BYDGOSZCZ, POLAND — With a field comprised of the 551 finest university chess and bridge players, check out the table presence and play from the FISU World University Mind Sports which is underway for the next five days.
The 2020 FISU World University Championship Mind Sports (online) starts today! The time has finally come and participants from the world over will start competing in just a few hours from now. The Championship, originally scheduled to be held onsite in Bydgoszcz, Poland, was switched to an online format due to the COVID-19 pandemic. With […]
Bydgoszcz, POLAND- With two weeks to go, preparations for the 2020 FISU World University Championship (WUC) Mind Sports online are well underway and the Organising Committee is hard at work ensuring a quality event for the 2020 online edition. Since the launch of registration in August, the 2020 FISU WUC Mind Sports online is […]
On an evening billed as a world record day, former FISU World University Cross-country Championship titleist Joshua Cheptegei smashed the men’s 10,000 metres mark at the Valencia World Record Day event. Crossing the line in a stunning 26 minutes 11.02 seconds in a near-empty socially-distanced Turia stadium, Uganda’s Cheptegei wiped the last of […]
Bydgoszcz, POLAND – In exactly one month from now, some of the best university-level Chess and Bridge players from the world over will get a chance to compete in the World University Mind Sports Championship, from 26-30 October 2020. The Championship was to be held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, but has been switched to an online format […]
Uganda’s Jospeh Cheptegei demonstratingly reacts to knocking two seconds off one of the oldest athletics records in the books by running 12:35 for the 5000m at the Monaco 2020 Diamond League (Photo courtesy @MeetingHerculis Twitter) History was in the making on a hot and humid night at the Monaco 2020 Diamond League as Uganda’s Joseph […]
In these turbulent times, the University Sport Movement has still managed to keep a strong virtual presence. From the hosting on successful inaugural eSports Football Challenge to the FISU Volunteer Leaders Academy, to the FISU World Forum, the university sports and education community has united online. Following the success of these virtual event formats, […]
FISU announces the cancellation of its events until 15 October 2020, in keeping with safety measures being taken around the world to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. LAUSANNE, Switzerland ― As the International University Sports Federation (FISU) continues to monitor the global situation closely, with regard to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the FISU Steering Committee has […]
