Leander Paes
Bengaluru: Leander Paes and Pullela Gopichand were on Saturday selected for the Padma Bhushan awards.
Wheelchair tennis ace Boniface Prabhu on the other hand will be honoured with the Padma Shri award.
The 41-year-old Bengaluru sportsperson, who is among the pioneers of wheelchair tennis in India is among the seven sportspersons picked for the award.
Dipika Pallikal, former Indian women’s cricket captain Anjum Chopra, Sunil Dabas (Kabaddi), Love Raj Singh Dharmshaktu (Mountaineering), Yuvraj Singh (Cricket) and Mamta Sodha (Mountaineering) were the other sports persons, selected for this year’s Padma Shri awards.
( Source : dc )
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