Summer Games

  OTTAWA – Canadian Interuniversity Sport announced Wednesday the 11 student-athletes and four staff members who will represent Canada in golf at the 26th Summer Universiade inShenzhen,China, in August.   This will mark the second appearance for golf at the World University Games. The sport made its Universiade debut in 2007 in Bangkok, Thailand, but […]

  KAZAN – A solemn opening ceremony of 2011 Personnel Reserve took place on June 9 inKazan. The republican project aimed at training members of administrative staff among socially active youth was initiated by the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Tourism of theRepublic ofTatarstan in association with the Kazan 2013 Executive Directorate. 160 young citizens […]

  SHENZHEN – On May 23rd and 24th, the 2011 Guangdong Youth Weightlifting Invitational Tournament is held in the Complex Training Hall of Shenzhen Sport School, running as the first test event for the 2011 Universiade. It is reported that nearly 70 athletes from 6 cities of Guangdong province (Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Foshan, Dongguan and […]

Leonz Eder, Shen Tingting, Guo Jun and Verena Burk in front of a model of the new venues including the Main Press Center and the Media Hotel   SHENZHEN – During the Head of Delegations Meeting in Shenzhen, FISU IPC Chair Leonz Eder, Vice-Chair Verena Burk and Dejan Susovic, Director of FISU Media and Communication […]

QUEENSLAND – The Australian team selected to travel to the 2011 Summer Universiade in Shenzhen, China, will be part of a new era in Australian university sport, being the first to compete as the “Australian Uniroos”.  Travelling to the event in early August, Australian team management hopes that the new team name will give this, […]

  KAZAN – Within the framework of the solemn opening ceremony of the Spring Twists and Turns Festival, the Kazan 2013 Executive Directorate signed a cooperation agreement with the Centre of Out-of-School Activities, municipal educational institution of children’s additional education of the Moscow district of Kazan, that organizes and manages the event. The agreement was […]

  KAZAN – An extended session was held today at the office of the Kazan 2013 Executive Directorate. The purpose of the session was to sum up trips of the Kazan 2013 Organizing Committee to the 25th Winter Universiade in Erzurum and the 7th Asian Winter Games in Kazakhstan. Apart from the Kazan 2013 Executive […]

  KAZAN – The ‘2010 Year in Review’ press conference was organized yesterday, December 28th by the Kazan 2013 Executive Committee in one of the 2013 Summer Universiade venues – Ak Bars Wrestling Palace. The event was held by Kazan 2013 top managers: Director General Vladimir Leonov, First Deputy Director General Azat Kadyrov, Deputies Director […]