Summer Games

CHENGDU – The fast-developing southwestern Chinese city continues its intense work to transform itself into a competition and culture hub, with 12 new venues under construction and 37 currently being renovated.   The Fenghuang Mountain Sports Park is one of the marquee venues underway with locals already calling the construction site the home of Chengdu’s […]

Take a trip back through 60 years of Universiade history. The eighth stop on the FISU history tour takes us to the capitol of Japan for the Tokyo 1967 Summer Universiade   Following the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games, some people wondered if Japan’s ability to stage a world-class sporting event was just a fluke, a one-off […]

Currently in the steel structure construction stage, the Dong’an Lake Sports Park is about to impress the world   As the host of the 31st Summer World University Games, Chengdu is the first world-level multi-sport event to be held in the metropolis – as well as in the whole Western China region.    Artistic rendering of […]

Springboks women’s captain and former Napoli Universiade participant, Babalwa Latsha recently made history when she became the first female South African rugby player to turn professional.   Babalwa Latsha becomes the first South African female rugby player to turn pro Latsha impressed Spanish scouts when she played for the Springboks against Spain in September last […]

EKATERINBURG, RUSSIAN FEDERATION – A three-day inspection visit led by FISU Summer Games Director Marc Vanderplas continued their collaboration with the Summer World University Games hosts in the industrial heart of Russia. Local organisers and a three-member FISU delegation took part in a hard-driving programme visit that included visits to 2023 Games venues alongside meetings […]

MOSCOW – A FISU delegation, led by Director of the Summer World University Games Marc Vandenplas, visited Moscow and Ekaterinburg ahead of the 2023 edition of the event.   This inspection visit, more than three years in advance of the event, focused on core areas like accommodation, accreditation and volunteer management among others.   The […]

For 2019 FISU medalist Nicole Hutchinson, the Summer Universiade was as much about camaraderie as it was about competition.   The Canadian runner, who won a silver medal in the women’s 5,000 metres, remembers her time in Napoli for more than just the thrill of racing in one of the world’s biggest athletics events.   […]

NAPLES – The majestic San Paolo Stadium, home to Italian football club Napoli, that was renovated for the Napoli 2019 Summer Universiade is now all set to host one of the top global athletics events – a Diamond League meet. The Diamond League meet which was originally scheduled to take place in Rome on 28 May this […]