Summer Games

    GWANGJU – On March 18, the Gwangju 2015 Universiade Organizing Committee (GUOC) signed a partnership agreement with Gwangju Metropolitan Transit Corporation (Gwangju Metro) and the Gwangju Bus Union. As a result of this new partnership, Gwangju will provide free public transportation to the Universiade Family, which includes athletes, officials, FISU Family etc. The […]

  FLORENCE – FISU President Claude-Louis Gallien and FISU Secretary-General/CEO Eric Saintrond travelled to Florence, Italy this Saturday, 14 March, to meet with Italian political authorities Mr. Luca Lotti, State Secretary of the Italian Government; Mrs. Stefania Saccardi, Vice-President of the Government of Tuscany; Mr. Dario Nardella, Mayor of the city of Florence; Mr. Andrea […]

BUCHAREST – Today, 10 March, Romania officially announced the preparation of a bid to host the 2021 Summer Universiade. A press conference formalising the bid was held at 17h00 in the Aula Magna of the Faculty of Law of the University of Bucharest in the presence of Romanian President Klaus Johannis, FISU Secretary General/CEO Eric […]

    GWANGJU – Gathering internationally renowned speakers, the next FISU Summer Universiade Conference promises a high level of keynote presentations: Main theme: The Impact of University Sport on the Global Community ­Chong Yang Kim (Director of Graduate Studies, Hanyang University, KOR) ­Jo Maguire (Professor of Sociology of Sport, University of Loughborough, GBR) ­Mike Lafflin […]

    LAUSANNE – The FISU Media & Communication Committee chaired by EC member Verena Burk recently selected the twelve journalism students and/or young graduates who will be a part of the 3rd edition of the FISU Young Reporters’ Programme during the 28th Summer Universiade in Gwangju, Korea, this July. The twelve journos, who will […]

    GWANGJU – With only four months left until the Opening Ceremony of the 28th Summer Universiade in Gwangju, Korea, representatives from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism visited Gwangju to meet with the Gwangju 2015 Universiade Organizing Committee (GUOC) on 5 March. The central government has created a task force with central […]

   GUOC Secretary General KIM Yoon-suk with TBN-Gwangju Director JANG Young-ju GWANGJU – On 27 February, the Gwangju 2015 Universiade Organizing Committee (GUOC) signed a partnership agreement with the Traffic Broadcasting Network (TBN)-Gwangju. TBN-Gwangju not only provides live and pre-recorded traffic reports but also live coverage of major events. The station has a wide audience […]

    LAUSANNE – 10 March 2015 will be the last day when FISU Member Federations may gather nominations for the 4th FISU Gender Equality-Sport Award, with a view to review them and submit their selection to the FISU Secretariat by 31 March 2015. The FISU Gender Equality-Sport Award aims to increase the proportion of […]