൲Here is all you need to know about the National Sports Awards ceremony: history, timing, full list of recipients, venue, telecast and live streaming details
Having announced the full list of recipients on January 2, the ministry of youth affairs and sports will organize the ceremony for the National Sports Awards 2024 at New Delhi's Rashtrapati Bhavan on January 17, 2025, where the President of India will present the honours. (More Sports News)
♓The awards to be presented are primarily the Khel Ratna, Arjuna, Arjuna (lifetime) and Dronacharya honours. Khel Ratna awardees receive a cash prize of INR 25 lakh, along with a citation and a medallion. Arjuna awardees are honored with a cash reward of INR 15 lakh, a statuette of Arjuna, and a citation.
The controversy around Manu Bhaker𝕴's initial exclusion from the Khel Ratna nominations eventually died down with her name mentioned in the list. But a fresh controversy surfaced on the eve of the awards ceremony, with the Delhi high court asking the central government's selection committee to reconsider the candidature of Paralympian discus thrower Yogesh Kathuniya for the Khel Ratna.
"The decision by the Delhi High Court to direct a reconsideration of my Khel Ratna Award application is a moment of hope, not just for me but for every para athlete striving for excellence. It’s about more than medals; it’s about equal respect and recognition for the efforts we put in to represent our country. I am confident that this scrutiny will uphold the values of fairness and justice, and I am optimistic about the outcome," Kathuniya told Outlook Sports.
🅠The Khel Ratna honour, formerly known as the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, is now called the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award after the legendary Indian hockey player. While Kathuniya's case is still unresolved, Bhaker, Indian hockey captain Harmanpreet Singh, world chess champion D Gukesh and Paralympic gold medallist Praveen Kumar are slated to receive the award.
D Gukesh (Chess)
Harmanpreet Singh (Hockey)
Praveen Kumar (Para athletics)
Manu Bhakar (Shooting)
Jyothi Yarraji (Athletics)
Annu Rani (Athletics)
Nitu (Boxing)
Saweety (Boxing)
Vantika Agrawal (Chess)
Salima Tete (Hockey)
Abhishek (Hockey)
Sanjay (Hockey)
Jarmanpreet Singh (Hockey)
Sukhjeet Singh (Hockey)
Rakesh Kumar (Para archery)
Preeti Pal (Para athletics)
Jeevanji Deepthi (Para athletics)
Ajeet Singh (Para athletics)
Sachin Sarjerao Khilari (Para athletics)
Dharambir (Para athletics)
Pranav Soorma (Para athletics)
H Hokato Sema (Para athletics)
Simran (Para athletics)
Navdeep (Para athletics)
Nitesh Kumar (Para badminton)
Thulasimathi Murugesan (Para athletics)
Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan (Para badminton)
Manisha Ramadass (Para badminton)
Kapil Parmar (Para judo)
Mona Agarwal (Para shooting)
Rubina Francis (Para shooting)
Swapnil Suresh Kusale (Shooting)
Sarabjot Singh (Shooting)
Abhay Singh (Squash)
Sajan Prakash (Swimming)
Aman Sehrawat (Wrestling)
Sucha Singh (Athletics)
Murlikant Rajaram Petkar (Para swimming)
Dronacharya Award (Regular)
Subhash Rana (Para shooting)
Deepali Deshpande (Shooting)
Sandeep Sangwan (Hockey)
S Muralidharan (Badminton)
Armando Agnelo Colaco (Football)
When and where will the National Sports Awards ceremony be held?
✤The National Sports Awards ceremony will be held at New Delhi's Rashtrapati Bhavan on Friday, January 17, 2025 at 11am IST.
Where will the National Sports Awards ceremony be telecast and live streamed?
✨The National Sports Awards ceremony will be telecast on the Doordarshan TV channel. It will be live streamed on the Prasar Bharati Sports .