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Manu Bhaker, Gukesh among four athletes to receive Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna award: Sports Ministry
1 week, 2 days ago

Manu Bhaker, Gukesh among four athletes to receive Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna award: Sports Ministry

The Hindu  

Double Olympic medallist Manu Bhaker has been chosen for the Khel Ratna award along with chess World Champion D Gukesh, hockey captain Harmanpreet Singh and Paralympic gold medallist Praveen Kumar, as per the announcement made by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports on Thursday. Long ago, the Union Sports Ministry proposed Saina Nehwal’s name and gave her the Khel …

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National Sports Day 2024: Full list of Khel Ratna, Arjuna award winners
1 week, 2 days ago

National Sports Day 2024: Full list of Khel Ratna, Arjuna award winners

India Today  

The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has announced the recipients of the National Sports Awards 2024. National Sports Day 2024: Full list of award winners Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2024 Awarded for outstanding performance in sports. Shri Gukesh D - Chess Shri Harmanpreet Singh - Hockey Shri Praveen Kumar - Para-Athletics Ms. Manu Bhaker - Shooting Arjuna …

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Paris 2024 Olympics Quiz - Set 4
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Paris 2024 Olympics Quiz - Set 4

The Hindu  

Paris 2024 Olympics Quiz - Set 4 1 / 5 | Norman Pritchard is officially recognized as the first Indian to win a medal at the Summer Olympics. Identify X. Kumar Navale Sadashiv Datar Dinkarrao Shinde Dinkarrao Shinde from Kolhapur was part of a two-man wrestling contingent for the 1920 edition, the first time India sent a squad to the …

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India's Olympic origins: A brief history of the country's record at the Games before independence
6 months ago

India's Olympic origins: A brief history of the country's record at the Games before independence

Hindustan Times  

India will make its 26th appearance at the Summer Olympics this year, and for that, they will go back to Paris - the place where the country's Olympic journey began. Dhyan Chand and the rest of the Indian men's hockey team that won the country's first Olympic gold at the 1928 Olympics. Paris 1900 - A debatable start The 1900 …

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Honoured to Be Awarded Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award: Neeraj Chopra
3 years, 2 months ago

Honoured to Be Awarded Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award: Neeraj Chopra

News 18  

New Delhi: Named for the prestigious Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna after winning a historic gold in the Tokyo Olympics, star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra on Wednesday said he would continue to work hard to bring more laurels for the country. The 23-year old Chopra, who became only the second Indian to win an individual Olympic gold in the Tokyo …

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National Sports Awards 2021: Neeraj Chopra, Lovlina Borgohain, Mithali Raj Among 9 Others to Get Khel Ratna
3 years, 2 months ago

National Sports Awards 2021: Neeraj Chopra, Lovlina Borgohain, Mithali Raj Among 9 Others to Get Khel Ratna

News 18  

Olympic gold medalist Neeraj Chopra, wrestler Ravi Kumar Dahiya, Boxer Lovlina Borgohain and Indian men’s hockey team goalkeeper PR Sreejesh, Para Shooter Avani Lekhara, Para Athlete Sumit Antil, Para-Badminton players Pramod Bhagat and Krishna Nagar, Para Shooter Manish Narwal, cricketer Mithali Raj, footballer Sunil Chhetri and Indian men’s hockey team captain Manprit Singh are the 12 sportspersons who will be …

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1936 Berlin Games: Dhyan Chand’s farewell Olympics
3 years, 6 months ago

1936 Berlin Games: Dhyan Chand’s farewell Olympics

The Hindu  

The 1936 Berlin Olympics were among the most controversial sporting events of all time. For Ashok Kumar, the son of the legendary Dhyan Chand and one of the stars of India’s 1975 World Cup-winning team, the 1936 Olympics assume greater significance because, as he says, his father almost missed going to the Berlin Games, which gained notoriety for Adolf Hitler …

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AITA nominates Ankita Raina, Prajnesh Gunneswaran for Arjuna Award; Balram Singh, Enrico Piperno picked for Dhyan Chand Award
3 years, 6 months ago

AITA nominates Ankita Raina, Prajnesh Gunneswaran for Arjuna Award; Balram Singh, Enrico Piperno picked for Dhyan Chand Award

Firstpost  

Raina was nominated for the ‘Arjuna’ last year also but Asian Games gold medallist Divij Sharan succeeded in bagging the award. New Delhi: Asian Games bronze medallists Ankita Raina and Prajnesh Gunneswaran have been nominated for the prestigious Arjuna award by the national tennis federation, which has also sent names of Balram Singh and Enrico Piperno for the Dhyanchand honour. …

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Bhaichung Bhutia, Renedy Singh Hail Former National Team Coach Sukhwinder Singh's Dhyan Chand Award
4 years, 4 months ago

Bhaichung Bhutia, Renedy Singh Hail Former National Team Coach Sukhwinder Singh's Dhyan Chand Award

News 18  

As former Indian football team head coach Sukhwinder Singh was named as the winner of the Dhyan Chand Award for Lifetime achievement in Sports and Games, wishes poured in for him from all quarters. Former India captain Bhaichung Bhutia was the first to congratulate his ex-coach, stating that Sukhwinder?fully deserves? Another former Blue Tigers captain Bruno Coutinho believes that it …

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Dhyan Chand award a huge honour - Trupti Murgunde
4 years, 4 months ago

Dhyan Chand award a huge honour - Trupti Murgunde

The Hindu  

Trupti Murgunde, Pradeep Gandhe and para-shuttler Satyaprakash Tiwari were among the three former badminton players to be conferred with the Dhyan Chand Award this year. Trupti, the 2009 women’s singles national champion and two-time South Asian Games singles gold medallist, is over the moon. Trupti has served as a badminton national coach and selector, and as a television commentator for …

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Never aspired for an award, but now have sense of gratitude: Gandhe on Dhyan Chand award
4 years, 4 months ago

Never aspired for an award, but now have sense of gratitude: Gandhe on Dhyan Chand award

India TV News  

Set to be conferred with the prestigious Dhyan Chand award, former India shuttler and coach Pradeep Gandhe said he never aspired for awards but expressed gratitude that his contribution to the sport has been recognised. "I feel honoured but I think more than it, the award is recognition of my contribution to the sport as a player, coach and later …

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Gandhe on Dhyan Chand award: Grateful that my work has been recognised
4 years, 4 months ago

Gandhe on Dhyan Chand award: Grateful that my work has been recognised

The Hindu  

Former India shuttler and coach Pradeep Gandhe, who is set to be conferred with the prestigious Dhyan Chand award, is grateful that his contribution to the sport has been recognised. “I feel honoured, but I think more than it the award is recognition of my contribution to the sport as a player, coach and later as an administrator,” Gandhe, who …

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Never Aspired for an Award, But Now Have Sense of Gratitude: Pradeep Gandhe on Dhyan Chand Award
4 years, 4 months ago

Never Aspired for an Award, But Now Have Sense of Gratitude: Pradeep Gandhe on Dhyan Chand Award

News 18  

Set to be conferred with the prestigious Dhyan Chand award, former India shuttler and coach Pradeep Gandhe said he never aspired for awards but expressed gratitude that his contribution to the sport has been recognised. "I feel honoured but I think more than it, the award is recognition of my contribution to the sport as a player, coach and later …

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Rower Manjeet Singh motivated by Dhyan Chand award
4 years, 4 months ago

Rower Manjeet Singh motivated by Dhyan Chand award

The Hindu  

For Manjeet Singh, who waded through the murky waters of Hussain Sagar Lake here to leave an impact in rowing, was on Tuesday recommended for the Dhyan Chand Award for Lifetime Achievement in Sports and Games by the Union Sports Ministry. The 31-year-old Manjeet, one of the youngest to get this Award and like many rowers in India, is a …

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The 14 men who won India's first Olympic gold
4 years, 7 months ago

The 14 men who won India's first Olympic gold

The Hindu  

Jaipal Singh Munda Date of birth: January 3, 1903 Considered one of the best defenders ever to play for Oxford, with his clean tackling and strong hits, Jaipal Singh led India at the 1928 Olympics and was one of two players roped into the side while in England. William Goodsir-Cullen Date of birth: March 29, 1907 Born in Firozpur, Punjab, …

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How India won its first Olympic hockey gold
4 years, 7 months ago

How India won its first Olympic hockey gold

The Hindu  

In our hockey programme in England, you must have noticed that we won all our five matches played at Merton Abbey and out of the five fixtures in the Folkestone Festival, we won four and drew the other. We played four matches in Holland, two in Germany and one in Belgium before we actually made our debut in the Olympic …

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If there was a hockey legend after Dhyan Chand, it was Balbir: Milkha Singh
4 years, 7 months ago

If there was a hockey legend after Dhyan Chand, it was Balbir: Milkha Singh

The Hindu  

If anyone qualifies to be called a legend in Indian hockey after Dhyan Chand, it’s Balbir Singh Senior, said iconic Milkha Singh, condoling the death of his ‘great friend’ The former hockey skipper breathed his last on Monday morning at a city hospital. The then Punjab Chief Minister Pratap Singh Kairon had brought us to the Sports Department, which we …

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AITA to recommend Ankita Raina, Divij Sharan for Arjuna Award, Nandan Bal for Dhyan Chand Award
4 years, 7 months ago

AITA to recommend Ankita Raina, Divij Sharan for Arjuna Award, Nandan Bal for Dhyan Chand Award

Firstpost  

Asian Games medal winners Ankita Raina and Divij Sharan are set to be nominated for the Arjuna award by the national tennis federation, which plans to send former Davis Cup coach Nandan Bal’s name for the Dhyan Chand honour. At this year’s Fed Cup, Ankita played eight matches in five days, winning two singles and three crucial doubles games with …

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When Jesse Owens and Dhyan Chand mesmerised Hitler in Berlin
4 years, 10 months ago

When Jesse Owens and Dhyan Chand mesmerised Hitler in Berlin

The Hindu  

As one walked into the Olympiastadion here on Saturday afternoon, one noticed the stadium guide narrating the story of Jesse Owens' memorable friendship with his German long jump rival Luz Long to a bunch of eager youngsters from Britain. Read: Tokyo holds Olympic torch rehearsal as spectre of coronavirus looms This is the place where Owens won an unprecedented four …

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Nitten Kirrtane overwhelmed with the Dhyan Chand award
5 years, 4 months ago

Nitten Kirrtane overwhelmed with the Dhyan Chand award

The Hindu  

He has been the unsung hero of Indian tennis. For sheer courage and perseverance, few can match Nitten Kirrtane, the recipient of the Dhyan Chand award. For one who had finished runner-up in the junior doubles with Mahesh Bhupathi in Wimbledon in 1992, Nitten did not have a glittering career like the multiple Grand Slam champion, for a variety of …

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National Sports Day: All you need to know about its history, list of sporting honours to be bestowed today and more
5 years, 4 months ago

National Sports Day: All you need to know about its history, list of sporting honours to be bestowed today and more

Firstpost  

The National Sports Day in India is celebrated on 29 August every year on the birth anniversary of hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand. Every year, on the same day, the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports under Government of India gives away the sports awards. Every year, the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports under Government of India present the …

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