The Post Office in the Athletes’ Village is a big hit. Enter it at any particular moment during the day and you will find people in there buying the official postcards of the Universiade. However, the most important item for sale for stamp collectors is without doubt the official stamps of the 25th Universiade, […]
AIPS President Gianni Merlo with the President of the Serbian Sport Journalist Federation When sport journalists opened their mail today, they probably found a message in their mailbox from AIPS President Gianni Merlo sent from Belgrade, host city of the 25th Summer Universiade contemplating on the importance and significance of sport journalism. Indeed, Sports […]
The Greek Chef de Mission Nikolaos Vasileiou with the President of Greece, Mr. Karolos Papoulias The Greek President encourages the athletes Today, July 2nd, the Athletes’ Village of the 25th Summer Universiade in Belgrade was visited by a Very VIP Guest. Indeed, the President of Greece, Mr. Karolos Papoulias, was welcomed at the entrance […]
Traditionally the ‘Charles Wendon Memorial Race’ for officials is organized during this Universiade as well. The first edition of the Race was held at the 1983 Summer Universiade and was the brainchild of Charles Wendon, a British official at the time, still alive at the time it he named it the ‘Charles Wendon Memorial Race’, […]
As it has been a tradition since 2001, FISU has a Web TV Crew running around the Universiade to register the atmosphere of the Games. This 25th edition is no exception to the rule. The Web Crew launched its first video on the FISU TV website and on the FISU YouTube site. To access the […]
Today, July 1st, the 25th Summer Universiade kicked-off in Belgrade, Serbia with the Opening Ceremony in the Belgrade Arena, witnessed by the President of Serbia, Mr. Boris Tadic. The event traditionally started with the parade of the participating delegations. However, since the protocol and cultural part were held inside the Belgrade Arena, a multi-functional […]
Today, June 30th, the German delegation at the 2009 Summer Universiade in Belgrade, together with the invited Heads of Delegation of other nations were welcomed by the German Ambassador in his embassy in the outskirts of Belgrade. Nico Sperle, ADH PresidentNico Sperle, the President of ADH, the German University Sport Federation thanked the Ambassador […]
Serbia vs. Canada (2-1) Even though the Belgrade Universiade is not yet official open (thus will be the case tomorrow, Wednesday, July 1st), the first sports events began today, most officially. It was football players (men and women) who opened the ball at 10.30 this morning in order to enable the two tournaments to be […]
