Major Dhyan Chand Sports College, Saifai

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Major Dhyan Chand 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]

Sports training

College provides training of the following sports:

Boy students

Athletics, cricket, football, hockey, wrestling, kabaddi, swimming and badminton

Girl students

Badminton, judo and athletics^[6]

Campus

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.^[7] In this Sports College, number of trainees is determine as 560. In the first year 74 trainees started studying here.

Facilities

Sports facilities

Saifai International Cricket Stadium (in campus)
Synthetic running track or athletes stadium (in campus)^[8]
Indoor Stadium (in campus)
Swimming pools (an International All-weather Swimming pool in campus and an old one at Master Chandgiram Sports Stadium, Saifai)
Hockey field astroturf (at Master Chandgiram Sports Stadium, Saifai)
Three grass fields (in campus)
Basketball courts (in campus)
Tennis court (in campus)^[9]

Other facilities/buildings

Admin & education block
Hostel
Dispensary
Guest house
Faculty accommodation
Electrical substation

Notable Alumni

Ram Baboo, Bronze medalist, 2022 Asian Games (6 months tranning course)^[10]^[11]^[12]
Amir Ali, Junior Hockey World Cup 2023 Player^[13]
Dipesh Chauhan, Goalkeeper (NorthEast United FC)^[14]

References

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^ "Saifai sports college students go on hunger strike". Hindustan Times. 10 February 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
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^ "Official Website of Guru Gobind Singh Sports College, Uttar Pradesh,India | About Us | Other sports college". upsports.gov.in. Archived from the original on 24 January 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
^ "राम बाबू बोले-बहुत गरीब और पिछड़े घर से आता हूं: मां ने खोया बेचकर कराई प्रैक्टिस, अब एशियन गेम्स में जीता मेडल". Dainik Bhaskar.
^ Mehta, Ansh (22 October 2023). ""I did a part-time job in Banaras as a waiter"- Ram Baboo talks about the struggles to finance his sporting aspirations [Exclusive]". www.sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
^ "Instagram - Ram Baboo at Major Dhyan Chand Sports College, Saifai". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
^ https://www.hindustantimes.com/sports/hockey/amir-ali-shores-up-shaky-defence-guides-india-into-junior-hockey-world-cup-semis-101702404565024-amp.html
^ Name, Author. "ISL: NorthEast United sign goalkeeper Dipesh Chauhan". Khel Now. Retrieved 18 August 2023. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)