National sports awards for 2018 includes Arjuna awards, Dronacharya awards, Rajiv gandhi Khel ratna awards, Dhyanchand Awards.
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna 2018 – It is India’s highest sporting award given for the spectacular and most outstanding performance in the field of sports by a sportsperson over a period of four years.
• Ms. S. Mirabai Chanu – Weightlifting
• Virat Kohli – Cricket
Dronacharya Awards 2018 – It bestowed upon coaches for producing medal winners at prestigious international sports events.
• Subedar Chenanda Achaiah Kuttappa – Boxing
• Vijay Sharma – Weightlifting
• A. Srinivasa Rao – Table Tennis
• Sukhdev Singh Pannu – Athletics
• Clarence Lobo – Hockey (Life Time)
• Tarak Sinha – Cricket (Life Time)
• Jiwan Kumar Sharma – Judo (Life Time)
• V.R. Beedu – Athletics (Life Time)
Arjuna Award 2018 – It is India’s second highest sporting award bestowed upon sportsperson for consistently outstanding performance for four years.
• Neeraj Chopra (Athletics),
• Jinson Johnson (Athletics),
• Hima Das (Athletics),
• Nelakurthi Sikki Reddy (Badminton),
• Satish Kumar (Boxing),
• Smriti Mandhana (Cricket),
• Shubhankar Sharma (Golf),
• Manpreet Singh (Hockey),
• Savita (Hockey),
• Ravi Rathore (Polo),
• Rahi Sarnobat (Shooting),
• Ankur Mittal (Shooting),
• Shreyasi Singh (Shooting),
• Manika Batra (Table Tennis),
• G. Sathiyan (Table Tennis),
• Rohan Bopanna (Tennis),
• Sumit (Wrestling),
• Pooja Kadian (Wushu),
• Ankur Dhama (Para-Athletics) and
• Manoj Sarkar (Para-Badminton).
Dhyan Chand Award 2018 – It is bestowed upon sportspersons for life time contribution to sports development.
• Satyadev Prasad – Archery
• Bharat Kumar Chetri – Hockey
• Bobby Aloysius – Athletics
• Chougale Dadu Dattatray – Wrestling