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Mongolia volleyball star makes ‘dream’ return to birth country and Berlin

Summer Games 2 July 2025

For every member of the Mongolian women’s volleyball team heading to Berlin, the FISU World University Games are a chance to showcase their skills against the best student players on the planet. For one of their number, however, the journey offers something much more: a chance to uncover the country of her birth. “It is truly […]

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When Luke met Fabian: Brit eyes gymnastics prize with help from Germany’s Hambüchen

Summer Games 30 June 2025

The young British talent meets superstar – and two time FISU World University Games participant – Fabian Hambüchen for a fun and insightful mentoring session ahead of Whitehouse’s participation to the competition in Essen. Luke Whitehouse feels at home inside Leeds Gymnastics Club, an oasis of sporting excellence within a north of England city better […]

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First timers aiming for German joy in Rhine-Ruhr

Summer Games 27 June 2025

The Rhine-Ruhr 2025 FISU World University Games will go down in the history books for Team South Africa, and Thoriso Kotsane absolutely cannot wait to be a part of it! 3×3 basketball will be featured for the very first time at the FISU Games – a unique feat in itself, 13 years after the very […]

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The Rhine-Ruhr 2025 medals: the world in motion

Summer Games 26 June 2025

Presented in a box that symbolises the Ruhr region – rugged on the outside, warm at heart – the Rhine-Ruhr 2025 FISU World University Games medals represent so much more than exceptional achievements. The medal of the Rhine-Ruhr 2025 FISU World University Games captures the essence of global unity and youthful sporting spirit. Five raised […]

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The boy in the boat: meet the triple Olympian making waves at Rhine-Ruhr 2025

Summer Games 23 June 2025

Mo Taieb is doing everything by the book in his planning of the rowing competition for the Rhine-Ruhr 2025 FISU World University Games, where he occupies the position of sport manager, but the three-time Olympian owes much of his own success to a celebrated novel he never even read. Taieb was 11 years old when […]

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South-African Jason Fogle sets his eyes on second FISU World University Games

Summer Games 20 June 2025

The upcoming tennis player from Stellenbosch University was recently selected to represent South Africa for the second time at the FISU Games in Germany, from 16 to 27 July. Having represented South Africa internationally at the FISU World University Games (WUG) in Chengdu, China in 2023; Fogle is no stranger to wearing the green and […]

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Wheelchair basketball star Lilly Sellak says fate "changed me for the better"

Summer Games 17 June 2025

On the eve of Para sport’s debut at the FISU World University Games, wheelchair basketball star Lilly Sellak has one powerful message for anyone recovering from a life-changing moment like the one she endured on the way to school in 2019. For the first time ever in the FISU World University Games Summer, wheelchair basketball […]