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National sports awards set to be delayed to include winners of Tokyo Olympics 2020
•The awards are given away each year by the country's president on 29 August, the National Sports Day which is also the birth anniversary of hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand. The Olympics will run from 23 July to 8 August.
Simranjit Kaur, Gaurav Solanki, Sonia Chahal nominated for Arjuna Award by Boxing Federation of India
•Olympic-bound Simranjit Kaur, Commonwealth Games gold medallist Gaurav Solanki and world championship silver winner Sonia Chahal have been nominated for the Arjuna Award by the Boxing Federation of India
Sports ministry invites applications for National Sports Awards
•The last date of submitting applications is 21 June.
National Sports Awards: Ultimate dream is to qualify for FIFA World Cup, says Arjuna Awardee Sandesh Jhingan
•India central defender Sandesh Jhingan became the 27th footballer to receive the Arjuna Award.
Sports minister Kiren Rijiju defends decision to confer sports awards to record 74 winners
•This year, the sports ministry's selection committee recommended five athletes, including star cricketer Rohit Sharma, wrestler Vinesh Phogat among others for the Khel Ratna, while selecting 27 for the Arjuna awards.
National Sports Awards 2020: Khel Ratna awardee Mariyappan Thangavelu 'never thought he would reach this far'
•Thangavelu still cannot believe how far he has come after suffering permanent disability at the age of five when a bus crushed his right leg below the knee.
'Hum toh shadow bangaye': Boxer Manoj Kumar's coach Rajesh Kumar Rajound on Dronacharya snub
Amit Kamath •After being snubbed for the Dronacharya, two-time Olympian Manoj Kumar's brother, Rajesh Kumar Rajound, said: "Gareeb aadmi ke liye sirf samaan hi sab kuch hota hai."
National Sports Awards 2020: Arjuna Award win result of 13 years of hard work, says Ishant Sharma
•The 31-year-old Ishant Sharma said more than him, his family, especially his wife Pratima Singh, is proud of his achievement.
National Sports Awards 2020: Dutee Chand says Arjuna nomination will motivate her to breach Olympic qualification mark
•Dutee featured in the Rio Olympics by breaching the qualifying standard of 11.32 seconds but this time the mark is 11.15 seconds.
‘It’s not as if my career’s over’: Arpinder Singh on missing out on Arjuna Award for fourth time
Amit Kamath •Arpinder Singh won gold in the triple jump at the 2018 Asian Games. While his coach got a Dronacharya that same year, Arpinder has unsuccessfully applied for the Arjuna Award in three consecutive years since.