National Sports Awards

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The Sports Ministry on Saturday set September 20 as the deadline for submitting online applications for National Sports Awards 2022. The notification inviting applications for the sports awards for the year 2022 has been uploaded on the website www.yas.nic.in. In a statement, the ministry said that the Indian Olympic Association/Sports Authority of India/recognized National Sports Federations/Sports Promotion Boards/ State and UT Governments were intimated accordingly. This year onwards, applications are being invited only in online mode through a dedicated portal. The applicants eligible in accordance with the award guidelines are permitted to self-apply, without the recommendation of the authorities/persons, online only at the portal dbtyas-sports.gov.in. "The application of the eligible sportspersons for the award must be submitted at the Portal dbtyas-sports.gov.in by 11.59 pm on 20th September, 2022. Applications received after the last date will not be considered," the minis

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BCCI has decided to recommend women's cricket great Mithali Raj and premier spinner R Ashwin for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, country's highest sporting honour

Olympic-bound Simranjit Kaur, Commonwealth Games gold medallist Gaurav Solanki and world championship silver winner Sonia Chahal have been nominated for the Arjuna award

Sports Ministry invited applications for the national sports awards, allowing eligible athletes, coaches, universities and other entities to self-nominate

CWG gold medallist Batra, along with Indian women's hockey captain Rani Rampal and Rio Paralympics gold medallist Mariyappan Thangavelu were presented the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award

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In a first, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award and other sports award were conferred virtually by President Ram Nath Kovind

Receiving an award directly from the President is more satisfying but a few athletes are still cheerful that at least the government is conducting the National Sports Awards virtually

The government on Friday announced the full list of sportspersons who will be awarded the National Sports Awards on August 29

An unprecedented five Khel Ratna and 29 Arjuna award recommendations have been made to the sports minister by the selection panel, raising eyebrows

Sports Ministry is planning a hike in prize money for National Sports Awards which will lead to Khel Ratna awardees getting Rs 25 lakh while leaving the Arjuna winners richer by Rs 15 lakh

WC winning former Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag, former hockey midfielder Sardar Singh, 2016 Rio Paralympics silver medallist Deepa Malik are among the names that make up the selection committee

Just like last year, the ministry opted for a single selection committee to pick the awardees among both athletes and coaches and it will be headed by Retired Supreme Court Justice, Mukundakam Sharma

The pandemic had last month forced the sports ministry to extend the deadline for submission of online applications for the awards

Hima Das has been nominated for the prestigious Khel Ratna award

Wednesday (June 3) was to be the last day of completing the nomination process but the period has been extended along with the relaxation in the process

Sports Ministry on Monday announced the list of awardees, which include Sindhu, Sakshi, gymnast Dipa Karmakar and shooter Jitu rai