NATIONAL SPORTS AWARDS- 2014
National Sports Awards have been presented by
President Pranab Mukherjee at the Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi in a ceremony
on Friday. (29-08-2014)
The ceremony followed the long-standing traditions
as awardees walked upto to receive their respective honours from the President
amid resounding applause from the dignitaries present, including Vice President
M Hamid Ansari and Sports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal.
A notable absentee from the ceremony today was cricketer R Ashwin. The off-spinner could not make it as he
is currently on national duty in England in an ongoing ODI series.
The others who were bestowed the honour were Akhilesh Varma (archery), Tintu
Luka (athletics), H N Girisha (paralympics), V Diju (badminton), Geetu Ann Jose
(basketball), Jai Bhagwan (boxing), Anirban Lahiri (golf), Mamta Pujari
(kabaddi), Saji Thomas (rowing), Heena Sidhu (shooting), Anaka Alankamony
(squash), Tom Joseph (volleyball), Renubala Chanu (weightlifting) and Sunil
Rana (wrestling).
Arjuna, Dronacharya and Dhyan Chand awardees received statuettes, citations and
cash prize of Rs 5 lakh each.
Recipients of Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar were given trophies.
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