Indian Sports Honours are awards given annually by the RPSG Group in association with the Virat Kohli Foundation to outstanding sports personalities from India. The awards were founded in 2017.
2017 Awards
The inaugural 2017 award ceremony was held on 11 November 2017 in Mumbai. The jury was chaired by former all-England champion and chief national badminton coach Pullela Gopichand, and comprises multiple Grand Slam winner Mahesh Bhupathi, sprinter P. T. Usha, former world number one shooter Anjali Bhagwat and former India hockey captain Arjun Halappa. The awards were given in different categories. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
| Sportswoman of the year
(individual sports) |
Comeback of the year | Emerging Sportsman of the year | Emerging Sportswoman of the year | Best Coach | Best Fan Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P. V. Sindhu (Badminton) | Saina Nehwal (Badminton) | Harmanpreet Singh (Hockey) | Aditi Ashok (golf) | Vijay Davecha (golf) | Manjappada (football) [6] |
| Lalita Babar (Athletics) | Amit Rohidas (Hockey) | Neeraj Chopra (Athletics) | Ritu Phogat (Wrestling) | Bisheshwar Nandi (Gymnastics) | |
| Dipa Karmakar (Gymnastics) | Ajay Thakur (Kabbadi) | Ramkumar Ramanathan (Tennis) | Smriti Mandhana (Cricket) | Balwan Singh (Kabaddi) | |
| Sakshi Malik (Wrestling) | Kedar Jadhav (Cricket) | Sameer Verma (Badminton) | Harendra Singh (Hockey) | ||
| Vidit Santosh Gujrathi (Chess) | Anil Kumble (Cricket) |
Indian Sports Honours Winners
| Year | Sportsman of the year | Sportswoman of the year | Comeback of the year | Emerging sportsman of the year | Emerging Sportswoman of the year | Best Coach | Team of the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Kidambi Srikanth | PV Sindhu | Saina Nehwal | Neeraj Chopra | Aditi Ashok | Anil Kumble | India women's national cricket team |
| 2019 | Bajrang Punia | Vinesh Phogat | Dipa Karmakar | Saurabh Chaudhary | Manu Bhaker | Pullela Gopichand | Indian cricket team |
| 2021 | Amit Panghal | PV Sindhu | Mohammad Shami | -- | -- | Ravi Shastri | Indian cricket team |
| 2023 | Neeraj Chopra | Mirabai Chanu | Neeraj Chopra | Lakshya Sen | Antim Panghal | Vijay Sharma | India women's national under-19 cricket team |
References
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- ^ "Kerala Blasters fan group Manjappada win 'Fan Club of the Year' award at Indian Sports Honours | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 2021-03-02.