Indian Sports Honours

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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.

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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 yearEmerging Sportsman of the yearEmerging Sportswoman of the yearBest CoachBest 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

YearSportsman of the yearSportswoman of the yearComeback of the yearEmerging sportsman of the yearEmerging Sportswoman of the yearBest CoachTeam 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

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