Renaming Khel Ratna award not people's wish, but 'political game': Sena
India | August 09, 2021 13:42 ISTCentre's decision to rename the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award after hockey legend Dhyan Chand was not welcomed by Shiv Sena.
Centre's decision to rename the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award after hockey legend Dhyan Chand was not welcomed by Shiv Sena.
Grandson of Major Dhyan Chand, Vishal Singh reacted on renaming of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award.
Humpy is already a recipient of the Arjuna award and Padma Shri.
Sherif, who is based out of Kasargod (Kerala), is India's most successful co-driver and has won the national title a whopping seven times with Gaurav Gill.
The 24-year-old Jyothi had won an individual World Championship bronze medal, and also has two Asian medals.
Chopra has already been conferred with the Arjuna Award in 2018 after winning a gold in the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.
Chhetri has played 118 international matches, scoring 74 goals, both Indian records. Bala Devi, meanwhile, became the first Indian woman footballer to play for a top-flight league in Europe (Scotland).
Mittal won his double trap world title in 2018 and got the Arjuna award the same year, while Moudgil is a world championship silver-medallist and was awarded the Arjuna in 2019.
The 25-year-old Rani said she couldn't stop herself from crying when she first got to know of being one among the chosen five, leaving her parents quite worried because they, apparently, had no idea about the magnitude of the award and why it made their daughter so emotional.
Indian batsman Rohit Sharma shared a video message after being conferred with the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna.
While his limited-overs deputy Rohit Sharma received the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, his Delhi teammate Ishant Sharma will get the Arjuna award along with Indian women's cricket team all-rounder Deepti Sharma.
Rohit joined Sachin Tendulkar (1998), MS Dhoni (2007) and captain Virat Kohli (2018) in the elite list.
This was due to the fact that they had already won the Khel Ratna, the country's highest sporting honour.
The five names were recommended on Tuesday by a committee, comprising the likes of Virender Sehwag and former hockey captain Sardar Singh which met at the Sports Authority of India (SAI) headquarters in New Delhi.
The National Sports Awards include the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, the Arjuna, Dronacharya and Dhyanchand honours, conferred every year by the President of India at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on August 29.
In a series of tweets, Harbhajan said that he is not eligible for the award, which is the highest sporting honour in the country.
On disciplinary grounds, the BAI did not nominate world number 14 Srikanth and 28th ranked Prannoy for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna and Arjuna Award respectively.
While Rohit's name has been sent for India's highest sporting honour, Ishant Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan and Deepti Sharma have been nominated for Arjuna Awards.
Rohit Sharma has been nominated by the BCCI for the country's highest sporting honour - the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna.
Anjum Moudgil has been reportedly nominated by the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) for country's highest sporting honour, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna.
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