As per the Ministry sources, a special request was made by the BCCI to the sports ministry to include Shami's name as he didn't originally feature in the list of the country's second-highest sporting honour.
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty earned India's first-ever badminton gold medal at the Asian Games
Satwik-Chirag eyeing "great things" at Paris Olympics after cracking service variation challenge
Sports Ministry confirms Satwik, Chirag for Khel Ratna, Shami and 25 others for Arjuna award
The Indian men's doubles pairing of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty reclaimed its position in the top 10 of the latest BWF rankings.
'We haven't finished the tournament and we want to go all the way'
A summary of Indian athletes' showing on the concluding day of the Commonwealth Games.
President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday congratulated the Indian badminton mixed team for clinching silver medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
India will be sending full teams for the Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold (May 30-June 4), Indonesia Open Super Series (June 12-18) and Australian Open Super Series (June 20-25).
Sports Minister hands over trophies to 2020 National Sports Awards winners
Shami was there to receive the honours. He took 24 wickets in seven World Cup games last year.
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao, on Saturday, felicitated 2018 Commonwealth Games medallists Saina Nehwal and PV Sindhu among others at Pragathi Bhavan.
Ace Indian sprinter Dutee Chand said the Arjuna Award will motivate her to win a prestigious Olympic medal at the Tokyo Games next year.
Lakshya Sen recorded another comfortable win but double Olympic medallist P V Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth had to work hard to enter the semi-finals
Sindhu ended a rally with a forehand smash on Goh's left to make it 21-20 before the Malaysian netted a return.
PM Modi had also taken a review meeting to take stock of how the preparations of India's athletes are going
Double Olympic medallist P V Sindhu stayed on course for an elusive gold medal, while Laskhya Sen entered his maiden final at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Sunday.
If only the shooters had found their targets, the story would have been so different! sighs Raj Kishore Mishra.
A summary of Indian athletes' performances on Sunday, August 7, Day 10 of the Birmingham Commonwealth Games.
Following is the schedule of Indian contingent on the seventh day of the Asian Games on Saturday.
A summary of Indian athletes showing on Friday, Day 8 of the Commonwealth Games.
While a billion hearts would pray for all the participants to do well, all eyes would be set on the duo of Deepika Kumari/Atanu Das, the four shooters and Mirabai Chanu to open India's medals count.
Indian athletes' performance on Day 9 of the Commonwealth Games.
Sporting fraternity hails Sindhu's historic World C'ships gold
This was due to the fact that they had already won the Khel Ratna, the country's highest sporting honour.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Monday
Rediff.com introduces you to the athletes who have brought India glory in Birmingham.
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