Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports Announces National Sports Awards 2025

by Kheltoday · August 18, 2026

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Rakesh Thapliyal

New 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	Hockey
11.	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

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.

. 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.