Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports Announces National Sports Awards 2025
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.
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.
Arjuna Awards for outstanding performance in Sports and Games 2025 are—-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 Shooting //////////
Arjuna Awards (Lifetime) for outstanding performance in Sports and Games 2025–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.Awardees are–1 Shri Parveer Singh Athletics ////////2.Shri Chhote Lal Yadav Boxing ////////3.Ms Neha Nandkumar Chavan Shooting ////////
Lifetime Category:
1.Shri. Dharmendra Singh Yadav Boxing and2.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.==Army Paralympic Node, Pune (UPDATED ON 18TH AUGUST 2026)
