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India.com Sports Desk October 27, 2021 7:57 PM IST
Khel Ratna Award 2021: Seasoned hockey goalkeeper PR Sreejesh and women's cricket team Test captain Mithali Raj were selected along with iconic Sunil Chhetri, who is set to become country's first footballer to receive the honour.
India.com News Desk August 9, 2021 11:03 AM IST
The Shiv Sena pointed out that an award in the name of the hockey legend already exists, adding that Major Dhyan Chand could have been honoured without insulting the "sacrifice" of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
India.com News Desk August 6, 2021 2:09 PM IST
"The Khel Ratna Award will hereby be called the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award respecting the sentiments of citizens across the country," PM Modi tweeted.
India.com Sports Desk August 26, 2020 5:25 PM IST
Rani said the Khel Ratna recognition will motivate her and her teammates to achieve greater laurels for the country in the future.
India.com Sports Desk July 18, 2020 7:15 PM IST
Harbhajan, who has 417 Test and 269 ODI wickets is an Arjuna Awardee and was also conferred with Padma Shri.
India.com Sports Desk June 19, 2020 8:33 PM IST
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.
India.com Sports Desk June 2, 2020 2:57 PM IST
The Indian men's team drag-flick specialist, Harmanpreet Singh, is also in the short-list for the Arjuna nominees.
India.com Sports Desk May 31, 2020 10:15 AM IST
AFI has also nominated legendary athlete turned coach PT Usha and India youth team coach, Sanjay Garnaik for the Dronacharya Award.
India.com Sports Desk August 18, 2019 9:55 AM IST
Ace wrestler Bajrang Punia is set to be awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award 2019 -- the country's highest sporting honour.
India.com Sports Desk August 16, 2019 3:07 PM IST
The current number one wrestler Punia stamped his authority in the Asian circuit after he won the Asian Wrestling Championships in Xi'an, China.
India.com Sports Desk July 31, 2019 4:45 PM IST
Harbhajan has pleaded with the Punjab Sports Minister Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi to "start an inquiry" into the reasons behind the delay of filing his nomination for the prestigious award.
India.com Sports Desk July 25, 2019 12:08 AM IST
Star athlete Dutee Chand's application for the Arjuna Award was submitted by the Athletics Federation of India, while Punjab Government had submitted Harbhajan Singh's name.
IANS May 1, 2019 3:32 PM IST
India's wrestling ace Bajrang Punia took to social media to invite the Indian Diaspora at the Madison Square Garden stadium, where he will become the first Indian to participate at the New York Fight Night.
IANS May 1, 2019 2:00 PM IST
India star Goalkeeper P.R. Sreejesh has been recommended for the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award by Hockey India.
India.com Sports Desk September 26, 2018 12:24 PM IST
The ceremony, which is traditionally held on August 29 to commemorate the birth anniversary of hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand, was pushed to September 25 this year to avoid a clash of dates with the 18th Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang on September 2.
India.com Sports Desk September 25, 2018 1:45 PM IST
Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli and world champion weightlifter Mirabai Chanu will receive the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna on September 25, Tuesday, Here's the full list of winners:
India.com Sports Desk September 21, 2018 1:33 PM IST
Snubbed for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, star wrestler Bajrang Punia met Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore and said he has been assured that his case will be looked into.
India.com Sports Desk September 20, 2018 9:34 PM IST
Bajrang Punia, who won gold medals at this year's Gold Coast Commonwealth Games and Asian Games in Indonesia, was nominated for the Khel Ratna by the Wrestling Federation of India. However, the honour has been jointly bestowed to India cricket captain Virat Kohli and world champion weightlifter Mirabai Chanu (48kg) by the government.
PTI September 17, 2018 3:32 PM IST
Kohli currently leads the ICC Test rankings for batsmen and has been in phenomenal form.
India.com News Desk August 29, 2016 1:33 PM IST
Bishweshwar Nandi (Coach of Dipa Karmakar) and Raj Kumar Sharma (Coach of Virat Kohli and Ishant Sharma) were conferred with Dronacharya Award by President Pranab Mukherjee.
Press Trust of India August 17, 2016 10:40 PM IST
Khel Ratna award is the country's highest sporting honour.
Press Trust of India September 3, 2015 1:36 AM IST
Advani said he was not a fan of taking legal route to get awards and hopes the government does enough to restore the credibility of the awards.
Indo-Asian News Service August 31, 2015 6:47 AM IST
The Hyderabadi girl dedicated her award to fellow Indians and her family.
Indo-Asian News Service August 11, 2015 8:34 PM IST
Indian tennis poster girl Sania Mirza fired another ace down the line.
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