Ayon Sengupta of Sportstar; Malini Parthasarathy of THG Publishing Private Limited and Former Captain of Indian Cricket Team Krishnamachari Srikkanth kickstarted Sportstar Aces Awards 2021 with a curtain raiser
Naveen Patnaik, Odisha CM, receiving the honour for Best State for the Promotion of Sport from Olympic gold-medallist M. M. Somaya and L V Navaneeth of The Hindu Group
Indian Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar receives Inspirational Giant of India Sport award
Abhinav Bindra receives the award for Inspirational Giant of India Sport from Ayon Sengupta
Indian boxer Mary Kom receives Sportswoman of the Decade (Individual Olympic Sport) and Sportstar of the Decade award
Indian badminton player PV Sindhu receiving Sportswoman of the Decade (Racquet Sports) award
Former Indian badminton player P. Gopichand receiving Coach of the Decade award
L V Naveneeth of The Hindu Group and Indian chess grandmaster Viswanathan Anand receiving Sportsman of the Decade (Individual Non-Olympic Sport) award
Bengaluru FC receiving Club of the Decade award 10 Former Indian Cricketer GR Viswanath receiving Lifetime Achievement Award
Former Indian Cricketer GR Viswanath receiving Lifetime Achievement Award
Indian Wrestler Sushil Kumar receiving Sportsman of the Decade (Individual Olympic Sport) award from Ayon Sengupta
Indian badminton player Kidambi Srikanth receiving Sportsman of the Decade (Racquet Sports) award
Dr. Pawan Munjal of Hero MotoCorp receiving an award for Best Corporate for the Promotion of Sport from Ayon Sengupta
Indian professional boxer Vijendra Singh
Indian athlete Deepa Malik receiving Parathlete Sportsperson of the Decade (Female) award
Racing Driver Narain Karthikeyan receiving Sportsperson of the Decade (Motorsport) award
Indian field hockey player Rani Rampal receiving Sportswoman of the Decade (Team Sports) award
Indian track and field athlete Neeraj Chopra receiving Sportsman of the Decade (Track and Field) award
Moncho Ferrer of Anantapur Sports Academy and team receiving Chairperson’s Choice Awards – Sport for Social Good