National Sports Awards Tokyo Olympics medalists Neeraj Chopra, Lovlina Borgohain among 12 athletes to get Khel Ratna Award
New Delhi/IBNS: The Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports on Tuesday declared the names of the 12 sportspersons who will be conferred with the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award for the year 2021.
Tokyo Olympics medalists, including gold medal winner Neeraj Chopra, and Paralympic Games will be awarded India's highest sporting honour.
The list of the award winners includes Indian women's cricket legend Mithali Raj and Indian football team captain Sunil Chhetri.
The awards will be given as part of the National Sports Awards, which will be held on November 13.
The President of India will give the awards at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Every year, National Sports Awards are given to recognize and reward excellence in sports.
Thirty-five sportspersons will receive the Arjuna Awards for outstanding performance in sports.
The awardees:
Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award: Neeraj Chopra (Athletics), Ravi Kumar (Wrestling), Lovlina Borgohain (Boxing), PR Sreejesh (Hockey), Avani Lekhara (Para Shooting), Sumit Antil (Para-Athletics), Pramod Bhagat (Para Badminton), Krishna Nagar (Para Badminton), Manish Narwal (Para Shooting), Mithali Raj (Cricket), Sunil Chhetri (Football), Manpreet Singh (Hockey).
Arjuna Awards:
Arpinder Singh (Athletics), Simranjit Kaur (Boxing), Shikhar Dhawan (Cricket), CA Bhavani Devi (Fencing), Monika (Hockey), Vandana Katariya (Hockey), Sandeep Narwal (Kabaddi), Himani Uttam Parab (Mallakhamb), Abhishek Verma (Shooting), Ankita Raina (Tennis), Deepak Punia (Wrestling), Dilpreet Singh (Hockey), Harman Preet Singh (Hockey), Rupinder Pal Singh (Hockey), Surender Kumar (Hockey), Amit Rohidas (Hockey), Birendra Lakra (Hockey), Sumit (Hockey), Nilakanta Sharma (Hockey), Hardik Singh (Hockey), Vivek Sagar Prasad (Hockey), Gurjant Singh (Hockey), Mandeep Singh (Hockey), Shamsher Singh (Hockey), Lalit Kumar Upadhyay (Hockey), Varun Kumar (Hockey), Simranjeet Singh (Hockey), Yogesh Kathuniya (Para Athletics) Nishad Kumar (Para Athletics), Praveen Kumar(Para Athletics), Suhash Yathiraj (Para Badminton) Singhraj Adhana (Para Shooting), Bhavina Patel (Para Table Tennis), Harvinder Singh (Para Archery) and Sharad Kumar (Para Athletics').
