The Sports Ministry physically handed over trophies to all the winners of last year’s National Sports Awards during a function at ashoka hotel on Monday, November 1.
All the winners of the National Sports Awards 2020 had already received the cash awards but were not able to collect their trophies and citations during last year’s event when the Sports Awards ceremony was held virtually owing to the Covid-19 pandemic.
On August 29, 2020, the Sports Ministry handed over a total of 74 National Sports Awards, including 5 Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awards and 27 Arjuna Awards.
Vinesh Phogat, Ishant Sharma highlight ceremony.
Monday’s ceremony was attended by many awardees, including Rani Rampal, Vinesh Phogat and Mariyappan Thangavelu, who received the prestigious Khel Ratna Award, and Lovlina Borgohain, Ishant Sharma, Atanu Das, Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy, Chirag Chandrasekhar Shetty, among others who received the Arjuna Award.
Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Shri Anurag Thakur was present at the ceremony along with Secretary Sports Smt. Sujata Chaturvedi, Secretary of Youth Affairs.
