The Sports Ministry on Thursday announced the names of athletes who are to win the National Sports Award of 2024. Khel Ratna is to be given to four.
Shooter Manu Bhaker, who won two bronze awards at the Paris Olympics, world champion of FIDE world chess D Gukesh, Indian hockey captain Harmanpreet Singh and para-athlete Praveen Kumar will receive this year’s Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award.
The awardees will receive their honour from the President of India at a specially organized function at Rashtrapati Bhavan on January 17.
Along with 4 top sports awardees 43 other athletes will receive various sports awards of 2024.
| S. No. | Name of the Sportsperson | Discipline |
| 1. | Shri Gukesh D | Chess |
| 2. | Shri Harmanpreet Singh | Hockey |
| 3. | Shri Praveen Kumar | Para-Athletics |
| 4. | Ms. Manu Bhaker | Shooting |
Arjuna Awards For Outstanding Performance In Sports And Games 2024
| S. No. | Name of the Sportsperson | Discipline |
| 1 | Ms. Jyothi Yarraji | Athletics |
| 2 | Ms. Annu Rani | Athletics |
| 3 | Ms. Nitu | Boxing |
| 4 | Ms. Saweety | Boxing |
| 5 | Ms. Vantika Agrawal | Chess |
| 6 | Ms. Salima Tete | Hockey |
| 7 | Shri Abhishek | Hockey |
| 8 | Shri Sanjay | Hockey |
| 9 | Shri Jarmanpreet Singh | Hockey |
| 10 | Shri Sukhjeet Singh | Hockey |
| 11 | Shri Rakesh Kumar | Para-Archery |
| 12 | Ms. Preeti Pal | Para-Athletics |
| 13 | Ms. Jeevanji Deepthi | Para-Athletics |
| 14 | Shri Ajeet Singh | Para-Athletics |
| 15 | Shri Sachin Sarjerao Khilari | Para-Athletics |
| 16 | Shri Dharambir | Para-Athletics |
| 17 | Shri Pranav Soorma | Para-Athletics |
| 18 | Shri H Hokato Sema | Para-Athletics |
| 19 | Ms. Simran | Para-Athletics |
| 20 | Shri Navdeep | Para-Athletics |
| 21 | Shri Nitesh Kumar | Para-Badminton |
| 22 | Ms. Thulasimathi Murugesan | Para-Badminton |
| 23 | Ms. Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan | Para-Badminton |
| 24 | Ms. Manisha Ramadass | Para-Badminton |
| 25 | Shri Kapil Parmar | Para-Judo |
| 26 | Ms. Mona Agarwal | Para-Shooting |
| 27 | Ms. Rubina Francis | Para-Shooting |
| 28 | Shri Swapnil Suresh Kusale | Shooting |
| 29 | Shri Sarabjot Singh | Shooting |
| 30 | Shri Abhay Singh | Squash |
| 31 | Shri Sajan Prakash | Swimming |
| 32 | Shri Aman | Wrestling |
Arjuna Awards (Lifetime) For Outstanding Performance In Sports And Games 2024
| S. No. | Name of the Sportsperson | Discipline |
| 1 | Shri Sucha Singh | Athletics |
| 2 | Shri Murlikant Rajaram Petkar | Para-Swimming |
Dronacharya Award For Outstanding Coaches In Sports And Games 2024
Regular Category:
| S. No. | Name of the Coach | Discipline |
| 1 | Shri Subhash Rana | Para-Shooting |
| 2 | Ms. Deepali Deshpande | Shooting |
| 3 | Shri Sandeep Sangwan | Hockey |
Lifetime Category:
| S. No. | Name of the Coach | Discipline |
| | Shri S Muralidharan | Badminton |
| | Shri Armando Agnelo Colaco | Football |
Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar
| S. No. | Name of the Entity |
| | Physical Education Foundation of India |
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy 2024
| S. No. | Name of University | |
| 1 | Chandigarh University | Overall winner University |
| 2 | Lovely Professional University, (PB) | 1st runner up University |
| 3 | Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar | 2nd runner up University |
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