National Sports Awards 2024 conferred by President Droupadi Murmu

National Sports Awards 2024 conferred by President Droupadi Murmu on 17 January 2025 at Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi.

Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award:

  • D. Gukesh (World Chess Champion)
  • Manu Bhaker (Olympic double medalist)
  • Harmanpreet Singh (Men’s Hockey Team Captain)
  • Praveen Kumar (Paralympic gold medalist)

Dronacharya Award: for Coaches:

  • Subhash Rana (Para-shooting)
  • Deepali Deshpande (Shooting)
  • Sandeep Sangwan (Hockey)
  • S. Muralidharan (Badminton)
  • Armando Agnelo Colaco (Football)

Arjuna Award: Given to 32 sportspersons, including:

  • Jyothi Yarraji, Annu Rani (Athletics)
  • Nitu, Saweety (Boxing)
  • Vantika Agrawal (Chess)
  • Hockey players: Salima Tete, Abhishek, Sanjay, Jarmanpreet Singh, Sukhjeet Singh
  • Para-athletes: Rakesh Kumar, Preeti Pal, Ajeet Singh, and others.

Lifetime Arjuna Awards: Recipients: Sucha Singh (Athletics) and Murlikant Petkar (Para-swimming).

MAKA Trophy: Awarded to Chandigarh University for being the top-performing university in the Khelo India University Games.

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