27 players, including Indian team cricketer Ishant Sharma, shooter Manu Bhakar and shuttler Satwiksairaj Rankireddy are going to be awarded the Arjuna Award on the occasion of Sports Day on 29 August this year. Apart from this, Atanu Das (Archery), Chirat Chandrashekhar Shetty (Badminton), Vishesh Bhriguvanshi (Basketball), Subedar Manik Kaushik and Lovlina Borgohain (Boxing) will also be awarded the Arjuna Award.
Other winners of the Arjuna Award are - Deepti Sharma (Cricket), Sawant Ajay Anant (Horse Riding), Sandesh Jhingan (Football), Aditi Ashok (Golf), Akashdeep Singh (Hockey), Deepika (Hockey), Deepak (Kabaddi), Kale Sarika Sudhakar (Kho Kho), Dattu Baban Bhokanal (Yacht), Saurabh Chaudhary (Shooting), Madhurika Suhas Patkar (Table Tennis), Divij Sharan (Tennis), Divya Kakran (Wrestling), Rahul Aware (Wrestling), Shiva Keshavan ( Winter Sports), Suyash Narayan Jadhav (mercury swimming), Sandeep (athletics), Manish Narwal (mercury shooting).
Here is the list of Dronacharya Jeevan Time Award- Dharmendra Tiwari (Archery), Purushottam Rai (Athletics), Shiv Singh (Boxing), Romesh Pathania (Hockey), Krishna Kumar Hooda (Kabaddi), Vijay Bhalchandra Munishwar (Para Powerlifting), Naresh The list of Dronacharya Regular Category Award for Kumar (Tennis) and Om Dahiya (Wrestling) is as follows- Yogesh Malaviya (Malkhamb), Jaspal Rana (Shooting), Kuldeep Kumar Handu (Wushu) and Gaurav Khanna (Para Badminton). Due to Corona Virus pandemic, the award ceremony will be held virtually on National Sports Day on 29 August. An award ceremony is going to be held in Rashtrapati Bhavan for this.
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