Sports Ministry confirms Satwik, Chirag for Khel Ratna, Shami and 25 others for Arjuna Award

Sports Ministry confirms Satwik, Chirag for Khel Ratna, Shami and 25 others for Arjuna award –

The renowned Khel Ratna award for badminton players Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty as well as the Arjuna award for 26 athletes, including bowler Mohammed Shami, were confirmed by the Sports Ministry on Wednesday. President Droupadi Murmu will present the athletes with their prizes on January 9 at Rashtrapati Bhavan. Chirag and Satwik won gold in the Asian Games, bronze at the World Championships, and silver at the Commonwealth Games. However, Shami, 33, had a wonderful tournament in the ODI World Cup, when India placed second but lost to Australia in the championship match. Having claimed 24 wickets in seven matches, Shami was the World Cup’s top wicket-taker.

Krishan Bahadur Pathak and Sushila Chanu, players of hockey, Ojas Pravin Deotale and Aditi Gopichand Swami, boxer Mohammad Hussamuddin, chess player R Vaishali, golfer Diksha Dagar, shooters Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar and Esha Singh, wrestlers Antim Panghal and Sunil Kumar, paddler Ayhika Mukherjee, and para archer Sheetal Devi are among the athletes chosen for this year’s Arjuna award.

🏅 AWARD ALERT 🏅

Mohammad Shami is set to be conferred with the prestigious Arjuna Award on January 9th 2024 🔥

Shami is getting his reward for the sensational performance in the World Cup. 💪🏻#MohammadShami #ArjunaAward #Cricket #India #Sportskeeda pic.twitter.com/ND6WAlHSg9

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List of National Sports Award winners :

A proud moment for Mohammad Shami as he is set to receive a well-deserved national recognition. 🇮🇳🫡#MohammadShami #Cricket #India #ArjunaAward #Sportskeeda pic.twitter.com/kWCyUojai3

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Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award for 2023 : Chirag Shetty and Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy (badminton).

Arjuna Awards for 2023 : Ojas Pravin Deotale (archery), Aditi Gopichand Swami (archery), Murali Sreeshankar (athletics), Parul Chaudhary (athletics), Mohameed Hussamuddin (boxing), R Vaishali (chess), Mohammed Shami (cricket), Anush Agarwalla (equestrian), Divyakriti Singh (equestrian dressage), Diksha Dagar (golf), Krishan Bahadur Pathak (hockey), Sushila Chanu (hockey), Pawan Kumar (kabaddi), Ritu Negi (kabaddi), Nasreen (kho-kho), Pinki (lawn bowls), Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar (shooting), Esha Singh (shooting), Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (squash), Ayhika Mukherjee (table tennis), Sunil Kumar (wrestling), Antim (wrestling), Naorem Roshibina Devi (wushu), Sheetal Devi (para archery), Illuri Ajay Kumar Reddy (blind cricket), Prachi Yadav (para canoeing).

Dronacharya Award (regular category)for outstanding coaches: Lalit Kumar (wrestling), RB Ramesh (chess), Mahaveer Prasad Saini (para athletics), Shivendra Singh (hockey), Ganesh Prabhakar Devrukhkar (mallakhamb).

Dronacharya Award (life-time category)for outstanding coaches: Jaskirat Singh Grewal (golf), Bhaskaran E (kabaddi), Jayanta Kumar Pushilal (table tennis).

Dhyan Chand Award for lifetime achievement: Manjusha Kanwar (badminton), Vineet Kumar Sharma (hockey), Kavitha Selvaraj (kabaddi).

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy 2023: Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar (overall winner university); Lovely Professional University, Punjab (1st runner -up), Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra (2nd runner-up).

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