National Sports Award 2023: Mohammed Shami To Receive Arjuna Award; Satwik Sairaj-Chirag Shetty To Get Khel Ratna Award, Full List Here

Mohammed Shami, Satwik Sairaj and Chirag Shetty. The Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports revealed the National Sports Awards 2023 on Wednesday. The recipients will get their awards from the President of India at a specifically arranged function at Rashtrapati Bhavan on January 9, 2024 (Tuesday) at 11:00 hours, based on a news release from the ministry. Based upon the suggestions of the Committee and after due examination, the Government has actually chosen to give awards upon the following sportspersons, coaches and entities: Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award: Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty (badminton). Satwiksairaj and Chirag, commonly called ‘Sat-Chi’ have actually protected 3 Badminton World Federation (BWF) titles this year, the Swiss Open, the Indonesia Open and the Korea Open. They likewise won India’s historical first-ever badminton gold at the Asian Games in Hangzhou and likewise the Asian Championships gold in April. (WATCH: ‘He’ll Bat, Don’t Worry,’ MI Owner Responds To Fan’s Request To Make Rohit Sharma Captain Again) The duo in October ended up being the very first doubles set in Indian badminton history to be ranked at world top in BWF rankings. In 2015, the Indian shuttlers belonged of the nation’s historical, game-changing Thomas Cup win. They likewise bagged medals at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham (gold) and World Championships (bronze). Arjuna Award: Mohammed Shami (cricket), Ajay Reddy (blind cricket) Ojas Pravin Deotale (archery), Aditi Gopichand Swami (archery), Sheetal Devi (para archery), Parul Chaudhary and Murali Sreeshankar (sports), Mohd Hussamuddin (boxing), R Vaishali (chess), Divyakriti Singh and Anush Agarwalla (equestrian), Diksha Dagar (golf), Krishan Bahadur Pathak (hockey), Sushila Chanu (hockey), Pinky (yard ball), Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar (shooting), Antim Panghal (battling), Ayhika Mukherjee (table tennis), Esha Singh (shooting), Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (squash), Sunil Kumar (battling), Naorem Roshibina Devi (wushu), Prachi Yadav (para canoeing), Pawan Kumar (kabaddi), Ritu Negi (kabaddi), Nasr
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