Khel Ratna Award

Achanta Sharath Kamal bestowed with prestigious Khel Ratna award in glittering National Sports Awards ceremony

While Sharath is the lone Khel Ratna award recipient, 25 sportspersons, including shuttlers Lakshya Sen, HS Prannoy, woman boxer Nikhat Zareen, track and field athletes Eldhose Paul and Avinash Sable, were conferred with the Arjuna Award.

Achanta Sharath Kamal to be honoured with prestigious Khel Ratna award

The awardees will receive their awards from the President of India at a specially organised function at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 30 November, 2022

Hope my journey inspires young girls across India to pursue their dreams, says Khel Ratna awardee Mithali Raj

The 38-year-old stalwart of Indian women's cricket was one of the 12 sportspersons to receive the Khel Ratna, the country's highest sporting honour, from President Ram Nath Kovind at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.

'It's been an outstanding journey', says Sunil Chhetri, football's first Khel Ratna awardee

"It has been amazing to play for the National team, for so many years, for the number of matches, it has been an outstanding journey," said the 36-year-old year talismanic India captain in an AIFF release.

National Sports Awards: Devendra Jhajharia, Venkatesh Prasad named in selection committee

Retired Supreme Court judge Justice Mukundakum Sharma has been picked as the chairperson of the committee, which also includes decorated former shooter Anjali Bhagwat and former women's cricket team captain Anjum Chopra

'It is the right step', sports fraternity welcomes move to rename Khel Ratna award after Major Dhyan Chand

Dhyan Chand is widely regarded as the greatest player in hockey. In his career that spanned from 1926 to 1949, he clinched Olympic medals in 1928, 1932 and 1936.

National Sports Day: Of miffed athletes, muffled grudges and stony silence

What does an archetypical Indian athlete represent in modern India? What explains the sense of entitlement of some of our elite sportspersons and their deafening silence on issues of society and misgovernance? As another National Sports Day passes by, it is worth remembering that at its core, sport stands for courage, conviction, and fairness.

National Sports Awards 2020: India's ODI vice-captain Rohit Sharma thanks fans after winning Khel Ratna

Rohit, along with paddler Manika Batra, women's hockey captain Rani Rampal, wrestler Vinesh Phogat and para-athlete T Mariyappan were this year awarded the country's highest sporting honour.

National Sports Awards 2020: Unprecedented eight para-sports personalities to receive Khel Ratna, Arjuna award

An unprecedented eight para-sports personalities will receive the National Sports Awards, including the Khel Ratna to Paralympics gold medallist Mariyappan Thangavelu, virtually on 29 August.

National Sports Awards 2020: Rohit Sharma, Vinesh Phogat among four recommended for Khel Ratna Award

Vinesh has been rewarded for her gold medals in the 2018 Commonwealth and Asian Games besides a bronze in the 2019 Asian Wrestling Championships.