MARIBOR – On October 12th, 2011, the FISU Seminar for Universiade OC started in Maribor, the hosting city of the 26th Winter Universiade. The president of the Maribor OC Tone VOGRINEC and SUSA President and Vice-President of the Maribor OC Otmar KUGOVNIK opened this important seminar with a welcome speech. The seminar was attended […]
KAZAN – Director General of the Kazan 2013 Executive Directorate Vladimir Leonov and Yusup Yakubov, Rector of the Volga Region State Academy of Physical Culture, Sports and Tourism, are on an official visit to the United States where they study the American experience of managing sporting events. Within their three-day trip to Georgia, Vladimir […]
Kazan OC meets with Shenzhen OC during the 2011 SU in Shenzhen KAZAN – The FISU Debriefing of the 26th Summer Universiade in Shenzhen is scheduled to be held on October 21st-22nd in Kazan. The meeting titled ‘Universiade: From Shenzhen to Kazan’ will take place in the Korston Hotel and Mall and will see the Shenzhen 2011 Organizing […]
ALMATY – On October 7th, 2011 a new project “Universiade Lessons” started in Almaty. The project is conducted within the bidding campaign for the right to host the 28th Winter Universiade in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The main aim of the project is to better inform Kazakhstan students and schoolchildren about the University Games, their history and who of […]
BRASILIA – During the National University Sports League finals in Brasilia last month, Everton Melo, participant of the FISU-AIPS Young Reporters’ Program at the Shenzhen Universiade, interviewed CBDU President Luciano Cabral about the candidature of Brasilia to bid for the 2017 Summer Universiade. The city of Brasilia, half a century old, did hardly exist when […]
KAZAN – Under the partnership agreement signed with the Kazan 2013 Executive Directorate, Ak Bars Bank, the largest bank of Tatarstan, will be both providing financial support in the preparations and staging of the 27th Summer Universiade inKazan and developing modern banking infrastructure. Such statement was made by Deputy Director General of the […]
SOCHI – Representatives of the Kazan 2013 Executive Directorate travelled toSochi to attend the first All-Russian Olympic Volunteer Movement Rally. The rally that kicked off inSochithe day earlier, assembled nearly 250 volunteers from 14 regions of Russia and 25 Sochi 2014 volunteer centers. Tatarstan’s representatives at the rally were Liliya Barieva, Dirctor of the […]
OTTAWA – As part of its 50th Anniversary Celebration, Canadian Interuniversity Sport presents the CIS 50th Anniversary Success Stories series. Each week throughout the 2011-12 season, CIS will profile two alumni from CIS member institutions who have made outstanding contributions in areas such as sports, business, politics or in the community. Tracy MacLeod: Inspirational […]
