20 players including Smriti Mandhana, Neeraj Chopra, Hima Das will get Arjuna Awards this year.
The National Sports Awards 2018 were officialy announced on Thursday. The full list of National Sports Awards winners was released by Press Information Bureau (PIB) on their official website.
As expected, Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli and weightlifter Saikhom Mirabai Chanu will receive the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award- India's highest sports honour.
Kohli will become the third Indian cricketer after legendary Sachin Tendulkar (1997) and the talismanic former captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (2007) once the sports ministry officially accepts the committee's recommendation.
Chanu is the current Commonwealth Games gold-medallist and India's biggest medal hope in weightlifting going into the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
For Chanu, the award comes as a massive morale-booster as she is currently recovering from a lower back injury, which forced her to skip the Asian Games in Jakarta.
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award 2018
| No. |
Name of the Sportsperson |
Discipline |
| 1. |
Ms. S. Mirabai Chanu |
Weightlifting |
| 2. |
Shri Virat Kohli |
Cricket |
Arjuna Awards 2018
CWG and Asiad gold medalist javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, Asiad double medalist sprinter Hima Das and Indian batswoman Smriti Mandhana are some the names in the list.
| No. |
Name of the Sportsperson |
Discipline |
| 1. |
Shri Neeraj Chopra |
Athletics |
| 2. |
Naib Subedar Jinson Johnson |
Athletics |
| 3. |
Ms. Hima Das |
Athletics |
| 4. |
Ms. Nelakurthi Sikki Reddy |
Badminton |
| 5. |
Subedar Satish Kumar |
Boxing |
| 6. |
Ms. Smriti Mandhana |
Cricket |
| 7. |
Shri Shubhankar Sharma |
Golf |
| 8. |
Shri Manpreet Singh |
Hockey |
| 9. |
Ms. Savita |
Hockey |
| 10. |
Col. Ravi Rathore |
Polo |
| 11. |
Ms. Rahi Sarnobat |
Shooting |
| 12. |
Shri Ankur Mittal |
Shooting |
| 13. |
Ms. Shreyasi Singh |
Shooting |
| 14. |
Ms. Manika Batra |
Table Tennis |
| 15. |
Shri G. Sathiyan |
Table Tennis |
| 16. |
Shri Rohan Bopanna |
Tennis |
| 17. |
Shri Sumit |
Wrestling |
| 18. |
Ms. Pooja Kadian |
Wushu |
| 19. |
Shri Ankur Dhama |
Para-Athletics |
| 20. |
Shri Manoj Sarkar |
Para-Badminton |
Dronacharya Award 2018
The Dronacharya Award, officially known as Dronacharya Award for Outstanding Coaches in Sports and Games, is presented to coaches and mentors. It is the highest coaching honour of the Republic of India. This year 8 coaches have been awarded the honour.
This list stoked a controversy after the national compound archery coach Jiwanjot Singh Teja's name was dropped after it came to light that he had served a one-year ban following an incident of indiscipline during the 2015 World University Games in Korea.
| No. |
Name of the Coach |
Discipline |
| 1. |
Subedar Chenanda Achaiah Kuttappa |
Boxing |
| 2. |
Shri Vijay Sharma |
Weightlifting |
| 3. |
Shri A. Srinivasa Rao |
Table Tennis |
| 4. |
Shri Sukhdev Singh Pannu |
Athletics |
| 5. |
Shri Clarence Lobo |
Hockey (Life Time) |
| 6. |
Shri Tarak Sinha |
Cricket (Life Time) |
| 7. |
Shri Jiwan Kumar Sharma |
Judo (Life Time) |
| 8. |
Shri V.R. Beedu |
Athletics (Life Time) |
Dhyan Chand Award 2018 The Dhyan Chand Award, officially known as Dhyan Chand Award for Lifetime Achievement in Sports and Games is given for a lifetime of sporting achievement.
| No. |
Name of the Sportsperson |
Discipline |
| 1. |
Shri Satyadev Prasad |
Archery |
| 2. |
Shri Bharat Kumar Chetri |
Hockey |
| 3. |
Ms. Bobby Aloysius |
Athletics |
| 4. |
Shri Chougale Dadu Dattatray |
Wrestling |
The Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar for 2018 were givem to Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited for Identification and Nurturing of Budding & Young Talent, JSW Sports for Encouragement to Sports through Corporate Social Responsibility category and Isha Outreach in Sports for Development category. The Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy 2017-18 was given to Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar.
The National Sports Awards ceremony, held on August 29 every year to commemorate the birth anniversary of hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand, will be organised on September 25 this year. The change of schedule was done because of the clash of dates with the Asian Games, which concluded on September 2 in Jakarta.
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