No Khel Ratna for 2025; Tejaswin, Divya and Gayatri Gopichand among Arjuna awardees
The Sports Ministry on Tuesday decided against bestowing the coveted Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna award on any athlete for the year 2025, while unveiling a significantly pruned list of 17 Arjuna awardees after an unprecedented revaluation of the selection panel’s recommendations made more than six months ago.
Hockey star Hardik Singh was considered for the country’s highest sporting honour by the selection panel headed by former Supreme Court Judge Arun Kumar Mishra but eventually fell out of contention.