Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The Arjuna Award, officially known as the Arjuna Awards for Outstanding Performance in Sports and Games, [1] is the sports honour of Republic of India. It is awarded annually by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. Before the introduction of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna in 1991–1992, the Arjuna award was the highest sporting honour of India.
The Arjuna Award, officially known as Arjuna Awards given for Outstanding Performance in Sports and Games, [3] is the second-highest sporting honour of India, the highest being the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award. The award is named after Arjuna, one of the characters of the Sanskrit epic Mahabharata of ancient India. [4]
Pawan Sehrawat is an Indian kabaddi player. He plays for Telugu Titans in the Pro Kabaddi League and represents the Reserve Bank of India. [1] He was the most expensive player in the history of the league when Tamil Thalaivas picked him for ₹ 2.26 crores for the ninth season. [2]
The four awards presented in badminton are Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award, Dhyan Chand Award and Dronacharya Award. [ 1 ] First presented in the year 1961, a total of thirty-two individuals have been honoured with the Arjuna Award in badminton for their "good performance at the international level" over the period of last four years. [ 2 ]
Akula received the Arjuna Award in 2022. At the 2022 Commonwealth Games , Akula won the gold medal in the mixed doubles event with Sharath Kamal . In June 2024, she became the first Indian to win a singles title at the WTT Contender level by clinching the top spot at WTT Contender Lagos.
She also won against the World no. 1 from China, Sun Yingsha, in the World Table Tennis Team Championships 2024. At 2024 Asian Table Tennis Championships, Ayhika Mukherjee and Sutirtha Mukherjee won Bronze medal by defeating South Korea's Lee Eun-hye and Kim Nayeong in the Quarterfinals. She was also a part of the women's team that clinched ...
Get AOL Mail for FREE! Manage your email like never before with travel, photo & document views. Personalize your inbox with themes & tabs. You've Got Mail!
He played mainly in Asia, where he was a regular winner in the mid-1990s. In 1997 he finished seventh at the European Tour qualifying school, and joined the tour the following year. [citation needed] He became the third golfer to receive Arjuna Award in 1999. [7] His best season in Europe until 2006 was in 1999, when he came 50th on the Order ...