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The National Sports Award which is bound to happen on the 29th of august every year has been postponed for the inclusion of India Paralympians.
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The National Sports Award which is bound to happen on the 29th of august every year has been postponed for the inclusion of India Paralympians.
 
                  
 
                  
 
                  
Wearing a PPE kit over her saree, women’s hockey team captain Rani Rampal left the national camp in Bengaluru in the morning to the designated Sports Authority of India center to collect her Khel Ratna. That was the scene across nine different centers in various cities, where 60 of the 74 award winners gathered to receive their awards virtually through President Ram Nath Kovind.
 
                  
World Championship Bronze medal winner Vinesh Phogat tests positive for COVID-19 days after pulling out of national camp for Olympic weight category wrestlers.
 
                  
 
                  
 
                  
Along with Rohit Sharma there are three other names, wrestler Vinesh Phogat, paddler Manika Batra and Paralympian Mariappan Thangavelu will also be conferred the highest award on August 29, 2020.
