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Virat Kohli conferred with Khel Ratna
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 25 (ANI): Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli was conferred with Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award by President Ram Nath Kovind here at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Tuesday.
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Virat Kohli, Mirabai Chanu's names recommended for Khel Ratna
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 17 (ANI): Names of Indian skipper Virat Kohli and weightlifter Saikhom Mirabai Chanu have been recommended for the prestigious Khel Ratna award, sources in the Khel Ratna and Arjuna Award committee have confirmed.
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Sachin Tendulkar inspired me to stage comeback: Sardar Singh
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 16 (ANI): Hockey star player Sardar Singh, who recently hung up his boots, has revealed that master blaster and former Indian batsman great Sachin Tendulkar had motivated him to make a comeback after he was ignored from this year's Commonwealth Games (CWG) in Australi
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AFI recommends Neeraj, Seema, PT Usha for sports awards
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 27 (ANI): The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) has recommended Commonwealth Games gold medal winning javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra for the country's highest sporting honour - the Khel Ratna Award.
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Kohli recommended for Khel Ratna Award
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 26 (ANI): The Board for Cricket Control in India (BCCI) on Thursday recommended Indian skipper Virat Kohli's name for country's highest sporting honour Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award.
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President Kovind confers Khel Ratna to Devendra Jhajharia, Sardar Singh
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 29 (ANI): President Ram Nath Kovind on Tuesday conferred the country's highest sporting honour Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award to Paralympian Indian star Devendra Jhajharia and former Indian hockey skipper Sardar Singh.
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'Shocked' my name is not among Khel Ratna recipients: Deepa Mali
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Gurugram (Haryana)[India], August 7 (ANI): Deepa Malik, who scripted history by becoming India's first-ever woman to win a medal at the Paralympic Games, said on Monday that she was "shocked" that her name was not there in the list of recipients for the prestigious Rajiv Gandh
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I would've been much happier if I received Khel Ratna 12 yrs ago: Jha
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Jaipur [India], Aug.3 (ANI): India's star para athlete Devendra Jhajharia, who will be honoured with this year's Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, admitted on Thursday that he would have been much happier had he been chosen for the prestigious award 12 years ago when he clinched the g
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Devendra Jhajharia, Sardar Singh to be honoured with Khel Ratna
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug.3 (ANI): Paralympian Indian star Devendra Jhajharia, who clinched gold in men's F46 javelin throw at the Rio Olympics, will receive country's highest sporting honour Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award.
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Virender Sehwag, PT Usha named in committee to pick Khel Ratna, Arjuna awa
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 27 (ANI): Former Indian opener Virender Sehwag and former sprint queen P.T. Usha have been named in the 12-member committee to pick this year's Khel Ratna and Arjuna awardees.
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Sardar Singh recommended for Khel Ratna award
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 1 (ANI): Veteran hockey player and former captain Sardar Singh has been recommended for the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, the Hockey India announced on Monday.
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Shooter Jitu Rai believes Khel Ratna will motivate him to scale greater he
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 29 (ANI): Ace marksman Jitu Rai, who was conferred the country's highest sporting honour Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award on Monday, said that the prestigious award will motivate him to scale greater heights.
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