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Gather information of the current year's award winners in the field of Games.
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The National Sports Awards list announced by the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports honors outstanding Indian athletes and coaches. In a notable decision, the ministry confirmed that no athlete was conferred with the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award this year.
Arjuna Award Winners The Arjuna Award was presented to 17 prominent sportspersons for their exceptional performances, leadership, and sportsmanship:
- Athletics: Tejaswin Shankar, Muhammed Ajmal V, Priyanka Goswami
- Badminton: Treesa Jolly, Gayatri Gopichand
- Boxing: Narender
- Chess: Vidit Santosh Gujrathi, Divya Deshmukh
- Hockey: Lalremsiami, Rajkumar Pal
- Kabaddi: Surjeet, Pooja
- Shooting: Akhil Sheoran
- Deaf Shooting: Dhanush Srikanth
- Para-Athletics: Ekta Bhyan
- Para-Shooting: Rudransh Khandelwal
- Rowing: Arvind Singh
- Arjuna Award (Lifetime): I. Arumainayagam (Football)
Dronacharya Award Winners (For Best Coaches)
Honoring exceptional coaching mentors across individual and lifetime contribution categories:
Regular Category
- Parveer Singh (Athletics)
- Chhote Lal Yadav (Boxing)
- Neha Nandkumar Chavan (Shooting)
Lifetime Category
- Dharmendra Singh Yadav (Boxing)
- Virender Kumar (Wrestling)
Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar
This special corporate-level honor was given to the Army Paralympic Node, Pune for its active contribution towards sports promotion, infrastructure development, and encouraging para-athletes.
Padma Awards (Sports Category)
Additionally, the Government of India conferred civilian honors on iconic sports figures earlier in the year:
- Padma Bhushan: Vijay Amritraj (Tennis)
- Padma Shri: Rohit Sharma (Cricket), Harmanpreet Kaur (Cricket), and Savita Punia (Hockey)
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