Kiren Rijiju made the announcement on the occasion of the 115th birth anniversary of hockey legend Dhyan Chand, which is celebrated as National Sports Day in India

Here's how you can watch President Ram Nath Kovind honour India's chosen sports stars on the 2020 National Sports Day in a unique function

The SAI said that 65 of the 74 awardees will attend the first-ever virtual National Sports Awards from its centres across the country due to the pandemic

Rohit Sharma is the fourth cricketer after Sachin Tendulkar, Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Virat Kohli to receive the prestigious Khel Ratna award

Rohit Sharma, along with four others, will be conferred with the Khel Ratna on August 29 while Ishant Sharma and Deepti were among 27 who will be bestowed with the Arjuna Award

The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports on Friday announced the list of winners for Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award and other national sports awards for 2020

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna: This is only the second time that four athletes have been recommended for the top sporting accolade

The National Sports Awards include the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, the Arjuna award, Dronacharya award and the Dhyan Chand award, conferred every year by the President of India at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on August 29

The National Sports Awards include the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, the Arjuna, Dronacharya and Dhyanchand honours, conferred every year by the President of India at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on August 29

Harbhajan Singh, who has 417 Test and 269 ODI wickets, is an Arjuna Awardee and was also conferred with Padma Shri