Bir Bahadur Singh Sports College

Bir Bahadur Singh Sports College, Gorakhpur is a residential sports college in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, established in 1988.^[1] It offers sports training in football, hockey, wrestling, athletics, badminton, swimming and kabaddi in 6th to 12th standard and with the curriculum of the U.P. Board. It is the second sports college established in Uttar Pradesh after Guru Gobind Singh Sports College of Lucknow and before Etawah's Saifai Sports College.

Bir Bahadur Singh
Sports College, Gorakhpur

Type	Sports college
Established	1988
Affiliation	Uttar Pradesh Sports Colleges Society
Academic affiliation	U.P. Board
Principal	Aale Haydar
Students	320
Location	Gorakhpur , Uttar Pradesh , India 26.7986°N 83.3834°E / 26.7986; 83.3834
Campus	Gorakhpur
Website	bbssportscollege.in
Location in Uttar Pradesh

History

After the success of Guru Gobind Singh Sports College, Lucknow, the government of Uttar Pradesh established this sports college in Gorakhpur in 1988–1989.

Notable alumni

• Preeti Dubey, Indian Women's Hockey team (2016 Summer Olympics)^[2]

See also

• Maharana Pratap Sports College, Dehradun
• Motilal Nehru School of Sports, Rai, Sonipat

External links

• Official website