President Pranab Mukherjee will present the National Sports Awards for 2014-15 at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here on Saturday.
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Tennis star Sania Mirza, who won the women's doubles title at Wimbledon in the UK recently, will be conferred with Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award.
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Currently, ranked World No. 1 tennis doubles player in the women's category, Mirza on Friday expressed her happiness at receiving the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna and dedicated it to her family and to India.
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"I feel very happy, privileged and honoured to receive this award and I would like to dedicate it to the people of India and my family," Mirza told ANI here.
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The World No. 1 also extended her gratitude to the Indian Government and the sports ministry who nominated her for the award.
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The government also announced 17 other sportspersons, including cricketer Rohit Sharma and shooter Jitu Rai, gymnast Dipa Karmakar, hockey player P R Sreejesh, wrestling duo of Bajrang and Babita, athlete M.R. Poovamma, shuttler K. Srikanth and boxer Mandeep Jangra, for the 2015 Arjuna Awards.
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The officially announced winners for Dronacharya Awards 2015 are: Coach Anoop Singh for wrestling, Harbans Singh for athletics, Swatantar Raj Singh for boxing, Nihar Ameen for swimming and Naval Singh for athletics - para-sports.
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The Dhyan Chand award for lifetime achievement will be given to Shiv Prakash Misra.
