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RB Ramesh (left) with Praggnanandhaa, Aravindh Chithambaram and Karthikeyan Murali. (PHOTO Praggnanandhaa via X)

At 32, RB Ramesh quit cushy job, retired from playing to be full-time chess trainer. Today, he's a Dronacharya Awardee

December 22, 2023 9:34 am

RB Ramesh has been nicknamed the 'Master Shifu of Indian Chess'. He is the man who has shaped the careers of R Praggnanandhaa and Vaishali Rameshbabu among many others.

National Sports Awards 2023: Chirag, Satwik and Shami

National Sports Awards 2023: Satwik-Chirag to get Khel Ratna; cricketer Shami, archers Sheetal and Aditi among Arjuna recipients

December 21, 2023 9:46 am

The Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports confirmed the national award recipients for 2023 and doubles duo of Satwik-Chirag will get the highest honour in Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award.

Sharath Kamal to receive Khel Ratna on November 30

November 14, 2022 8:42 pm

While Sharath is the lone Khel Ratna award recipient, a total of 25 athletes including shuttlers Lakshya Sen, HS Prannoy, woman boxer Nikhat Zareen, athletes Eldhose Paul, Avinash Sable have been nominated for the Arjuna Award this year.

Dronacharya Award, Pritam Rani Siwach, India Hockey, Pritam Rani, Sonepat, National Sports Award, Tokyo Olympics, Neha Goyal, Nisha Warsi and Sharmila Devi

Behind Drona award, unwanted piece of land that became hockey hotspot

November 16, 2021 8:03 am

On Saturday, 17 years later, Siwach, who had earlier won an Arjuna Award, received the prestigious Dronacharya Award, making her one of the few recipients of the National Sports Award as both a player and now a coach.

Coach Nambiar brought home the difference a coach could make to an athlete's career

August 21, 2021 10:54 am

To P T Usha, Nambiar was a father figure. In several interviews, she reflected that she wouldn’t have become half the athlete she was if not for Nambiar’s guidance and perseverance.

Bibi Mann Kaur, Gurcharan Singh, Merzban Patel

One year of lockdown: Missing the good-old habit

March 25, 2021 7:48 am

Coaching didn’t just fill up a few hours of their days, teaching sport filled up a lifetime. So when the pandemic hemmed these super seniors inside their homes for the first time in their lives, these outdoor doyens of maidaan coaching were left rudderless. One used a heart ailment prescription to dodge past cops for his daily walks, another dug out five-year-old newspapers to make sense of the passage of time.

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Shiv Singh, former Indian women’s boxing chief coach, wins Dronacharya award, recounts his journey spanning 25 years

August 30, 2020 2:34 pm

Decades ago, Singh had started boxing seeing one of the students from Fiji studying in the college and the three-star AIBA coach remembered his early days as he bowed to the building gate.

President Kovind honours record 74 Indians with National Sports Awards

August 29, 2020 3:45 pm

The Khel Ratna and Arjuna awardees, with the exception of a few, logged in from multiple cities to be honoured by President Ram Nath Kovind.

National Sports Awards: Deepa Malik conferred Khel Ratna award

August 29, 2019 5:56 pm

Deepa Malik became the first Indian woman para-athlete and the oldest to be conferred the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award.

Dronacharya Award has come earlier than expected, says hockey coach Merzban Patel

August 22, 2019 7:10 pm

Patel has, in his three-decade career as a coach, mentored Olympians Adrian D'souza, halfback Viren Rasquinha and other internationals like the Walmiki brothers, Devendra and Yuvraj.

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National Sports Day: Big smiles as athletes get rewarded with Khel Ratna, Arjuna

August 30, 2020 9:28 am

In what was the first virtual National Sports Awards ceremony forced due to the coronavirus pandemic, a record 74 sporting heroes of India were bestowed with the honours on the birth anniversary of hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand, annually celebrated as India’s sports day.