National Sports Day  

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PM Narendra Modi paid tribute to Major Dhyan Chand on National Sports Day. Chennai Super Kings CEO KS Viswanathan has issued a statement on Suresh Raina's return to India. Watch MyNation in 100 seconds for today’s (August 1) news stories
 

There is a reason why August 29 is celebrated as National Sports Day in India. It is the birthday of Major Dhyan Chand, one of the greatest field hockey players of all time.
 

Organisers of the National Sports Day celebrations in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, put up a poster congratulating PT Usha for winning the Padma Shri and the Arjuna Award. But the catch was that they put up Sania Mirza's poster with PT Usha's name on it! Catch this on MyNation's Just For Laughs.

On the occasion of National Sports Day (August 29), President Ram Nath Kovind presented the National Sports Awards at a function held at Rashtrapati Bhavan. Poonam collected her award in person while Jadeja could not as he is on national duty preparing for the second Test in Jamaica against West Indies

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On legendary hockey player Dhyan Chand's 144th birth anniversary, Deep Dive with Abhinav Khare reminds us of the hero who won us so many laurels even when the country was not independent

On National Sports Day, a cycle rally was organised in Andhra Pradesh to give awareness to people to be physically fit. The National Sports Day in India is celebrated on August 29, on the birth anniversary of hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand

Deepa Malik became the second para-athlete after double Paralympic gold medallist javelin thrower Devendra Jhajharia, who received the recognition in 2017, to have won the prestigious Khel Ratna award.

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Today (August 29) is National Sports Day. To commemorate the legendary Indian hockey player Major Dhyan Chand’s birth anniversary, it was decided in 2012 to celebrate it as National Sports Day.

 

National Sports Day in India is celebrated on August 29, on the birth anniversary of hockey legend Dhyan Chand.