Sports Authority of India's (SAI) Uddhav Das Mehta Central Regional Centre is also located in the city at Gora Bishankhedi village, spread across 100 acres.
The Centre has world-class sports infrastructure and hosts the conditioning camp for national men's and women's hockey teams.
Bhopal is also known as the nursery of hockey in the country and the city regularly holds Obaidullah Khan Gold Cup tournament.
MP''s sports director, Sanjay Choudhry told PTI that keeping in mind the state's sports potential, the government has raised the sports budget to Rs 32 crore which is six crore more than the previous year.
Not only Bhopal, but Indore and Gwalior too have emerged as major sports centres in the state.
Indore not only hosts international level cricket tournaments, but also national and international level tennis, basketball, table tennis and shooting championships.
Gwalior also boasts of major sports facilities which included Captain Roop Singh Stadium for cricket matches and Laxmibai National University of Physical Education.
PTI