Former Indian national team coach Sukhwinder Singh has been nominated for the prestigious Dhyan Chand Award 2020.
If Singh manages to receive the award, he will only be the third person to receive this award from the football category. Only two footballers Shabbir Ali (2011) and Syed Shahid Hakeem (2017) has won it.
Dhyan Chand award, named after the legendary Indian Hockey player Dhyan Chand, is an award presented by the Government of India as a lifetime achievement sporting honour. It is presented every year on August 29.
Sukhwinder Singh started his coaching journey at the top tier of Indian football in 1995 with JCT FC and had guided the team to National Football League (CFL) in the very first year of the league.