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National Sports Awards 2023

December 26 , 2023 124 days 531 0
  • Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports announced the National Sports Awards 2023.
  • The Arjuna Award was confirmed for 26 sportspersons, including India pacer Mohammed Shami and archery’s breakout star of 2023 Aditi Gopichand Swami.
  • Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award for 2023 were given to Chirag Shetty and Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy (badminton).
  • Five coaches have been named for the Dronacharya Award in the regular category and three in the lifetime category.
  • Dronacharya Award (regular category) for outstanding coaches are 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 are Jaskirat Singh Grewal (golf), Bhaskaran E (kabaddi), Jayanta Kumar Pushilal (table tennis).
  • Dhyan Chand Award for lifetime achievement are Manjusha Kanwar (badminton), Vineet Kumar Sharma (hockey), Kavitha Selvaraj (kabaddi).

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