Khel Ratna Award renamed after Dhyan Chand

IMAGE: PM Modi pays his respects to hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand. Photograph: Narendra Modi/Twitter India's highest sporting honour, the Khel Ratna Award, which was named after former prime......

Double Olympic medallist Manu Bhaker SNUBBED for Khel Ratna award?

Manu Bhaker's missing from Khel Ratna nominees; ministry says no final list yet IMAGE: Manu Bhaker became independent India's first athlete to win two medals in a single edition of the......

Wrestler Bajrang nominated for Khel Ratna award

'I had the achievements to deserve this award. I have always said that awards should go to the most deserving ones.' IMAGE: Bajrang Punia had won gold medals at the Asian Games and Commonwealth......

Rathore bags Khel Ratna award

Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, who blazed the shooting ranges at Athens to fetch the country's only Olympic medal, was on Wednesday expectedly selected for the country's highest sporting honour -- the......

No cricketers recommended for Khel Ratna award

The Board of Control for Cricket in India hasn't recommended anyone for the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, the country's highest honour for active sportspersons. It, however, named dashing......