It’s fun, it’s social, it’s easy to learn, it gets the heart rate up and it’s taking the world by storm… and now, it’s part of the FISU calendar as well! Yes, you guessed it – we’re talking about one of the fastest-growing sports in the world, padel! Earlier this year, after thorough discussions with […]
The FISU Executive Committee, under the leadership of Secretary General and CEO Matthias Remund, has officially assigned the host cities for the 2026 FISU World University Championships. The announcement took place during a key meeting on 12 January 2025, marking an important milestone in the preparation for these university sports competitions. The following cities, countries […]
Giant slalom is ultimately the basic discipline in alpine skiing, one which every skier needs to learn and master first before moving on to other specialties. That explains in part why the start list of the men’s giant slalom event at the FISU World University Games on Sunday, 19 January was one of the largest […]
On Day 6 of the FISU World University Games, Saturday, 18 January, emotions ran high for Germany’s para-alpine skier Luisa Grube, who competed in the final race of her career, the Torino 2025 giant slalom. With her guide Jordi Maurer by her side, the visually-impaired athlete gave it her all and claimed a silver medal […]
Palavela, the 2006 Olympics arena, hosted the first figure skating medal event of the Torino 2025 FISU World University Games on Friday, 17 January. Spanish couple Sofia Val and Asaf Kazimov took gold in ice dance under the watchful eyes of former Italian star Carolina Kostner, who witnessed their performance with keen interest from the […]
Day 3 of alpine skiing at the Torino 2025 FISU World University Games brought the spotlight onto the Super-G events on Friday, 17 January at Bardonecchia Melezet. Among many exceptional performances, Louison Accambray of France (1:00.88) and Ander Mintegui of Spain (57.55) delivered the best, and ended up on top of the women’s and men’s […]
After a week of outstanding university handball action, champions were crowned at the Antequera 2024 FISU World University Championship Handball. The Spanish city welcomed 14 teams from eight countries in women’s and men’s tournaments, which saw the return to a FISU Championship format (nations are represented) from the FISU Cup format of 2022 (universities are […]
These four countries have reached the semi-finals of a thrilling tournament in Andalusia. The host nation is on fire in Antequera, as both Spain’s teams – nicknamed the Warriors – will battle for a spot in the final. In the men’s tournament, Spain finished first of Group A in front of Poland, Brazil and India, […]
