Multisports

Adrián Ferreira receives his prescription SHENZHEN – Athletes from all over that world who are competing at the 26th Summer Universiade inShenzhen,China, are in safe hands. The Medical Center located inside the UniversiadeVillage is first lass and has all the equipment to solve any medical problem that the competitors may face during their performance on the […]

City view of the Shenzhen Metropolis (C. Pierre/FISU)   SHENZHEN – Nicaraguan Alejandro Bendaña, a participant of the FISU-AIPS Young Reporters’ Program, writes about the problems a young journalist encounters at a big international multi-sport event that is spread out in a Metropolitan city where not only transportation, but also language can be a challenge […]

  SHENZHEN –FIFA has a growing social responsibility, in particular in developing nations around the world, Alexander Koch, the soccer body’s spokesman told the group of young sports journalists today. FIFAhas organised more than 82 programs in more than 50 countries, educating children and implementing social change, Alexander Koch,FIFA’s communications and marketing executive, said. He […]

AIPS Young Reporter Zilvinas Petkus surrounded by hospital staff   SHENZHEN – They say that even the most perfectly laid plans can sometimes go awry when you travel to exotic lands in the far reaches of the globe. AIPS Young Reporter Zilvinas Petkus experienced that first-hand this week after falling ill two days into his […]

Polish athletes check out the Universiade merchandizing store in the shopping mall   SHENZHEN – Canadian FISU Young Reporter Erin Meagher’s curiosity was aroused when she stumbled upon some athletes on a shopping spree in Shenzhen’s commercial district. She went along to find out if shopping in China equals shopping in her country. Read about […]

A great variety of food in the Village restaurant (Photo: C. Pierre/FISU)   SHENZHEN – Like many of his teammates, Mexico’s Gabriel Giron missed the variety of Mexican foods like the enchiladas, tacos, tamales, menudo, pozole and burritos the minute he got onto the plane to fly to Shenzhen,China. Travelling an incredible journey of approximately […]

    SHENZHEN – “I never really expected how big it was and how efficient everything is,” said Jared Reed in an interview. The American taekwondo athlete referred to the Universiade Village in Shenzhen, China, which houses 10,500 foreign and local participants for the 2011 World University Games. Despite the jetlag and a massive time […]

AIPS Young Reporter A. Bah on his metro journey to the Universiade Village   SHENZHEN – Coming from a country that only has road, river and air as means of transportation, AIPS Young reporter Abdoulie Bah from The Gambia narrates the story of a totally new traffic he finds himself in. First every morning, its […]