Beach Volleyball medallists (Photo: Felipe Abud) FORTALEZA – After the finals of Brazil’s University Sport League of Beach Volleyball, held in Fortaleza, Ceará from 2 to 4 May, the yellow and green has four more athletes who qualified for the Brazilian team heading to the Universiade of Kazan this summer. In the Women’s competition, the […]
KAZAN – On Thursday, April 4th, the Heads of Delegation started their inspection tour of the main venues of the 27th Summer Universiade in Kazan next July. Divided into 3 groups, they visited the “Basketball Hall”, the “Central Stadium”, the “Central Stadium Track and Field Hall”, the “Rowing Centre” and the Universiade Village during the […]
KAZAN – And again Kazan is getting ready to welcome guests. Heads of Delegation (HoD) of more than 120 nations will gather in the host city of the 2013 Summer Universiade on 3-7 April. Sports ministers and heads of National University Sports Federations (NUSFs) from the United States, Canada, China, Latin America, Africa, Asia, the […]
Mennea clocks the World Record at the 1979 SU in Mexico LAUSANNE/ROME – Pietro Mennea, medal winner at the Universiade on various occasions and the greatest Italian sprinter of the 20th century, passed away on 21 March at the age of 60 after a long illness. Mennea after breaking the World Record at the 1979 […]
KAZAN – The Universiade Village officially opened its door for a brand new service as the post office in the 420010 zip code was launched at the student campus last week. The grand opening was attended by Farid Abdulganiev, Universiade Village Mayor, Vitaly Utkin, Head of Information Technologies and Communications of Kazan’s Executive Committee, Regina […]
François Thiébaud (Tissot) & Eric Saintrond (FISU) sign the FISU-Tissot partnership LE LOCLE/LAUSANNE – FISU, the International University Sports Federation is proud to announce a long-term partnership with Tissot commencing with its flagship events in 2013. Tissot will provide timekeeping, scoring and results services at both the 27th Summer Universiade in Kazan, Russia and the […]
GWANGJU – Uni-friends, the honorary publicity ambassador of the 2015 Gwangju Universiade, in its third term gathered at the beginning of February in the Muju Ski Resort, where the 1997 Winter Universiade had been held. Uni-friends reaffirmed their determination to continue their promotional activities for the 2015 Universiade, by assessing their performances achieved in the past year […]
KAZAN – Pre-registration for the Kazan 2013 Observer Programme is still open for the Organising Committees of future Universiades and multi-sports events. The Observer programme participants will be gaining invaluable experience of how the Summer Universiade events are organised. The programme provides the Organising Committees with the opportunities to learn from other multi-sport events and […]
