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  KAZAN – The Volga Federal District Youth Forum ‘Universiade in Your City!’ successfully wrapped up inKazan. 15 regions of Russia negotiated the preparations for the FISU Flag Relay scheduled for this autumn Within four days, spent in the brand new Volga Youth Centre, representatives of regional youth agencies and administration of largest state universities, […]

 Cédric Baudson & Dieter Theylaert   BRUSSELS – Today, July 1st, the Belgian University Sports Federation (BUSF) presented its delegation for the 26th Summer Universiade in Shenzhen,China to the Belgian press. The press conference took place at the Château de la Solitude, the FISU Headquarters in Brussels. The delegation was presented by Dieter Theylaert, Head […]

f.l.t.r.: Srecko Medven, Barbara Krasnik, D.Susovic, Andrew Sharp, M. Augustin & Srecko Vilar MARIBOR – From June 28th to 29th, 2011, FISU representatives Dejan SUSOVIC, Media and Communication Director/Head of TV Productions and Milan AUGUSTIN, Director WU met with OC Maribor 2013 representatives Tone VOGRINEC, President of OC 2013, Srecko VILAR, Games Management Director and […]

  BRASILIA – After the regionals of the 2011 Brazilian University Sports League in Natal (RN) and Vila Velha (ES), the teams are set for the national stage of the competition, in Brasília (DF), the federal capital, from September 18th to 25th . Delegations of Espírito Santo, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiroand Goiás celebrated titles […]

SHENZHEN – The underground section of Metro Line 3, the Universiade Line, opened at 2 p.m. June 28th. The 42-km line will operate between Yitian Station in Futian District to Shuanglong Station in Longgang District between 6:30 a.m. and 11 p.m. It is the only line connecting downtown with the main Universiade venues in Longgang […]

    SHENZHEN – Girls display costumes for volunteers at the Shenzhen Concert Hall on Saturday, June 25th. The costumes are for the volunteers who will help present medals during the Universiade. The costume was designed by You Jia from the Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology.   (Source: Jia Wang, Editor OW of Shenzhen Universiade) […]

Pianist Lang Lang SHENZHEN – Lang Lang, one of China’s best-known pianists, has become an ambassador for the Shenzhen Universiade virtual torch relay. Lang registered to be a torch bearer on pengyou.com, a social networking website run by Tencent, which is running the virtual torch relay. The virtual relay had attracted more than 41.7 million students […]

  KAZAN – Kazan Mayor Ilsur Metshin signed an agreement on Kazan’s involvement in the Cultural Alliance project on June 21st. The document was signed within the framework of the White Nights in Perm Festival. Following the agreement signing ceremony, Deputy Director of the Kazan 2013 Executive Directorate Igor Sivov delivered a presentation of the […]