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The sun has set on a fantastic edition of the FISU Beach Sports Championships

Championships 25 September 2026

The Figueira da Foz Buarcos Beach has seen the best beach soccer, handball, wrestling and volleyball student-athletes from the world compete on its sand over the last seven days. What a great way to say goodbye to the Portuguese summer! Almost from sunrise until sunset, student-athletes from all over the world jumped, kicked, ran and […]

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Brazil and Moldova lead the medal table as beach wrestling crowns first champions

Championships 21 September 2026

The Beach Wrestling competition concluded on 18 September in Figueira da Foz, with eight athletes crowned champions across the men’s and women’s categories. Brazil and Moldova claimed the largest number of gold medals, with three titles each. In the men’s competition, Moldova won the 70 kg, 80 kg and 90 kg categories, through Ion Berghi, […]

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Local student-athlete Wissal Yakhlef offers Qatar a perfect finale with three golds

Championships 13 September 2026

Organised by the Qatar Collegiate Sports Federation and held at Education City, the championship featured 116 athletes representing 21 countries and regions, competing in 16 weight categories, with eight categories for men and eight for women. As the curtain was about to drop on the Doha 2026 FISU World University Championship Weightlifting, H.E. Dr. Ibrahim […]

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Who will be the strongest student-athletes in the World?

AUSF 7 September 2026

Student-athletes from 21 countries and regions have gathered in Doha to try to win medals but also to beat FISU records set two years ago at the Tartu 2024 FISU World University Championship weightlifting. Make sure to follow live! Hosted by the Qatar Collegiate Sports Federation (QCSF), this prestigious championship will bring together over 110 […]

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Two North American teams qualify for Macau, China

FISU America 9 June 2026

FISU America 3×3 Basketball qualifier in Tegucigalpa 2026 sets record attendance and sends women from Carleton University (CAN) and men from Yale University (USA) to the FISU World Cup in October. From 25 to 28 May, Honduras hosted an official FISU America event for the first time, bringing together more than 130 student athletes from […]

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Three crowns in a row for Vytautas Magnus, Carleton change silver into gold

World Cups 17 November 2025

Nobody was able to knock the Lithuanians off their throne: they claimed a third FISU University World Cup victory in a row, beating the locals from Paulista University in the final. Canada’s players were crowned this years’ queens after finishing second in 2024. Can you still feel the energy that radiated from Brasilia between 14-16 […]

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Don't miss the finals day in Brazil!

World Cups 16 November 2025

After two days of ceremonies, shootouts, dunks, whistles, cheers and plenty of emotions, it is already time for the finals day in Brasilia with teams from all five continents still competing for the trophies. Time flies when you’re having fun! That is certainly what has been happening at the Brasilia 2025 FISU University World Cup […]

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Will there be a new men's champion in 2025?

World Cups 14 November 2025

As even is about to begin, FISU’s broadcast commentator Ben Ibrahim from Malaysia met up with the players to gauge their confidence levels and collect their expectations… This will be Ben Ibrahim’s s sixth consecutive FISU University World Cup 3×3 basketball on commentary duty. Before each tournament begins, Ben always does his homework on the […]