KAZAN – On Friday, October 19th, a group of Universiade drivers who had completed the Kazan 2013 transportation training programme took a test on English, one of the most important subjects of the course. The drivers whose driving experience already approaches 30 years are back to classrooms to study English. It’s already the third group […]
BERGEN – The 6th Norwegian University Games were held in Bergen from October 10th to 14th. Over 1,500 athletes contributed in making this the best university sports event in Norway during 2012. The games opened with a blast. Cultural events together with an amazing firework show kickstarted five days of sports and social happenings. Friday […]
FOZ DO IGACU – The city of Foz do Iguacu (Parana) will host some of the best Brazilian athletes in the country’s largest university competition: the Brazilian University Games (OUJUBs) 2012. From October 18th to 27th, around 3,000 athletes from 26 Brazilian states plus the Federal District will compete in four team sports (basketball, futsal, […]
FISU SG/CEO Eric Saintrond KAZAN – FISU Secretary General/CEO Eric Saintrond arrived on a working visit to Kazan, the host city of the 27th Summer Universiade. Together with experts of the Kazan 2013 Executive Directorate he will discuss the progress in implementing marketing programmes and television broadcasting policy. The talks will focus on rights […]
FISU staff members Zhao, Vandenplas & Stallecker with GUOC representative Songhwa Han GWANGJU – Marc Vandenplas, FISU Director for the Summer Universiade expressed his satisfaction after completing the inspection visit on the preparations of the 2015 Gwangju Summer Universiade. He evaluated the preparation progress of Gwangju Summer Universiade as “Impressed.” Upon arriving in Gwangju, Korea […]
Aurelio Ureña, Claude-Louis Gallien, Aleksandra Pilecka & Eric Saintrond GRANADA – Last week, FISU President Claude-Louis Gallien and Secretary General/CEO Eric Saintrond attended a number of important meetings in Madrid and Granada for safeguarding the future hosting of the 27th Winter Universiade in Granada in 2015. During their two days visit, the FISU delegates first […]
KAZAN – 60 countries have already expressed readiness to compete at the 2013 Summer Universiade in the city of Kazan. The majority of them – 36 nations – applied online whereas the rest of them sent completed general entry forms by mail. As informed earlier, on July 6th, when Kazan marked one year to go […]
KAZAN – Cooperation between the Kazan 2013 Executive Directorate and Volga Region State Academy of Physical Culture, Sports and Tourism was discussed last week at the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Tourism of the Republic of Tatarstan. For the period of the 27th Summer Universiade, from July 6th to 17th, 2013, all sports facilities of […]
