Indian Sports Honours

Indian Sports Honours are awards given annually by the RPSG Group in association with the Virat Kohli Foundation to outstanding sports personalities from India. The awards were founded in 2017.

2017 Awards

The inaugural 2017 award ceremony was held on 11 November 2017 in Mumbai. The jury was chaired by former all-England champion and chief national badminton coach Pullela Gopichand, and comprises multiple Grand Slam winner Mahesh Bhupathi, sprinter PT Usha, former world number one shooter Anjali Bhagwat and former India hockey captain Arjun Halappa. The awards were given in different categories.[1][2][3][4]

Winners in bold

Sportswoman of the year

(individual sports)

Comeback of the year Emerging Sportsman of the year Emerging Sportswoman of the year Best Coach
Dipa Karmakar (Gymnastics) Saina Nehwal (Badminton) Harmanpreet Singh (Hockey) Aditi Ashok (golf) Vijay Davecha (golf)
Lalita Babar (Athletics) Amit Rohidas (Hockey) Neeraj Chopra (athletics) Ritu Phogat (wrestling) Bisheshwar Nandi (gymnastics)
P.V. Sindhu (Badminton) Ajay Thakur (Kabbadi) Ramkumar Ramanathan (tennis) Smriti Mandhana (cricket) Balwan Singh (kabaddi)
Sakshi Malik (Wrestling) Kedar Jadhav (Cricket) Sameer Verma (badminton) Harendra Singh (hockey)
Vidit Santosh Gujrathi (chess) Anil Kumble (Cricket)
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