Multisports

TRENTINO – As announced in May 2013, WU Trentino 2013 crowdfunding project recently started; it aims at collecting fundings at international level to be allocated for Italy’s biggest 2013 sports event collateral projects. This is the first time a crowdfundig campaign is applied to such an important sports happening, also using a specialised website as www.indiegogo.com […]

   Volunteers march in KAZAN – On July 17th, the 27thSummer Universiade came to an end. With the phenomenal Opening Ceremony in mind, the expectations for the Closing were high. Indeed, the Russians did not disappoint and it was a marvellous show, once more, this time in the presence of Dmitri Medvedev, Prime Minister of […]

KAZAN – They probably drank too much coffee to stay a wake, skipped lunch a couple of the times and probably missed dinner often too, but the twelve young ‘journos’ who participated in the 2nd FISU Young Reporters’ Programme at the 27th Summer Universiade in Kazan are unanimous as far as their experience goes: it […]

Alberto Casado, from Granada 2015 KAZAN – Over the course of the 2013 Summer Universiade, several heads of the volunteers’ programmes of upcoming Universiades have met in Kazan to set objectives and share advances. Last Wednesday, volunteers and members of the Organizing Committees of futures Universiades took part in a seminar framing in the Observer […]

Karina ShayakhmetovaKAZAN – Wonder how Kazan started its journey with the Universiade? Just go to the Universiade Museum, and you will find the answer. Opened since June 29th, the Museum, which is located at the Main International Center of the Universiade Village, provides 3 different kinds of collections, including the development timeline of the Kazan […]

KAZAN – The Kazan Universiade Village, an impressive complex with all kinds of details, meets all the expectations of athletes and volunteers. It is the neurological center of the event, placed next to the headquarters, the Main International Center, and within the Village more than ten thousands people peacefully coexist. Entering, by the MIC, the […]

KAZAN – These days in Kazan an improvised competition which was not included in the 2013 Summer Universiade schedule is being played. It is the sport with the most participants, because more than 9,000 athletes, around 10,000 volunteers, journalists and organizing staff are taking part in it: pin trading. Part of the spirit that surrounds […]

KAZAN – In preparation for the 2015 Gwangju Summer Universiade and the following 2017 Games in Chinese Taipei, representatives from both nations gathered Friday with Kazan 2013 organizing officials for a seminar about the development of the Universiade Village and the International Media Centre for the games in Kazan. The Universiade Village, the most impressive […]