: Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award renamed after hockey legend Dhyan Chand #IndiaNEWS The Centre on Friday renamed the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, the country’s highest sporting honour, after hockey

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Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award renamed after hockey legend Dhyan Chand #IndiaNEWS
The Centre on Friday renamed the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, the country’s highest sporting honour, after hockey legend Dhyan Chand. Announcing the decision, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he had been receiving requests from people across the country to rename the award. “Respecting their sentiment, the Khel Ratna Award will hereby be called the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award,� he tweeted.“Major Dhyan Chand was among India’s foremost sportspersons who brought honour and pride for India,� Modi added. “It is fitting that our nation’s highest sporting honour will be named after him.� The move came as Indians celebrated the performance of India’s hockey teams at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. On Thursday, the Indian men’s hockey team beat Germany 5-4 to win a bronze, ending the country’s 41-year-old wait for an Olympic medal. India erupted in jubilation after the long-awaited win. The women’s team hockey lost 3-4 to Great Britain in a match for the bronze medal on Friday, but won wide praise for its performance. “We are feeling so disappointed because we were so close,� team captain Rani Rampal told PTI. “And we were 2-0 down and then we equalised and we were 3-2 up. I don’t know what to say, but yeah it hurts a lot because we...Read more

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