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LONDON : As a jam-packed sporting year featuring a much-praised Olympic Games and four continental soccer tournaments rolls to a close it is tempting to expect that 2025 will be a more sedate one.
Double Olympic medallist shooter Manu Bhaker's coach Jaspal Rana has castigated the Sports Ministry, Sports Authority of India and the National Rifle Association of India, holding them responsible for "ignoring" his ward's credentials for the Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna award. "I will hold all of them responsible. How can anyone even say Manu did not apply? She made history by becoming the first Indian to win two Olympic medals in the same Olympics. Her name should have been there automatically. Don't the people at the helm know who Manu Bhaker is and what are her credentials? This humiliation might just affect her progress," Rana told PTI Videos in an interview.
All thanks to Manu Bhaker, India understood what it felt like to be winning two medals in the same edition of the Olympic Games for the first time in its 128-year history. But when it came to sports honours, there was news of Manu Bhaker's name being missing from the list of the Khel Ratna award, which has led to a big controversy. Manu Bhaker's father hasn't wasted time in expressing his disappointment, seeing his daughter being snubbed for the highest sports honour of the country. While Manu has gone to Hyderabad for the wedding function of double Olympic medalist PV Sindhu, Her father Ram Kishan Bhaker, who works in the Merchant Navy, is out of India. Manu's father told NDTV Sports Editor Vimal Mohan in an exclusive interview that the shooter is disappointed and upset with the attitude of the Indian bureaucracy.
Manu Bhaker, double Olympic medallist , is in news after reports claimed the champion shooter's name was missing from the list of nominated athletes for the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award. The Khel Ratna is awarded to athletes with exceptional performances. With Manu's name missing, despite being the first Indian athlete since independence to win two Olympic medals in a single edition of the Games, the Sports Ministry came under scrutiny. However, Manu Bhaker has now said that there might have been a lapse on her part and that 'it is being corrected.'
All thanks to Manu Bhaker, India understood what it felt like to be winning two medals in the same edition of the Olympic Games for the first time in its 128-year history. But when it came to sports honours, there was news of Manu Bhaker's name being missing from the list of the Khel Ratna award, which has led to a big controversy. Manu Bhaker's father hasn't wasted time in expressing his disappointment, seeing his daughter being snubbed for the highest sports honour of the country. While Manu has gone to Hyderabad for the wedding function of double Olympic medalist PV Sindhu, Her father Ram Kishan Bhaker, who works in the Merchant Navy, is out of India. Manu's father told NDTV Sports Editor Vimal Mohan in an exclusive interview that the shooter is disappointed and upset with the attitude of the Indian bureaucracy.
Snubbed by the Sports Ministry for the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna, the country's biggest sports award, despite making history by winning two bronze medals in the Paris Olympic Games, ace pistol shooter Manu Bhaker has left the decision to the people of the country to make the final call on whether she deserves the award or not. Controversy erupted after the committee to decide the national sports awards did not recommend her name and instead put forth the names of Indian hockey team captain Harmanpreet Singh for the Khel Ratna Award, Manu's father Ram Kishan, exclusively told Telecom Asia Sport that she knows that she deserves the award but has left it for the country to decide
As chess continues to earn India fame all across the world, certain athletes aren't happy with the lack of recognition they get from the state governments. One such athlete is Tania Sachdev who decided to voice her frustration over repeated cold shoulder from the Delhi government. Tania, in a scathing post on X (formerly Twitter), claimed that she hasn't received any recognition from the Delhi government despite playing chess for India since 2008. She also reminded the political leaders of her achievements in the 2022 Chess Olympiad. She also won a Chess Olympics gold medal in 2024.
Snubbed by the Sports Ministry for the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna, the country's biggest sports award, despite making history by winning two bronze medals in the Paris Olympic Games, ace pistol shooter Manu Bhaker has left the decision to the people of the country to make the final call on whether she deserves the award or not. Controversy erupted after the committee to decide the national sports awards did not recommend her name and instead put forth the names of Indian hockey team captain Harmanpreet Singh for the Khel Ratna Award, Manu's father Ram Kishan, exclusively told Telecom Asia Sport that she knows that she deserves the award but has left it for the country to decide