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The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India had declared the list of 27 Sportsperson who will be conferred with Arjuna Award for 2020 and 5 awardees of Khel Ratna Award.
In a first, the awards will be held virtually on 29 August, the National Sports Day, instead of the Rashtrapati Bhavan this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Arjuna Award is one of the famous sports awards given to individuals for their exemplary performance in various sports. It is given to promote sports in India by motivating the sportsperson for their fantastic performance. The awards consists of a Bronze Statue of ‘Arjuna with his Bow’ a scroll and a cash reward of Rs 500000 and host of other privileges.
Team India cricketer Ishant Sharma, shooter Manu Bhaker, Shutler Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy are among the 27 athletes who will be conferred with Arjuna Award for 2020.
Among other athletes, who will receive Arjuna Award are: Atanu Das (archery), Chirag Chandrasekhar Shetty (badminton), Vishesh Bhriguvanshi (basketball), Subedar Manish Kaushik and Lovlina Bograhain (boxing), Deepti Sharma (cricket), Sawant Ajay Anant (Equestrian), Sandesh Jhingan (football), Aditi Ashok (golf), Akashdeep Singh and Deepika (hockey), Deepak (kabaddi), Kale Sarika Sudhakar (kho kho), Dattu Baban Bhokanal (rowing), and Saurabh Chaudhary (Shooting), Madhurika Suhas Patkar (table tennis), Divij Sharan (Tennis), Divya Kakran and Rahul Aware (Wresting), Shiva Keshavan (Winter Sports), Suyash Narayan Jadhav (Para Swimming), Sandeep (para athletics) and Manish Narwal (Para shooting).
2020 Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award
Cricketer Rohit Sharma is amongst 4 other sports personalities who will be prested with the 2020 Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award. Other than Rohit, table tennis star Manika Batra, India hockey women’s skipper Rani Rampal, Asian Games gold medalist Vinesh Phogat and Paralympic gold medalist Mariappan Thangavelu will also be crowned with India’s highest sporting honour.
While Rohit has been recognized for his accomplishments with the bat, Vinesh has been in the eye for her gold medals in the 2018 Commonwealth and Asian Games. She had even won bronze in the 2019 Asian Wrestling Championships.
2020 Dronacharya Award
Also, Dharmendra Tiwary (archery), Purushotham Rai (athletics), Shiv Singh (boxing), Romesh Pathania (hockey), Krishan Kumar Hooda (kabaddi), Vijay Bhalchandra Munishwar (para powerlifting), Naresh Kumar (tennis), and Om Parkash Dahiya (wrestling) will receive Dronacharya Lifetime award.
Yogesh Malviya (Mallakhamb), Jaspal Rana (Shooting), Kuldeep Kumar Handoo (Wushu), and Gaurav Khanna (Para Badminton) will be conferred with Dronacharya Award in the regular category.
