Times of India Sports Awards

Times of India Sports Awards

Awarded for	Excellence in Sports
Country	India
Presented by	The Times of India
History
First award	2015
Editions	6
Most recent	2023 edition
Next ceremony	2024 edition
Website	Times of India Sports Awards

Times of India Sports Awards, also known as TOISA, are annual sports awards given by The Times of India to Indian athletes.[1] The aim is to celebrate excellence achieved by the players in sports.[2] The first edition of the awards ceremony was hosted in 2015.[3]

Editions

Year	Edition	Hosts	Ref(s)
2015	1st Times of India Sports Awards		[4]
2017	2nd Times of India Sports Awards		[5]
2018	3rd Times of India Sports Awards		[6]
2019	4th Times of India Sports Awards		[7]
2021	5th Times of India Sports Awards		[8]
2023	6th Times of India Sports Awards	Mandira Bedi	[9]

2015

Source: [10]

2017

Source: [11]

2018

Sources: [12][13]

2019

Source: [14]

2021

Source: [15]

2023

Sportsperson of the Year

• Neeraj Chopra
• Virat Kohli
• Chirag Shetty
• Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
• Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu

Para Sportsperson of the Year

• Sumit Antil
• Sheetal Devi
• Pramod Bhagat
• Kumar Nitesh
• Rakesh Kumar
• Prachi Yadav
• Praveen Kumar

Emerging Sportsperson of the Year

• Aditi Swami
• Esha Singh
• Anahat Singh
• Sheetal Devi

Team of the Year

• Men's 4x400m relay team
• India men's national cricket team
• India women's national cricket team
• India men's national field hockey team

Coach of the Year

• Deepali Deshpande
• Samarjeet Singh Malhi
• Ramachandran Ramesh

Archery

• Archer of the Year Male
  • Ojas Deotale
• Archer of the Year Female
  • Jyothi Surekha Vennam
• Para Archer of the Year Male
  • Rakesh Kumar
• Para Archer of the Year Female
  • Sheetal Devi

Athletics

• Athlete of the Year Male
  • Neeraj Chopra
• Athlete of the Year Female
  • Parul Chaudhary
• Para Athlete of the Year
  • Sachin Khilari

Badminton

• Singles Player of the Year Male
  • Prannoy H. S.
  • Lakshya Sen
• Singles Player of the Year Female
  • P. V. Sindhu
• Doubles Player of the Year Male
  • Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
• Doubles Player of the Year Female
  • Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly
• Para Player of the Year Male
  • Kumar Nitesh
  • Tarun Dhillon
  • Sukant Kadam
• Para Player of the Year Female
  • Thulasimathi Murugesan
  • Rachana Patel
  • Nithya Sre Sivan
  • Manisha Ramadass
  • Mandeep Kaur
  • Manasi Joshi

Billiards / Snooker

• Player of the Year
  • Pankaj Advani
  • Sourav Kothari

Boxing

• Boxer of the Year Male
  • Mohammad Hussamuddin
  • Boxer of the Year Female
  • Lovlina Borgohain

Chess

• Player of the Year Male
  • Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu
• Player of the Year Female
  • Vaishali Rameshbabu
• Para Player of the Year
  • Darpan Inani

Cricket

• Cricketer of the Year Male
  • Mohammed Shami
• Cricketer of the Year Female
  • Deepti Sharma

Equestrian

• Riders of the Year
  • Anush Agarwalla, Hriday Chheda, Divyakriti Singh, Sudipti Hajela

Football

• Footballer of the Year Male: Sunil Chhetri
• Footballer of the Year Female: Anju Tamang

Hockey

• Hockey Player of the Year Male: Hardik Singh
• Hockey Player of the Year Female: Salima Tete

Kabaddi

• Kabaddi Player of the Year Male: Pawan Sehrawat
• Kabaddi Player of the Year Male: Ritu Negi

Shooting

• Shooter of the Year Male: Rudrankksh Patil
• Shooter of the Year Female: Sift Kaur Samra
• Para Shooter of the Year Male: Rudransh Khandelwal
• Para Shooter of the Year Female: Avani Lekhara

Squash

• Squash Player of the Year Male: Saurav Ghosal
• Squash Player of the Year Female: Dipika Pallikal

Table Tennis

• Table Tennis Players of the Year: Ayhika Mukherjee and Sutirtha Mukherjee
• Para Table Tennis Player of the Year: Bhavinaben Patel

Tennis

• Tennis Player of the Year Male: Rohan Bopanna
• Tennis Player of the Year Male: Rutuja Bhosale

Wrestling

• Wrestler of the Year Male: Sunil Kumar
• Wrestler of the Year Female: Antim Panghal

Others

• Para Canoeist of the Year: Prachi Yadav
• Para Judoka of the Year: Kapil Parmar
• Para Powerlifter of the Year: Zainab Khatoon
• Rowers of the Year: Ashish Kumar, Bheem Singh, Jaswinder Singh, Punit Kumar
• Sailor of the Year: Neha Thakur

Lifetime Achievement Award

• PT Usha

Federation of the Year

• National Rifle Association of India

Changemaker of the Year

• Uttar Pradesh

Sources: [16][17]

2024

TBA

See also

• Sport in India
• Times of India Film Awards

References

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14. "BHIM-UPI TOISA: PV Sindhu shines brightest amongst sports winners for 2019". The Times of India. 2020-03-05. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-11-11.
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