Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports Announced the National Sports Awards 2023

The Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports announced the National Sports Awards 2023, honouring individuals and institutions that have excelled in their respective fields. The awards ceremony, held at Rashtrapati Bhavan, witnessed the presentation of various awards to sportspersons, coaches, and entities for their outstanding contributions to sports in the country.

National Sports Award 2023

President Droupadi Murmu has conferred the Arjuna Awards to various sports personalities at the Rashtrapati Bhawan. The second-highest athletic honour in India, the Arjuna Award, is given for demonstrating leadership, sportsmanship, and discipline along with good performance over the preceding four years.

Several athletes across various sports were selected for the National Sports and Adventure Awards 2023, including World Cup star Mohammed Shami, Asian Games heroes Ojas Pravin Deotale, shooter Aishwarya Pratap Singh Tomar and Parul Chaudhary. The Sports Ministry in December had declared nominees for the annual sports awards, confirming the prestigious Khel Ratna honour for badminton players Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty and the Arjuna award for 26 sports persons.

Full list of National Sports Awards 2023

Here is the complete list of winners who got National Sports Awards, for his/her remarkable contribution to their respective sports:

Name	Sport
Mohammed Shami	Cricket
Pawan Sehrawat	Kabaddi
Ritu Negi	Kabaddi
Vaishali Rameshbabu	Chess
Murali Sreeshankar	Athletics
Parul Chaudhary	Athletics
Krishan Bahadur Pathak	Hockey
Sushila Chanu	Hockey
Sunil Kumar	Wrestling
Antim Panghal	Wrestling
Aditi Gopichand Swami	Archery
Ojas Pravin Deotale	Archery
Ayhika Mukherjee	Table Tennis
Mohammad Hussamuddin	Boxing
Esha Singh	Shooting
Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar	Shooting
Naorem Roshibina Devi	Wushu
Diksha Dagar	Golf
Harinder Pal Sandhu	Squash
Sheetal Devi	Para-Archery
Anush Agarwalla	Equestrian
Divyakriti Singh	Equestrian Dressage
Nasreen Shaikh	Kho-Kho
Pinki Singh	Lawn bowls
Illuri Ajay Kumar Reddy	Blind cricket
Prachi Yadav	Para Canoeing

Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award:

• Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty (badminton)

Dronacharya Award for Outstanding Coaches in Sports and Games 2023:

• Ganesh Prabhakaran (mallakhamb), Mahavir Saini (para athletics), Lalit Kumar (wrestling), RB Ramesh (chess), Shivendra Singh (hockey).

Dhyan Chand Lifetime Award

• Kavita (kabaddi), Manjusha Kanwar (badminton), Vineet Kumar Sharma (hockey).

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy 2023:

• Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar (winner),
• Lovely Professional University, Punjab (1st runners-up),
• Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra (2nd runners-up).