5 Sportsperson to be awarded Khel Ratna 2020
- Five sportspersons will be awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award 2020 this year. These are:
- Rohit Sharma– Cricketer (4th cricketer after Sachin Tendulkar, MS Dhoni, and Virat Kohli to win this)
- Vinesh Phogat– Wrestler
- Manika Batra– Table Tennis player
- Mariyappan Thangavelu– Para Athlete
- Rani Rampal– Hockey Player
- They will receive the award on National Sports Day on August 29. This is for the first time that 5 players have been selected for this award.
- Apart from this 27 sportsperson have been selected for the ARJUNA AWARD 2020. The list of various other winners under various category of National Sports Awards 2020 are:
ARJUNA AWARD- to recognize outstanding achievements in sports.
| S. No. | Name of the Sportsperson (Shri) | Discipline |
| 1. | Shri Atanu Das | Archery |
| 2. | Ms. Dutee Chand | Athletics |
| 3. | Shri Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy | Badminton |
| 4. | Shri Chirag Chandrasekhar Shetty | Badminton |
| 5. | Shri Vishesh Bhriguvanshi | Basketball |
| 6. | Subedar Manish Kaushik | Boxing |
| 7. | Ms. Lovlina Borgohain | Boxing |
| 8. | Shri Ishant Sharma | Cricket |
| 9. | Ms. Deepti Sharma | Cricket |
| 10. | Shri Sawant Ajay Anant | Equestrian |
| 11. | Shri Sandesh Jhingan | Football |
| 12. | Ms. Aditi Ashok | Golf |
| 13. | Shri Akashdeep Singh | Hockey |
| 14. | Ms. Deepika | Hockey |
| 15. | Shri Deepak | Kabaddi |
| 16. | Shri Kale Sarika Sudhakar | Kho Kho |
| 17. | Shri Dattu Baban Bhokanal | Rowing |
| 18. | Ms. Manu Bhaker | Shooting |
| 19. | Shri Saurabh Chaudhary | Shooting |
| 20. | Ms. Madhurika Suhas Patkar | Table Tennis |
| 21. | Shri Divij Sharan | Tennis |
| 22. | Shri Shiva Keshavan | Winter Sports |
| 23. | Ms. Divya Kakran | Wrestling |
| 24. | Shri Rahul Aware | Wrestling |
| 25. | Shri Suyash Narayan Jadhav | Para Swimming |
| 26. | Shri Sandeep | Para Athletics |
| 27. | Shri Manish Narwal | Para Shooting |
DRONACHARYA AWARD (Life- Time Category)- for Sports coaching honor in India
| S. No. | Name of the Coach | Discipline |
| 1. | Shri Dharmendra Tiwary | Archery |
| 2. | Shri Purushotham Rai | Athletics |
| 3. | Shri Shiv Singh | Boxing |
| 4. | Shri Romesh Pathania | Hockey |
| 5. | Shri Krishan Kumar Hooda | Kabaddi |
| 6. | Shri Vijay Bhalchandra Munishwar | Para Powerlifting |
| 7. | Shri Naresh Kumar | Tennis |
| 8. | Shri Om Parkash Dahiya | Wrestling |
DRONACHARYA AWARD (Regular Category)
| S. No. | Name of the Coach | Discipline |
| 1. | Shri Jude Felix Sebastian | Hockey |
| 2. | Shri Yogesh Malviya | Mallakhamb |
| 3. | Shri Jaspal Rana | Shooting |
| 4. | Shri Kuldeep Kumar Handoo | Wushu |
| 5. | Shri Gaurav Khanna | Para Badminton |
DHYAN CHAND AWARD- Lifetime Achievement sporting honour in India
| S. No. | Name of the Sportsperson | Discipline |
| 1. | Shri Kuldip Singh Bhullar | Athletics |
| 2. | Ms. Jincy Philips | Athletics |
| 3. | Shri Pradeep Shrikrishna Gandhe | Badminton |
| 4. | Ms. Trupti Murgunde | Badminton |
| 5. | Ms. N. Usha | Boxing |
| 6. | Shri Lakha Singh | Boxing |
| 7. | Shri Sukhvinder Singh Sandhu | Football |
| 8. | Shri Ajit Singh | Hockey |
| 9. | Shri Manpreet Singh | Kabaddi |
| 10. | Shri J. Ranjith Kumar | Para Athletics |
| 11. | Shri Satyaprakash Tiwari | Para Badminton |
| 12. | Shri Manjeet Singh | Rowing |
| 13. | Late Shri Sachin Nag | Swimming |
| 14. | Shri Nandan P Bal | Tennis |
| 15. | Shri Netarpal Hooda | Wrestling |
Source: PIB