Five badminton players have been conferred the Khel Ratna so far; Pullela Gopichand (2001), Saina Nehwal (2010), PV Sindhu (2016), Pramod Bhagat (2021) and Krishna Nagar (2021).
The Asian Wrestling Championships will kick off in Astana, Kazakhstan from April 9 onwards and will go on till April 14, the event will see India fielding a contingent featuring plenty of firepower despite the absence of names like Ravi Kumar Dahiya, Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat and Sakshi Malik.
17-year-old Haryana wrestler Antim Panghal became the first Indian woman wrestler to be crowned U-20 world champion with an 8-0 win over Atlyn Shagayeva of Kazakhstan in the world U-20 wrestling Championship in Sofia, Bulgaria.
