Legendary Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar on Tuesday praised star pacer Mohammed Shami and para-archer Sheetal Devi after being honoured with the Arjuna Award in Delhi.
Mohammed Shami throughout the Sports and Adventure Awards 2023 on the Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi(PTI)
President Droupadi Murmu offered the Sports and Adventure Awards 2023 at a operate held at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Tuesday. The awards included Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Awards-2023; Dronacharya Awards-2023; Arjuna Awards-2023; Dhyan Chand Awards-2023; Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Awards-2022; Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar-2023; and Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Trophy-2023.
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The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Jay Shah additionally lauded Shami for being honoured with the Arjuna Award.
“Congratulations to #TeamIndia’s pace sensation @MdShami11 on receiving the esteemed Arjuna Award from the President of India, Smt. Droupadi Murmu, at the National Sports Awards. A well-deserved honour for his outstanding contributions to Indian cricket. @BCCI,” tweeted Shah.
India’s star badminton males’s doubles duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty acquired the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award throughout the ceremony on Tuesday.
Khel Ratna is the nation’s highest sporting honour given yearly by the Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.
Arjuna Award: Mohammed Shami (cricket), Ajay Reddy (blind cricket) Ojas Pravin Deotale (archery), Aditi Gopichand Swami (archery), Sheetal Devi (para archery), Parul Chaudhary and Murali Sreeshankar (athletics), Mohd Hussamuddin (boxing), R Vaishali (chess), Divyakriti Singh and Anush Agarwalla (equestrian), Diksha Dagar (golf), Krishan Bahadur Pathak (hockey), Sushila Chanu (hockey), Pinky (garden ball), Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar (taking pictures), Antim Panghal (wrestling), Ayhika Mukherjee (desk tennis), Esha Singh (taking pictures), Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (squash), Sunil Kumar (wrestling), Naorem Roshibina Devi (wushu), Prachi Yadav (para canoeing), Pawan Kumar (kabaddi), Ritu Negi (kabaddi), Nasreen (kho kho).
Dronacharya Award common class: Ganesh Prabhakaran (mallakhamb), Mahavir Saini (para athletics), Lalit Kumar (wrestling), RB Ramesh (chess), Shivendra Singh (hockey)Dronacharya Award lifetime class: Jaskirat Singh Grewal (golf), Bhaskaran E (kabaddi), Jayanta Kumar Pushilal (desk tennis)
‘Dronacharya Award for excellent coaches in Sports and Games’ is given to coaches for doing excellent and meritorious work on a constant foundation and for enabling sportspersons to excel in International occasions.
Dhyan Chand Award for Lifetime Achievement: Kavitha Selvaraj (kabaddi): Manjusha Kanwar (badminton): Vineet Kumar Sharma (hockey)
‘Dhyan Chand Award for Lifetime Achievement in Sports and Games’ is given to honour sportspersons who’ve contributed to sports activities by way of their efficiency and who proceed to contribute to the promotion of sports activities occasions after their retirement.
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy 2023: Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar (Winner), Lovely Professional University, Punjab (1st runner-up), Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra (2nd runner-up)
The total top-performing college in inter-university tournaments is given the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy.
Source: www.hindustantimes.com
