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National Sports Awards 2025: 17 Athletes Named for Arjuna Awards
The Hindu1h
THE BRIEF
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The Sports Ministry announced 17 Arjuna Award recipients for 2025 on Tuesday, marking the lowest number of honourees since 2017 and the first time no Khel Ratna was awarded.
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Notable athletes named include decathlete Tejaswin Shankar, badminton players Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand, and chess player Divya Deshmukh, with no cricketers included in any category.
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The ministry also named Dronacharya awardees including Parveer Singh and Chhote Lal Yadav, while the Army Paralympic Node in Pune received the Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar.