ZEE News Fairplay Awards: As it happened

The ZEE News Fairplay Awards for Indian women athletes turned out to be a big success in New Delhi on March 21, 2018.

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Hello and welcome to the ZEE News Fairplay Awards from New Delhi. A great many women athletes will be felicitated for making India proud in the world of sports.  In the last few years, several women athletes from the country have made their mark at the international level. PV Sindhu, silver medallist at the Rio Olympics, Saina Nehwal, India's first Olympic medallist in badminton, and Saskhi Malik, bronze medallist at the Rio Olympics, are expected to attend the event in the national capital. Former athletes Anjali Bhagwat (shooting), Anju Bobby George (athletics), and Karnam Malleswari (weightlifting) are also expected to grace the event. The event will start around 5 pm  IST. Stay tuned. 

21 March 2018

20:33 IST

The event comes to a close in New Delhi. For the benefit of people who have joined us late, the following have been the recipients of the ZEE News Fairplay Awards: Sania Mirza, Saina Nehwal, Anjali Bhagwat, Krishna Poonia, Deepa Malik, Dipa Karmakar, Karnam Malleswari, Anju Bobby Geroge, Yogita Bali (on behalf of the women's hockey team), Sunil Dabas, Sakshi Malik, MC Mary Kom and last but not least, the Indian women's cricket team. That's it from us. See you soon. 

20:09 IST

Sakshi Malik, who won bronze in wrestling at the 2016 Rio Olympics, is also among the awardees.  Sakshi won bronze at the 2016 Rio Olympics in the 58 kg category. She is the first female wrestler to win a medal at the Olympics for India and only the fourth female Olympic medallist from the country. She has also won the silver medal at the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games and bronze at the 2015 Doha Asian Wrestling Championships. Meanwhile, the Indian women's cricket team has also been given the ZEE News Fairpay award.