Khel Ratna Award  

Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore is the current Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Department of Rajasthan. He is the recipient of the prestigious Padma Shri and Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award.

Dhanraj Pillay is a former Indian field hockey player. The Government of India has honoured him with prestigious awards like Arjuna Award, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, and Padmashri.

Yogeshwar Dutt is an Indian freestyle wrestler. In 2003, he won his wrestling career’s first gold medal at the Commonwealth Games. The Government of India honoured him with the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award in the year 2012. The following year, he was awarded the Padma Shri Award.

Manpreet Singh is an Indian hockey player. He rose to prominence in 2021, when India won the bronze medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics (Tokyo) under his leadership. This was India’s first Olympic medal in hockey since 1980.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Twitter that the exceptional performance of the men's and women's hockey teams had captured the imagination of the entire nation. 

India women's hockey team captain Rani has reacted to the news of her nomination for the Khel Ratna Award 2020

 For the National Sports Awards 2020, Hockey India (HI) has revealed its nominations. Indian women's hockey team captain Rani has been nominated for the Khel Ratna Award.

In a first in Indian domestic cricket history, Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) has made eye tests mandatory for its senior and Under-23 players post-lockdown

For the National Sports Awards 2020, Hockey India (HI) has revealed its nominations. Indian women's hockey team captain Rani has been nominated for the Khel Ratna Award

Rohit Sharma has been nominated for the Khel Ratna Award while Shikhar Dhawan, Ishant Sharma and Deepti Sharma have been nominated for the Arjuna Award

The 26-year-old Anjum Moudgil, who started shooting in 2008, is among the first two Indians to have secured quota places in the sport for the Tokyo Olympics. NRAI has nominated her for Khel Ratna award

Deepa Malik became the second para-athlete after double Paralympic gold medallist javelin thrower Devendra Jhajharia, who received the recognition in 2017, to have won the prestigious Khel Ratna award.

Apart from nominating Deepa Malik and Bajrang Punia for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, the selection committee also picked 19 sportspersons for the Arjuna Award, including the likes of cricketers Ravindra Jadeja and Poonam Yadav, track and field stars Tejinder Pal Singh Toor, Mohammed Anas and Swapna Barman, footballer Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, hockey player Chinglensana Singh Kangujam and shooter Anjum Moudgil

Asian and Commonwealth Games gold-medallist wrestler Bajrang Punia has been nominated for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award by a 12-member selection committee which includes Bhaichung Bhutia and MC Mary Kom

Students of Harbhajan Singh Institute of Cricket have expressed disappointment over the off-spinner not getting the Khel Ratna award. Here is what they think is the reason behind the decision