The Trophies for 2020 Government Sports Awards were handed over to the winners on 1 November.
Highlights:
The Sports Awards ceremony happened virtually in the middle of the Covid-19 outbreak, winners of the Awards were unable to collect their trophies and citations during the 2020 event.
On August 29, 2020, the Sports Ministry presented a total of 74 National Sports Awards, including 27 Arjuna Awards and 5 Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awards.
Highlights of the occasion include the presence of Vinesh Phogat and Ishant Sharma.
National Sports Award is the collective name for six sports awards in India. The award is presented by the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports.