World Cups

JINJIANG, People’s Republic of China – It’s not every Tuesday morning that you can walk into the Wudianshi Traditional Block in Jinjiang and witness a full-fledged performance of the characteristic Fujian opera known as Gaojia or ‘Ko-Kah’. But this was not a usual morning. The team from Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University (UKR) discover the traditional […]

THE GRAND FINALE: THE UNIVERSITY WORLD CUP MEN’S TITLE DAY Commanding semifinal wins for the University of Wollongong and the University of the Republic set up the grand finale to this event’s inaugural edition: the men’s gold medal game.   Considered a bit of a dark horse heading into the tournament, the University of Wollongong […]

  With daring and enterprising play, unbeaten Paulista University takes top stop into semifinals   JINJIANG — When thinking of Brazilian football, memories of daring and imaginative plays from the game’s greatest players wearing the country’s distinctive yellow jersey come to mind. Yet in the final game of group play it was the University of […]

JINJIANG, People’s Republic of China — The men’s quarterfinals at the inaugural KELME 2019 FISU University World Cup – Football have been set. Group A toppers University of Malaga (ESP) will take on University of the Republic (URU), Smolensk State Academy (RUS) will be up against University of Wollongong (AUS) who sneaked through to the […]

JINJIANG, People’s Republic of China – Emma Lefebvre’s growing popularity at the University World Cup – Football brought three men’s teams out to the Jinjiang Sports Centre stadium, to watch the game between University of Ottawa and Siberian Federal University of Russia.   Emma Lefebvre, University of OttawaLefebvre’s two goals scored in the Canadians’ opening […]

A Beijing Institute of Technology player hits the playing pitch hard during their game against Bangkok Thonburi University In football as in photography, style is less the product of one’s personal expression than it is of developing one’s craft through poise, patience, and infinite care. Most people who kick a ball, like most people who […]

JINJIANG, People’s Republic of China – The physiological demands of playing a football match are high, among the highest in sport. The intense 90-minute action, the added time and the relentless travel to and from the stadium take a toll. So how do athletes get up and ready to go once again within 48 hours […]