Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli, and weightlifter Saikhom Mirabai Chanu, the first Indian to win gold at the World Championships in more than two decades, received the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award on Tuesday, the highest sporting honour in the country.
Here is the full list of the awards given in various categories by President Ram Nath Kovind at the National Sports Awards.
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna 2018
| Name of the Sportsperson | Discipline |
| Mirabai Chanu | Weightlifting |
| Virat Kohli | Cricket |
Dronacharya Awards 2018
| Name of the Coach | Discipline |
| 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 Awards 2018
| Name of the Sportsperson | Discipline |
| Neeraj Chopra | Athletics |
| Subedar Jinson Johnson | Athletics |
| Hima Das | Athletics |
| Nelakurthi Sikki Reddy | Badminton |
| Subedar Satish Kumar | Boxing |
| Smriti Mandhana | Cricket |
| Shubhankar Sharma | Golf |
| Manpreet Singh | Hockey |
| Savita | Hockey |
| Col. 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 |
| Manoj Sarkar | Para-Badminton |
Dhyan Chand Award 2018
| Name of the Sportsperson | Discipline |
| Satyadev Prasad | Archery |
| Bharat Kumar Chetri | Hockey |
| Bobby Aloysius | Athletics |
| Chougale Dadu Dattatray | Wrestling |
Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar 2018
| Category | Name of the entity |
| Identification and Nurturing of Budding & Young Talent | Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited |
| Encouragement to Sports through Corporate Social Responsibility | JSW Sports |
| Sports for Development | Isha Outreach |
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