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Former name | Saifai Sports College, Saifai (2014-2017) |
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Type | Sports College |
Established | 2014 |
Affiliation | Uttar Pradesh Sports Colleges Society |
Academic affiliation | U.P. Board |
Principal | Sarvendra Singh Chauhan [1] |
Location | , 206130 , India 26°57′53″N78°57′37″E / 26.9648°N 78.9603°E |
Campus | Saifai |
Website | upsports |
Major Dhyanchand Sports College, Saifai, earlier known as Saifai Sports College is a college and sports academy in Saifai, Etawah district of Uttar Pradesh. It was established in 2014 in Saifai, Etawah district, Uttar Pradesh as Saifai Sports College by state government. [2] [3] It offers sports training in athletics, cricket, football, hockey, wrestling, kabaddi, swimming, badminton and judo in sixth to twelfth standard with the curriculum of U.P. Board. It is the third sports college established in Uttar Pradesh after Guru Gobind Singh Sports College of Lucknow and Beer Bahadur Singh Sports College in Gorakhpur. [4] [5] Major Dhyanchand Sports College is 2024 Sub–Junior runner-up of Subroto Cup International Football Tournament. [6]
College provides training of the following sports:
Athletics, cricket, football, hockey, wrestling, kabaddi, swimming and badminton
It is a residential campus and due to it overall weight is borne by the government of Uttar Pradesh. The boy square of college gets sports training in cricket, football, hockey, wrestling, athletics, badminton, swimming and kabaddi as well as they get teaching from sixth to twelfth standard by the curriculum of Board of High School and Intermediate Education, Uttar Pradesh. [8] In this Sports College, number of trainees is determine as 560. In the first year 74 trainees started studying here.
Along with college campus, it also manages and uses sports facilities of nearby Master Chandgiram Sports Stadium.
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