Summer Games

GWANGJU – To encourage the participation of university students in promoting the Gwangju 2015 Summer Universiade, some 300 regional representatives from universities around the country gathered in Gwangju. The 2015 Gwangju Summer Universiade Organizing Committee (GUOC) appointed these university student reps as members of ‘Unifriends’, the promotional ambassador group for the 2015 Universiade made up of […]

   FISU President Gallien & CBDU President Cabral LAUSANNE – During the 26th Winter Universiade in Trentino, the FISU Executive Committee met for the last time in 2013 and at that meeting the Brazilian University Sport Association (CBDU), headed by its President Luciano Cabral, FISU Vice-President, delivered the final version of the attribution contract of […]

  Mayor Kang Un-tae & Director Park Myeong-seong GWANGJU – The 2015 Gwangju Summer Universiade Organizing Committee (GUOC 2015) held an appointment ceremony for the director of the opening and closing ceremonies at the Business Room in City Hall. The Chairman of GUOC, the executive director and other related officials were in attendance at the […]

    BRASILIA – On 28 November, in Brasília (Brazil), members of the Brazilian University Sport Association (CBDU), headed by their president, Luciano Cabral, met with the Brazilian Sport Minister Aldo Rebelo and the National Sport Secretary Ricardo Cappelli to discuss the plans and support from the Federal Government on the organization of the 30th […]

  Gwangju Mayor Kang Un-tae & Suzy  GWANGJU – Suzy, known as the ‘national sweetheart’ of Korea and member of Girl band ‘Miss A’, will be acting as a promotional ambassador for the 2015 Gwangju Summer Universiade. 2015 Gwangju Summer Universiade Organizing Committee (GUOC 2015) appointed Suzy, as an ambassador of the 2015 Gwangju Summer […]

Kazan has won several awards in the framework of the ISEM awards.   Standing for International Sport Event Management, ISEM is an annual conference in the industry among sports event management professionals. During the 2013 edition that is being currently held in London (4-6 November), the city of Kazan has won several awards for the […]

    GWANGJU – FISU Media Director Dejan Susovic, along with FISU IT Consultant Mirjana Cvijanovic, visited Gwangju on 4 November, for a two-day meeting concerning the preparations for IT and Broadcasting during the 2015 Gwangju Summer Universiade (GU 2015). Following the FISU Inspection, which occurred last October, this meeting was arranged to check each […]