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{{Short description|An Indian sports award ceremony}}
'''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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/sports/cricket/031117/anil-kumble-nominated-for-indian-sports-honours-organised-by-virat-kohli-foundation.html|title=Anil Kumble nominated for Indian Sports Honours organised by Virat Kohli foundation|date=2017-11-03|work=deccanchronicle.com/|access-date=2017-11-17|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/cricket/r-ashwin-wins-best-player-teamsports-award-india-sports-honours|title=R Ashwin wins Best Player in Team Sports award at India Sports Honours|date=2017-11-12|access-date=2017-11-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/cricket/double-delight-for-mithali-raj-at-indian-sports-honours|title=Double delight for Mithali Raj at Indian Sports Honours|date=2017-11-12|access-date=2017-11-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/badminton/saina-nehwal-wins-comeback-of-the-year-award-at-indian-sports-honours|title=Saina Nehwal wins 'Comeback of the Year' award at Indian Sports Honours|date=2017-11-12|access-date=2017-11-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Who has won the Sportsman of the Year award at the firs - GKToday|url=https://www.gktoday.in/question/who-has-won-the-sportsman-of-the-year-award-at-the|access-date=2021-12-27|website=www.gktoday.in}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
!Sportswoman of the year
(individual sports)
!Comeback of the year
!Emerging Sportsman of the year
!Emerging Sportswoman of the year
!Best Coach
!Best Fan Club
|-
|'''[[P. V. Sindhu]] (Badminton)'''
|'''[[Saina Nehwal]] (Badminton)'''
|[[Harmanpreet Singh]] (Hockey)
|[[Aditi Ashok]] (golf)
|Vijay Davecha (golf)
|[[Manjappada]] (football)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kerala Blasters fan group Manjappada win 'Fan Club of the Year' award at Indian Sports Honours {{!}} Goal.com|url=https://www.goal.com/en-in/news/kerala-blasters-manjappada-fan-club-of-the-year-indian/1j12lxkowhu2h1x76yen2gkaoo|access-date=2021-03-02|website=www.goal.com}}</ref>
|-
|[[Lalita Babar]] (Athletics)
|[[Amit Rohidas]] (Hockey)
|[[Neeraj Chopra]] (Athletics)
|[[Ritu Phogat]] (Wrestling)
|Bisheshwar Nandi (Gymnastics)
|
|-
|[[Dipa Karmakar]] (Gymnastics)
|[[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)
|
|}

==References==
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[[Category:Indian sports trophies and awards]]
[[Category:Annual events in India]]
[[Category:Recurring events established in 2017]]
[[Category:RPG Group]]

Indian Sports Honours - Revision history

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