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Armenia & Yemen celebrate IDUS

FISU 24 September 2018

Various activities organised to promote sports in universities

Cross-country run & tug-of-war in Armenia 

 

YEREVAN – On 22 September, the Armenian Student Sports Federation organised two tournaments devoted to the International Day of University Sport. On Saturday, a cross country run was held in Yerevan and a Tug of War tournament took place. 

 

About 300 athletes from 15 universities participated in the event.

 

Participating students and officials once again confirmed the importance of such kind of events, proving that sport is not to be taken out of universities and must be fully integrated in higher education. The International Day Of University Sport, called IDUS, is celebrated on 20 September of each year since 2016.

 

Special tournament held in Yemen 

 

YEMEN — On the occasion of the International Day of University Sport, the University of Science and Technology in Yemen honoured a number of students who won the sports championships that were held to mark the occasion. 

 

At a grand ceremony held in the Great Hall of the Faculty of Administrative Sciences, the Secretary General of the University, Faisal Hazaa, and the Director of Student Affairs Department, Omar Hassan Omar, stressed upon the importance of sports in universities and the social role played by universities in shaping students’ skills and abilities for life. 

 

The University of Science and Technology, since its inception, has had a robust sports programme for boys and girls through good infrastructure, a number of activities and university-based sports competitions.

 

The winners of the sports tournament organised by the Student Affairs Department on the occasion of IDUS were also honoured at the ceremony, and a seminar on ‘University Sport for a Future Vision’ was also held. Yemen’s celebrated Equestrian athlete Bilal Al-Sabri moderated part of the seminar and spoke about how to overcome many difficulties and challenges that come up in an athlete’s life. 

 

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