Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports Announces National Sports Awards 2025

Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports Announces National Sports Awards 2025 प्रव तथ: 18 AUG 2026 12:50PM by PIB Delhi The Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports today announced the National Sports Awards 2025.

The National Sports Awards are given every year to recognize and reward excellence in sports.

Based on the recommendations of the Selection Committee chaired by a former Judge of the Supreme Court of India, Justice (Retd.) Arun Kumar Mishra, the Government has decided to confer awards on the following sportspersons, coaches and entities under various categories.

Arjuna Awards for outstanding performance in Sports and Games 2025 The ‘Arjuna Award for outstanding performance in Sports and Games’ is given for good performance over a period of the previous four years and for showing qualities of leadership, sportsmanship and a sense of discipline.

Sl. No. Name of the Sportsperson Discipline

1. Shri Tejaswin Shankar Athletics

2. Shri Muhammed Ajmal V Athletics

3. Ms. Priyanka Goswami Athletics

4. Ms.Treesa Jolly Badminton

5. Ms Pullela Gayatri Gopichand Badminton

6. Shri Narender Boxing

7. Shri Vidit Santosh Gujarathi Chess

8. Ms. Divya Jitendra Deshmukh Chess

9. Shri Dhanush Srikanth Deaf shooting

10. Ms. Lalremsiami Hockey11. Shri Rajkumar Pal Hockey

12. Shri Surjeet Kabaddi

13. Ms. Pooja Kabaddi

14. Shri Rudransh Khandelwal Para-shooting

15. Ms. Ekta Bhyan Para athletics

16. Shri Arvind Singh Rowing

17. Shri Akhil Sheoran Shooting The Winners of the National Sports Awards 🙌✨#NationalSportsAwards2025 pi c.twitter.com/pha4xt7GJs — Dept of Sports, Govt of India (@IndiaSports) August 18, 2026 View this post on Instagram Arjuna Awards (Lifetime) for outstanding performance in Sports and Games 2025 The ‘Arjuna Award (Lifetime)’ is given to honour and motivate those sportspersons who have contributed to sports by their performance and continue to contribute to promotion of sports even after their retirement from active sporting careers.S. No. Name of the Sportsperson Discipline

1. Shri I Arumainayagam Football Dronacharya Award for outstanding coaches in Sports and Games 2025 The ‘Dronacharya Award for outstanding coaches in Sports and Games’ is given to coaches for doing outstanding and meritorious work on a consistent basis and for enabling sportspersons to excel in International events.

Regular Category:

S. No. Name of the Coach Discipline

1. Shri Parveer Singh Athletics

2. Shri Chhote Lal Yadav Boxing

3. Ms Neha Nandkumar Chavan Shooting

Lifetime Category:

S. No. Name of the Coach Discipline

1. Shri. Dharmendra Singh Yadav Boxing

2. Shri. Virender Kumar Wrestling Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar 2025 The ‘Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar’ is given to corporate entity (Public/Private), non-governmental organizations (NGOs), who have played a visible role in the area of sports promotion and development.

S. No. Name of the Entity

1. Army Paralympic Node, Pune The applications for aforementioned awards were invited online and sportspersons/coaches/entities were permitted to self-apply through a dedicated Online Portal.

A large number of applications were received for these awards this year, which were considered by the Selection Committee headed by Justice (Retd.) Mishra, and consisting members from eminent sportspersons, persons having experience in sports journalism and sports administrators.

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