Padma Shri Award

Brahmanand Sankhwalkar receives Padma Shri Award

Former India goalkeeper and captain Brahmanand Sankhwalkar, has on Republic Day, 2022, been conferred the Padma Shri, making him the… Read More

26 January 2022

“Durga of Indian Football” receives Padma Shri Award

The ‘Durga of Indian Football,’ Oinam Bembem Devi became the first Indian woman footballer, and the seventh overall to receive… Read More

8 November 2021

Bembem Devi: This Padma Shri is what Women’s Football in India is all about

Bembem Devi, the first Indian woman footballer in India to have been named a Padma Shri, walked down memory lane… Read More

26 January 2020

AIFF congratulates Bembem Devi on being named Padma Shri

The ‘Durga of Indian Football,’ Oinam Bembem Devi became the first Indian woman footballer, and the seventh overall to be… Read More

26 January 2020

AIFF congratulates Sunil Chhetri for being named a Padma Shri

The All India Football Federation (AIFF) president Praful Patel congratulated talismanic striker Sunil Chhetri for being named for the prestigious… Read More

26 January 2019

India’s Sunil Chhetri: Padma Shri award will spur me on

As talismanic Indian striker Sunil Chhetri joined the elite list of Indian footballers to be named a Padma Shri, the… Read More

26 January 2019

President of India approves conferment of Padma Shri Award to Sunil Chhetri

A legend of Indian football and an Arjuna awardee (2011), Sunil Chhetri is all set to become the sixth Indian… Read More

25 January 2019