PIX: Padma Bhushan for Sindhu; Rani gets Padma Shri

IMAGE: PV Sindhu is conferred the Padma Bhushan -- the country's third-highest civilian award by President Ram Nath Kovind. Photographs: Department of Sports, Ministry of Youth Affairs &......

Get addicted to football, not to drugs, Vijayan tells youngsters

'Sports, let alone football, provide you with so much positivity and energy which helps you get over this negativity and obstacle.' IMAGE: The India Under-16 players during a training session.......

Wrestler Vinesh raises questions on Padma Awards

'It's almost like the deserving get left out each time. This has become a pattern.' IMAGE: In 2018, Sports Authority of India sent Vinesh Phogat’s nomination but she couldn't make the final......

When Padma Shri Bembem Devi called herself Bobo, Amko

IMAGE: Bembem Devi is the first woman footballer to have been awarded the Padma Shri. Photograph: Indian Football Team/Twitter Exploits in football earned her the Padma Shri, but to become......

Boxing legend Mary Kom to be conferred with Padma Vibhushan

MC Mary Kom is only the fourth sportsperson in the country to be given the Padma Vibhushan after chess wizard Viswanathan Anand, mountaineer Edmund Hillary and cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar, who......