ALMATY – Today, 8 February, Russia and Kazakhstan faced-off for the gold medal game, while Canada took on Czech Republic for the bronze. Prior to the start of the 28th World Winter Universiade, both finalists were considered to be contenders of this ice hockey tournament. At the previous Winter Universiade in 2015, in […]
ALMATY — Thinking of sport in New Zealand, it’s cricket, rugby and football that come to mind. But New Zealand’s Virigina Orange says there is far more than just the sunny beach shores. “New Zealand has everything,” she said. “We have the mountains, we have the sea, we have the rain […]
ALMATY – The most anticipated games of today, 6 February were without doubt the medal games of the women’s tournament. USA faced-off against China for the bronze, while Canada and Russia played for gold, a repeat of the previous edition. Women’s Bronze Medal Game CHN vs USA The bronze medal game […]
ALMATY – Sweden’s women’s and Norway’s men’s teams have won the bronze medals on the penultimate day (Monday 6 February) of the curling competition at the Winter Universiade being held in the Almaty Arena, in Kazakhstan. Following a 4-7 defeat to Canada in Monday morning’s semi-finals Isabella Wranaa’s team bounced back […]
ALMATY – It was the perfect ending of the speed skating competition today, 6 February at the Medeu Mountain Ice Rink. The rink is located in a mountain valley on the south-eastern outskirts of Almaty and sits 1,691 metres above sea level, making it the highest skating rink in the world. Although below zero […]
ALMATY – On the occasion of the 28th Winter Universiade in Almaty, Kazakhstan, the FISU President, Oleg Matytsin, the FISU Vice-President, Léopold Senghor and the director of educational services, Kolë Gjeloshaj met with the President of the International Fair-Play Committee, Jeno Kamuti and his assistant Deregan Gabor. Exchange of gifts between FISU President Oleg Matytsin […]
ALMATY – Morocco is not a country one would expect to participate in winter sports. But at the 28th Winter Universiade, there are two representatives of this sovereign country located in North Africa. Both of them are alpine skiers, but what’s more, they are brothers. Meet the Lamhamedis – 21 years old Adam […]
ALMATY — When Canadian university teams — Calgary and Alberta — went head to head in women’s hockey on 21 January, it began what would be an International rivalry because just one week later, one player from each team would meet up again in Almaty, Kazakhstan. University of Calgary’s Sasha Vafina suited […]
