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 Government Sports Awards 2020

Because the Sports Awards ceremony took place in the midst of the Covid-19 outbreak, the winners were unable to collect their trophies and citations during the 2020 event.
The Sports Ministry will present 74 National Sports Awards on August 29, 2020, including 27 Arjuna Awards and 5 Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awards.

The presence of Vinesh Phogat and Ishant Sharma is one of the event`s highlights.
In India, the term "National Sports Award" refers to a grouping of the "six sports awards." The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports bestows the award.

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award 2020:

♦ Rohit Sharma (Cricket)

♦ Manika Batra (Table Tennis) 

♦ Mariyappan Thangavelu (Para-Athletics)

♦ Rani Rampal (Hockey)

♦ Vinesh Phogat (Wrestling).

Arjuna Award 2020:

♦ Atanu Das (Archery)

♦ Chirag Chandrasekhar Shetty (Badminton)

♦ Dutee Chand (Athletics)

♦ Ishant Sharma (Cricket)

♦ Deepti Sharma (Cricket)

♦ Divya Kakran (Wrestling) et al.

Dronacharya Award (Life-Time Category) 2020:

♦ Naresh Kumar (Tennis)

♦ Romesh Pathania (Hockey)

♦ Dharmendra Tiwary (Archery)

♦ Om Parkash Dahiya (Wrestling) et al.

Dhyan Chand Award 2020:

♦ Kuldip Singh Bhullar (Athletics)

♦ Lakha Singh (Boxing)

♦ Trupti Murgunde (Badminton)

♦ N Usha(Boxing)

♦ Manpreet Singh (Kabaddi)

♦ Nandan Bal (Tennis) et al.

Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar:

♦ Identification and Nurturing of Budding & Young Talent category-  Lakshya Institute & Army Sports Institute.

♦ Encouragement to sports through Corporate Social Responsibility category-  Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) Ltd.

♦ Employment of sportspersons & sports welfare measures category- Air Force Sports Control Board.