Multisports

  KAZAN – Wilfried Lemke, Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General on Sport for Development and Peace, met with Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov. The meeting took place at the Tatarstan President’s residency at the Kazan Kremlin. Rustam Minnikhanov thanked Mr Lemke for his visit to the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan. Among the topics […]

    GWANGJU – The 2015 Gwangju Summer Universiade Organizing Committee invited 18 central sports organizations, such as the Korea Association of Athletics Federation, to a discussion session held in Seoul, in order to consolidate cooperative ties between them, which would contribute towards staging a successful event. The meeting was attended by 40 representatives including […]

 Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and Sochi 2014 OC President Dmitry Chernyshenko sign the document of collaboration   KAZAN – In order to enhance a collaboration between two Russian regions, the Republic of Tatarstan and Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee signed an agreement on cooperation in the preparations of the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan and 2014 […]

  SHENZHEN – China’s state television Central Television (CCTV) will cover the Shenzhen Universiade in six languages. Holding exclusive television rights in China to the Games, CCTV would cover the events in Chinese, English, Spanish, French, Arabic and Russian. CCTV’s sports channel will broadcast live the Opening and Closing Ceremonies, said channel supervisor Jiang Heping. […]

  BRASILIA – High level contests in the premiere edition of the Brazilian University League of Chess and Table Tennis 2011 from May 25th to 29th. The competition qualified four athletes who will represent Brazil at the 2011 Summer Universiade, in China. Jefferson dos Santos, athlete and student of UniSant’anna (São Paulo-SP) and Vivian Heinrichs, […]

    SAO PAULO – About 300 athletes from thirteen states participated in judo, karate and taekwondo tournaments of the Brazilian Martial Arts League 2011 in São Paulo from May 25th to 28th. The competition results will be used to select the Brazilian team of judo and taekwondo for the 2011 SU. Judo – The […]

SHENZHEN – A disease control plan has been devised ahead of the Universiade, the City Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced last Friday. The center will closely monitor and make public any outbreak of infectious diseases as well as the safety of drinking water, food and hygiene in public venues, the Daily Sunshine […]