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Vijender Singh says he will return Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award if farmers' demands not met
•The 35-year-old from Haryana's Bhiwani made an appearance at the protest site of the farmers -- Delhi's Singhu border.
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: India's ODI vice-captain Rohit Sharma thanks fans after winning Khel Ratna
•Rohit, along with paddler Manika Batra, women's hockey captain Rani Rampal, wrestler Vinesh Phogat and para-athlete T Mariyappan were this year awarded the country's highest sporting honour.
National Sports Awards ceremony likely to be delayed due to COVID-19 pandemic, says report
•The National Sports Awards include the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, the Arjuna, Dronacharya and Dhyanchand honours, conferred every year by the President of India at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on 29 August.
Harbhajan Singh says Punjab government justified in withdrawing his name from Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award
•Harbhajan, who has 417 Test and 269 ODI wickets is an Arjuna Awardee and was also conferred with Padma Shri.
BAI recommends Kidambi Srikanth for Khel Ratna after shuttler's apology, sends show-cause letter to HS Prannoy
•Earlier, on disciplinary grounds, the BAI did not nominate World No. 14 Srikanth and 28th ranked Prannoy for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna and Arjuna Award respectively.
Coronavirus Outbreak: National Sports Awards selection process delayed due to lockdown
•The process to pick this year's national sports awards has been delayed because of the nation-wide lockdown to combat COVID-19 pandemic and the applications will be invited next month, a Sports Ministry official told PTI.
Rajiv Gandhi Kel Ratna nominee Deepa Malik says her journey has been about changing people's attitude towards disability
•Malik, a silver medallist at the last Paralympics in Rio feels that her whole journey has been more about trying to change people's attitude towards how they look at disability.
Paralympics silver medallist Deepa Malik in contention for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award; Ravindra Jadeja included in Arjuna Award nominees' list
•The name of 48-year-old Deepa, who won a silver in the shot put F53 category in the 2016 Rio Paralympics, was added for the Khel Ratna by a 12-member selection committee on the second day of the two-day meeting.
Commonwealth Games winner Mirabai Chanu aims to lift 210 kg, says it would be enough to win medals in global tournaments
•Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu stated that she's attempting to lift up to 210 kg, which she has said will be enough for her to win a medal at any tournament.