National Sports Awards announced, 26 players will receive Arjun Award

National Sports Awards announced, 26 players will receive Arjun Award

According to the Sports Ministry, 26 athletes including Indian fast bowler Mohammed Shami will be given the Arjuna Award while the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award will be given to Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy. All these National Sports Awards will be given at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 9 January 2024. All these awards will be presented to the players by the President. A total of 29 players

The Sports Ministry has released the list of names of players and athletes for the sports awards to be given this year. India's star badminton pair Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy will receive the Khel Ratna Award. At the same time, Indian fast bowler Mohammed Shami, who took the most wickets in the ODI World Cup, will be given the Arjuna Award.

The Sports Ministry announced the Sports Awards 2023 on Wednesday. This time a total of 29 players will be honored with sports awards. Two players will be honored with the Khel Ratna Award and 27 athletes will be honored with the Arjuna Award. All these athletes will be given these awards on the basis of their excellent performance.

List of athletes released for sports awards:-

Khel Ratna Award 2023

• Chirag Shetty - Badminton
• Satwiksairaj Rankireddy - Badminton

Arjun Award 2023

• Mohammed Shami - Cricket
• Ojas Praveen Devtale - Archery
• Aditi Gopichand Swami - Archery
• Sreeshankar - Athletics
• Parul Chaudhary - Athletics
• Mohammad Hussamuddin - Boxer
• R Vaishali - Chess
• Sushila Chanu - Hockey
• Pawan Kumar - Kabaddi
• Ritu Negi - Kabaddi
• Nasreen - Kho-Kho
• Pinky - Lawn Balls
• Aishwarya Pratap Singh Tomar - Shooting
• Isha Singh - Shooting
• Harinder Pal Singh - Squash
• Ayhika Mukherjee - Table Tennis
• Sunil Kumar - Wrestling
• Final - Wrestling
• Roshibina Devi - Wushu
• Sheetal Devi - Para Archery
• Ajay Kumar - Blind Cricket
• Prachi Yadav – Para Canoeing
• Anush Aggarwal - Horse Riding
• Divyakriti Singh - Equestrian Dressage
• Diksha Dagar - Golf
• Krishna Bahadur Pathak - Hockey

It is noteworthy that all these National Sports Awards will be given at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 9 January 2024. All these awards will be presented to the players by the President. A total of 29 players and athletes have been included in the list released by the Sports Ministry.