President Droupadi Murmu today conferred the National Sports Awards 2025 at a function held at Rashtrapati Bhavan. The Awards are given every year to recognise and reward excellence in sports. The President also conferred the Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Awards 2024.
A total of 17 sportspersons were selected for Arjuna Awards for outstanding performance in Sports and Games for the year 2025. Athletes Tejaswin Shankar and Priyanka Goswami, Chess player Divya Jitendra Deshmukh, Hockey player Rajkumar Pal and Kabaddi player Puja were among them who have been honoured with Arjuna Awards by the President. Veteran Indian footballer Isaiah Arumainayagam has received the Arjuna Award (Lifetime).
