March 17, 2010 6:43 PM

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Rajiv Khel Ratna Award not to be shared by more than two recipients

Sports Ministry today said the country's highest sports award Rajiv Khel Ratna will not be shared by two or more persons in future except in case of Olympic medal winners. In the past there were occasions when Rajiv Khel Ratna was awarded to more than one person. The ministry said such cases would be an exception in future. The sports ministry in a release said only one award every year in the category of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award to be given to an individual sportsperson. Our correspondent reports this decision was taken following recommendations by a committee formed by Department of Sports in August last year to review the process of selection for National Sports Awards.

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