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

Para Sportsperson of the Year

Emerging Sportsperson of the Year

Team of the Year

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

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

Sportsperson of the Year

References

^ www.ETBrandEquity.com. "TOISA 2024: Celebrating Sporting Excellence in Lucknow on February 23 - ET BrandEquity". ETBrandEquity.com. Retrieved 2024-11-11.
^ "TOISA: Celebration of Indian sporting triumphs". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-11-11.
^ "TOISA". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 2024-11-11.
^ "TOISA 2015: Celebrating India's sportspersons". The Times of India. 2015-10-16. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-11-11.
^ "As it happened: Mahindra Scorpio Times of India Sports Awards 2017". The Times of India. Retrieved 2024-11-11.
^ "Mahindra Scorpio TOISA 2018: When the ultimate sports jury picked the best of Indian sport". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-11-11.
^ "As it happened: Times of India Sports Awards 2019". The Times of India. Retrieved 2024-11-11.
^ "The Times of India Sports Awards (TOISA) 2021 to honour champions today". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-11-11.
^ "TOISA 2023: Times of India Sports Awards return for the 6th edition; jury meet on Feb 1". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-11-11.
^ "TOISA Winners 2015". The Times of India. Retrieved 2024-11-11.
^ "Mahindra Scorpio TOISA: Kidambi Srikanth brightest among sports winners for 2017". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-11-11.
^ "Mahindra Scorpio TOISA 2018: All the winners". The Times of India. 2018-02-27. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-11-11.
^ "TOISA 2018 Nominations | Times of India Sports Awards 2018 Nominations". The Times of India. Retrieved 2024-11-11.
^ "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.
^ "TOISA 2021: Neeraj Chopra headlines the list of winners". The Times of India. Retrieved 2024-11-11.
^ "TOISA 2023: Neeraj Chopra, Mohammed Shami, Sheetal Devi headline the list of winners". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-11-11.
^ "TOISA". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 2024-11-11.

[1] www.ETBrandEquity.com. "TOISA 2024: Celebrating Sporting Excellence in Lucknow on February 23 - ET BrandEquity". ETBrandEquity.com. Retrieved 2024-11-11.

[2] "TOISA: Celebration of Indian sporting triumphs". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-11-11.

[3] "TOISA". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 2024-11-11.

[4] "TOISA 2015: Celebrating India's sportspersons". The Times of India. 2015-10-16. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-11-11.

[5] "As it happened: Mahindra Scorpio Times of India Sports Awards 2017". The Times of India. Retrieved 2024-11-11.

[6] "Mahindra Scorpio TOISA 2018: When the ultimate sports jury picked the best of Indian sport". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-11-11.

[7] "As it happened: Times of India Sports Awards 2019". The Times of India. Retrieved 2024-11-11.

[8] "The Times of India Sports Awards (TOISA) 2021 to honour champions today". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-11-11.

[9] "TOISA 2023: Times of India Sports Awards return for the 6th edition; jury meet on Feb 1". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-11-11.

[10] "TOISA Winners 2015". The Times of India. Retrieved 2024-11-11.

[11] "Mahindra Scorpio TOISA: Kidambi Srikanth brightest among sports winners for 2017". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-11-11.

[12] "Mahindra Scorpio TOISA 2018: All the winners". The Times of India. 2018-02-27. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-11-11.

[13] "TOISA 2018 Nominations | Times of India Sports Awards 2018 Nominations". The Times of India. Retrieved 2024-11-11.

[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.

[15] "TOISA 2021: Neeraj Chopra headlines the list of winners". The Times of India. Retrieved 2024-11-11.

[16] "TOISA 2023: Neeraj Chopra, Mohammed Shami, Sheetal Devi headline the list of winners". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-11-11.

[17] "TOISA". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 2024-11-11.

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