The sports ministry on Wednesday has extended the deadline for submitting applications for the national sports awards till June 22. In the revised guidelines it also allowed athletes to self-nominate in view of the "difficulties" being faced by them to find recommenders amid the coronavirus (Covid-19) lockdown.
Wednesday (June 3) 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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