These players including Neeraj Chopra will get the National Sports Award today

National Sports Awards 2021: President Ram Nath Kovind will present the National Sports Awards for the year 2021 in a special ceremony today. National Sports Awards are awarded to the sportspersons who have made remarkable performances in sports every year by the Union Ministry of Youth Welfare and Sports. This year 12 players including Olympic gold medalist Neeraj Chopra will be given Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award, 35 players will be given Arjuna Award, 10 will be given Dronacharya Award and 5 players will be given Dhyan Chand Jeevan Gaurav Award. Two institutions will be rewarded with Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar.

who will get which award,

Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award:

• Neeraj Chopra (Athletics)
• Ravi Kumar (Wrestling)
• Lovlina Borgohain (boxing)
• PR Sreejesh (Hockey)
• Avni 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 Award:

• Arpinder Singh (Athletics)
• Simranjit Kaur (Boxing)
• Shikhar Dhawan (cricket)
• CA Bhavani Devi (Fencing)
• Monica (hockey)
• Vandana Kataria (Hockey)
• Sandeep Narwal (Kabaddi)
• Himani Uttam Parab (Mallakhamb)
• Abhishek Verma (Shooting)
• Ankita Raina (tennis)
• Deepak Poonia (Wrestling)
• Dilpreet Singh (Hockey)
• Harmanpreet Singh (Hockey)
• Rupinder Pal Singh (Hockey)
• Surendra Kumar (Hockey)
• Amit Rohidas (Hockey)
• Birendra Lakra (Hockey)
• Sumit (hockey)
• Neelkant 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)
• Simranjit Singh (Hockey)
• Yogesh Kathunia (Para Athletics)
• Nishad Kumar (Para Athletics)
• Praveen Kumar (Para Athletics)
• Suhash Yathiraj (Para Badminton)
• Sinharaj Adhana (Para Shooting)
• Bhavna Patel (Para Table Tennis)
• Harvinder Singh (Para Archery)
• and Sharad Kumar (Para Athletics)

Dronacharya Award for Outstanding Coaches in Sports and Competition 2021-

Life Time Category

• T. P. Ouseph (Athletics)
• Sarkar Talwar (Cricket)
• Sarpal Singh (Hockey)
• Ashan Kumar (Kabaddi)
• Tapan Kumar Panigrahi (Swimming)

Regular Category:

• Radhakrishnan Nair P (Athletics)
• Sandhya Gurung (Boxing)
• Pritam Siwach (Hockey)
• Jai Prakash Nautiyal (Para Shooting)
• Subramaniam Raman (Table Tennis)

Dhyanchand Award for Lifetime Achievement in Sports and Competition 2021-

• Article Casey (boxing)
• Abhijit Kunte (Chase)
• Davinder Singh Garcha (Hockey)
• Vikas Kumar (Kabaddi)
• Sajjan Singh (Wrestling)

National Sports Promotion Awards: Manav Rachna Educational Institution and Indian Oil Corporation Limited for promotion of sports through Corporate Social Responsibility. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MACA) Trophy: Panjab University, Chandigarh.