Sports Awards: Ministry extends deadline till June 22; allows self-nomination

The relaxation offers a window of opportunities for those athletes who have neither been shortlisted by their national sports federations nor got the backing of previous awardees.

Published : Jun 03, 2020 15:36 IST , New Delhi

The National Sports Awards are given out every year in recognition of excellence in sports.
The National Sports Awards are given out every year in recognition of excellence in sports.
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The National Sports Awards are given out every year in recognition of excellence in sports.

The sports ministry has extended the deadline for submitting applications for the national sports awards till June 22 and also allowed athletes to self-nominate in view of the “difficulties” being faced by them to find eligible members to recommend them amid the COVID-19 lockdown.

Wednesday was to be the last day of completing the nomination process but the period has been extended along with the relaxation in the process because of the problems athletes are facing in “getting the recommendation of the prescribed authorities/persons due to country-wide lockdown on account of COVID-19 pandemic.”

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“...it has been decided to do away with the condition of submitting only with the recommendations of the authorities/persons prescribed in the awards scheme,” stated a sports ministry circular.

“...the part of the application form requiring the recommendation of the prescribed authorities/persons may be left blank,” it added.

The Ministry has invited only e-mail applications this year due to the pandemic. As per prescribed norms, the nominations for national awards can only be made along with recommendation of the national federation, sports board, and former awardees.

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The relaxation offers a window of opportunities for those athletes who have neither been shortlisted by their national sports federations nor got the backing of previous awardees.

The awards, including the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, are given away every year on August 29, the birth anniversary of hockey wizard Dhyan Chand, which is also celebrated as the national sports day.

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