National Sports Awards 2025

National Sports Awards 2025

Category: Sports / Awards

• Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports announced National Sports Awards 2025.

• 17 athletes selected for Arjuna Award.

• Also announced:

  • 1 Arjuna Award – Lifetime

  • 3 Dronacharya Awards – Regular

  • 2 Dronacharya Awards – Lifetime

  • 1 Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar

• No athlete was selected for the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award.

• Selection committee was chaired by former Supreme Court judge Arun Kumar Mishra.

• Arjuna awardees included:

  • Tejaswin Shankar

  • Divya Deshmukh

  • Treesa Jolly

  • Gayatri Gopichand

• Army Paralympic Node, Pune received the Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar.

Key Pointer: National Sports Awards 2025 → 17 Arjuna Awardees.