's highest sports award, which was previously named after former PM Rajiv Gandhi, will now be called the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award in honour of one of the greatest hockey players to have ever lived.
PM Narendra Modi announced that the Khel Ratna Award will now be named after Major Dhyan Chand.
The department of sports and youth services (DSYS) of Odisha has also recommended the Indian women's hockey team vice-captain Deep Grace Ekka for the Arjuna Award.
The Badminton Association of India (BAI) also nominated HS Prannoy, Pranav Jerry Chopra and Sameer Verma for the Arjuna Awards.
For Arjuna Award, the Board will send the names of senior batsman Shikhar Dhawan, who was ignored last year, K L Rahul and pacer Jasprit Bumrah.
This year's award came with its set of criticism as many questioned if Manika did enough to be recommended by the National Sports Award Selection Committee.
Currently, the Khel Ratna comes with a cash prize of Rs 7.5 lakh, while the Arjuna awardees get Rs 5 lakh.
The 20-year-old from Dhing village in Assam is one of the youngest nominees for Khel Ratna this year.
Malik won silver in shot put in the F53 classification and also bagged two bronze medals (javelin F53-54 and shot put F51-52-53) at the Asian Games.
Bajrang and Vinesh's names were sent by WFI owing to their remarkable performances in the last couple of years.
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