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Indian Table Tennis star Mka Batra, who was conferred with the Khel Ratna on Saturday, has said the award motivates her to work harder for the country."I am really grateful and happy to receive the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award. I would like to thank the government of India, sports ministry, Sports Authority of India, and Table Tennis Federation of India," Mka told reporters here."This award motivates me to work harder and I will work harder for my country and I will give my best for my country," she added.For the first time in the history of the National Sports Awards, President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday virtually conferred the National Sports and Adventure Award 2020.A record 74 athletes of the country were honoured on hockey wizard Major Dhyan Chand's 115th birth anniversary.Apart from Mka, cricketer Rohit Sharma, Mariyappan T. (Para-Athletics), Vinesh (Wrestling), and R (Hockey) were also conferred with Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award.Twenty-seven sportspersons were honoured with the Arjuna Award, during the ceremony.They were Atanu Das (archery), Chirag Chandrasekhar Shetty (badminton), Vishesh Bhriguvanshi (basketball), Subedar Msh Kaushik and Lovlina Bograhain (boxing), Deepti Sharma (cricket), Sawant Ajay Anant (Equestrian), Sandesh Jhingan (football), Aditi Ashok (golf), Akashdeep Singh and Deepika (hockey), Deepak (kabaddi), Kale Sarika Sudhakar (kho kho), Dattu Baban Bhokanal (rowing), and Saurabh Chaudhary (Shooting), Madhurika Suhas Patkar (table tennis), Divij Sharan (Tennis), Divya Kakran and Rahul Aware (Wresting), Shiva Keshavan (Winter Sports), Suyash Narayan Jadhav (Para Swimming), Sandeep (Para Athletics) and Msh Narwal (Para shooting), Shutler Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy, cricketer Ishant Sharma and shooter Manu Bhaker.( With inputs from ANI )Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published from an agency feed without any modifications to the text and has not been reviewed by an editor

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