title: Master Chandgiram Sports Stadium
text: # Master Chandgiram Sports Stadium
  
  The Master Chandgi Ram Sports Stadium, Saifai is an national-level sports complex having a hockey pitch, multipurpose hall (badminton & wrestling facilities), a swimming pool and Sports Authority of India (SAI) Training Centre in Saifai, Etawah District of Uttar Pradesh. It is named after Haryanvi wrestler Chandgi Ram.
  
  ## Sports Facilities
  
  ### Astroturf Hockey field
  
  The stadium has facilities like a 20,000-capacity Astroturf hockey field with synthetic running track, base & synthetic surface. It witnesses 5th Senior National Hockey Championship 2015(Women).
  
  ### Swimming Pool
  
  It is a swimming pool which fulfills international standards of swimming.
  
  ### Multipurpose Hall
  
  This sports complex had a multipurpose hall too. It is used for badminton and wrestling practice.
  
  ### Sports Authority of India (SAI) Training Centre
  
  Master Chandgi Ram Sports Stadium also has a sports training centre of Sports Authority of India in its campus. It offers residential training in Athletics, Field hockey, Handball and Wrestling and non-residential training in Shooting.
  
  ## Notable athletes
  
  Stadium is used by Sports Authority of India, Major Dhyan Chand Sports College, Saifai (Hockey and Swimming only) and Saifai Sports Hostel of Uttar Pradesh Government. Some notable athletes who used to practice here are-
  
  * Gopi Sonkar, India men's national field hockey team (Saifai Sports Hostel)
  
  ## Sports College
  
  Saifai village has a residential sports college, established in 2014. It offers teaching from 6th to 12th standardand by the curriculum of Board of High School and Intermediate Education, Uttar Pradesh (U.P. Board) and sports training in cricket, football, hockey, wrestling, athletics, badminton, swimming and kabaddi. Although it has owne campus and facilities but students of sports college use hockey, wrestling, badminton and swimming facilities of the stadium too.
  
  