Neeraj Chopra, Ravi Dahiya, Lovlina Borgohain among 11 recommended for Khel Ratna

All five gold medallists from the Tokyo Paralympics were also rewarded for their performance as they also made the cut in the list

BCCI to recommend Mithali, Ashwin for Khel Ratna

For the Arjuna Award, the BCCI will send the names of batsmen Shikhar Dhawan and K L Rahul, as well as pacer Jasprit Bumrah

Punia has put events like Olympics a priority over the Pro League.

Paralympics silver medallist Deepa Malik was nominated for the country's highest sporting honour -- the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award.

Beyond the metrics of comparing performances across disciplines, what hurts the athletic world is the national fixation with cricket.

Neeraj, Hima, Jinson are among 20 players for Arjuna awards.

Malik, the first Indian woman athlete to win a medal at the Paralympics, wrote an e-mail to sports minister Vijay Goel on August 7.