Haryana Sports and Youth Affairs Department has invited applications to confer the prestigious Bhim Award, the state award for excellence in sports, upon 11 sportspersons.
This award is given in recognition of sportspersons, who have brought laurels to the State in recognised International championships or Cup or Games and Senior National Championship or Cup or Games.
A spokesman of the Department said out of these awards, three would be given away for team games, five awards would be for individual game events, two awards for Paralympics sportspersons and one award for Special Olympics mentally challenged sportspersons.
For these awards, applications could be sent to the office of District Sports and Youth Affairs by August 31.
The spokesperson further said that sports achievements in all games and sports and their championships incorporated in sports policy would be evaluated for sportspersons at Senior International and Senior Federation Cup or Senior National Championship and National Games of the last four financial years.