Manu Bhaker, Gukesh D and Others Declared Winners of the National Sports Awards 2024

The National Sports Awards winners for their outstanding performance in 2024 were announced on Thursday. These sporting awards comprise of Khel Ratna Award, Arjuna Award, Dhyan Chand Award for Lifetime Achievement, Dronacharya Award for Regular and Lifetime Category, Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar and Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy. 

Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award

This award is conferred for the most outstanding performance in the area of sports by a sportsperson over the time period of the last four years. It is India’s highest sporting honour in the National Sports Awards.

• Gukesh D for Chess
• Harmanpreet Singh for Hockey
• Praveen Kumar for Para-Athletics
• Manu Bhaker for Shooting

Dhyan Chand Award for Lifetime Achievement 

This award honours sportspersons who have contributed to the field of sports through their performance and after retirement.

• Sucha Singh - Athletics
• Murlikant Petkar - Para-Swimming

Arjuna Award

The award is conferred for outstanding performance over the past four years and for demonstrating sportsmanship,` discipline, and leadership.

• Jyothi Yarraji - Athletics
• Annu Rani - Athletics
• Nitu Ghanghas - Boxing
• Saweety Boora - Boxing
• Vantika Agrawal - Chess
• Salima Tete - Hockey
• Abhishek - Hockey
• Sanjay - Hockey
• Jarmanpreet Singh - Hockey
• Sukhjeet Singh - Hockey
• Rakesh Kumar - Para-Archery
• Preeti Pal - Para-Athletics
• Jeevanji Deepthi - Para-Athletics
• Ajeet Singh - Para-Athletics
• Sachin Sarjerao Khilari - Para-Athletics
• Dharambir - Para-Athletics
• Pranav Soorma - Para-Athletics
• Hokato Hotozhe Sema - Para-Athletics
• Simran Sharma - Para-Athletics
• Navdeep Singh - Para-Athletics
• Nitesh Kumar - Para-Badminton
• Thulasimathi Murugesan - Para-Badminton
• Nithya Sre Sivan - Para-Badminton
• Manisha Ramadass - Para-Badminton
• Kapil Parmar - Para-Judo
• Mona Agarwal - Para-Shooting
• Rubina Francis - Para-Shooting
• Swapnil Kusale - Shooting
• Sarabjot Singh - Shooting
• Abhay Singh - Squash
• Sajan Prakash - Swimming
• Aman Sehrawat - Wrestling

Dronacharya Award for Regular Category

The award is conferred on coaches who consistently demonstrate outstanding work and make it possible for sportspersons to excel in International events.

• Subhash Rana - Para-Shooting
• Deepali Deshpande - Shooting
• Sandeep Sangwan - Hockey

Dronacharya Award for Regular Category for Lifetime Category

• S Muralidharan - Badminton
• Armando Colaco - Football

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Trophy

The award is given to the overall high-performing university in inter-university tournaments.

• Chandigarh University - Overall winner University
• Lovely Professional University, (PB) - 1st runner-up University
• Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar - 2nd runner-up University

Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar 

It is an annual award given by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports to recognise the contributions of organizations and individuals in promoting and developing sports in India.

• Physical Education Foundation of India