PARNU – Next Wednesday, 13 July, begins this year’s greatest Estonian beach volleyball party in Pärnu when the World University Beach Volleyball Championships starts. The tournament takes place in Estonia’s Summer Capital until 17 July. There will be 32 best student pairs from all over the world both in women and men tournaments. “It […]
SWANSEA – Great Britain men and women lit up Swansea on the opening day of competition at the 7th World University Rugby Sevens Championship as both sides went unbeaten. St. Mary’s Samir Kharbouch shone as Great Britain’s men – champions in 2012 and 2014 – opened up their title defence with two wins […]
GIOANIA – “It was a very difficult match. The opponents were very strong, but we had control of the game and came out ahead”, said the captain of the Bolivian women’s team, Virginia Ballesteros, after winning with 9-1 against Kazakhstan. The game was part of the group stage of the 15th World University Futsal […]
SWANSEA – Devastation for Great Britain after Australia captain Conor Mitchell’s last-play try secured a 24-20 win to deny the hosts a third successive World University Championship title in Swansea. Great Britain held off a spirited French side 10-7 in their semi-final and despite Bath University’s Patrick Jenkinson and Christopher Levesley helping the […]
GOIANIA/ANAPOLIS – The International Gym Newton de Faria, in Anápolis, witnessed two heavy defeats this Friday (8), in the 15th World University Futsal Championship. One of them was in the match between Portugal and New Zealand, with the Lusitanian team defeating the opponent by 13-0. The match against the men’s team of China was […]
SWANSEA – Five tries against Namibia ensured Great Britain secured a semi-final spot and bounced back from defeat to Australia at the World University Championship in Swansea. Christopher Levesley was exceptional again for the hosts as they sealed a clinical 31-5 win over the dangerous Namibians to book a semi-final against the unbeaten French. […]
ANAPOLIS – An easy game and a very lively crowd marked the victory of Brazil by 8-2 against Kazakhstan, in the International Gym Newton de Faria, in Anápolis. The result left the Brazilian men’s team in the top of Group A. With a score of 19-0, the Brazilian women’s team did a real show […]
SWANSEA – Yesterday the 7th World University Rugby Sevens Championship was officially opened. The opening ceremony began with British Universities & Colleges Sport CEO, Vince Mayne welcoming everyone to Swansea saying: “Rugby is very important within the overall sports programme in universities in the UK. The FISU Rugby 7s have been a key […]
