Multisports

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. Today we are profiling […]

  KAZAN – Six higher education institutions of Tatarstan assumed the responsibility for developing university sports on the threshold of the 27th World University Summer Games in Kazan. The corresponding cooperation agreement was signed with the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Tourism of the Republic of Tatarstan on Tuesday, October 4th. The agreement signing ceremony […]

  MOSCOW – The oldest alma mater ofRussia, Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU), became a partner of theKazan 2013 Excutive Directorate today. The corresponding agreement was signed by Rector of Russia’s largest university Victor Sadovnichy and Director General of the Kazan 2013 Executive Directorate Vladimir Leonov. The agreement signing ceremony observed the attendance of Natalia […]

SAINT PETERSBURG – A spectacular show on the occasion of Freshers’ Day which was held within the FISU Flag Relay’s stay inSaint Petersburg took place in the Peterburgsky Sports and Culture Complex. The event brought together more than 20,000 fresher students in one of the largest concert venues of the Northern Capital. The luckiest of […]

SAINT PETERSBURG – A meeting of student activists and youth policy leaders took place in Saint Petersburg State University recently. Youth of two regions discussed implementation plan of joint projects in the preparations for the 27th Summer Universiade in Kazan. The meeting, held as part of the FISU Flag Relay’s program in Saint Petersburg and […]

  SAINT PETERSBURG – The Flag of the International University Sports Federation reached Saint Petersburg. The 27th Summer Universiade will be presented to the students of the Northern Capital of Russia during the Fresher’s Day celebrations. The program of the FISU Flag Relay festivities started with a motor rally through downtown Saint Petersburg. The motorcade […]

  BRUSSELS – Today, September 30th, the candidate cities that are bidding to host the 2017 Universiades presented their bid books toFISU President Claude-Louis Gallien at theFISU Office ‘Château de la Solitude’ in Brussels, Belgium. Present as well were FISU Vice-Presidents Zhang (CHN), Cabral (BRA) and Eder (SUI).  FISU SG/CEO SaintrondFISU Secretary-General/CEO Eric Saintrond gave […]

  BRASILIA – September 24th, after five days of games, involving more than 900 student-athletes from thirteen states, the national phase of Brazilian University Sports League 2011 came to an end. The League finals were hosted in the city of Brasília, the federal capital. Teams from São Paulo, Santa Catarina, Rio de Janeiro, Goiás and […]