National Sports Award: Manpreet Singh added to Khel Ratna winners listing, 35 athletes to get Arjuna awards

Indian males’s hockey crew captain Manpreet Singh was added to the listing of Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna awardees, taking the full variety of this 12 months’s winners to an unparalleled 12.

The different outstanding Khel Ratna winners this 12 months embrace Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra and Olympic silver-medallist wrestler Ravi Dahiya.The ceremony is scheduled for November 13 on the Rashtrapati Bhavan.Manpreet, Olympic bronze-winning captain was initially really helpful for the Arjuna award however he joined veteran goalkeeper P R Sreejesh because the second hockey participant within the listing of awardees for the very best sporting honour.Among 35 Arjuna awardees are most of India’s Paralympic medal winners and cricketers, Shikhar Dhawan and Mithali Raj.”The awardees will receive their awards from the President of India at a specially organized function at the Darbar Hall of Rashtrapati Bhavan on 13th November, 2021 (Saturday) at 1630 hrs,” the sports activities ministry introduced.The Khel Ratna award is given for the spectacular and most excellent efficiency within the area of sports activities by a sportsperson over a interval of earlier 4 years.Arjuna Award for excellent efficiency in Sports and is given for good efficiency over a interval of earlier 4 years and displaying qualities of management, sportsmanship and a way of self-discipline.The awardeesMajor Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award: Neeraj Chopra (Athletics), Ravi Kumar(Wrestling), Lovlina Borgohain (Boxing), P.R 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’).