SAO PAULO – Martial arts, chess and table tennis give sequence to 2011 season of the Brazilian University League. Chess and table tennis players from nine Brazilian states are the first into action in the premier edition of the Brazilian University League in these sports. There will be seven rounds of the Chess tournament […]
KAZAN – On May 17th, the Kazan Federal University became a host of the round table ‘Legal Groundwork for 27th World University Summer Games’, bringing together representatives of the Kazan 2013 Executive Directorate, Public Chamber of Tatarstan, famous coaches and athletes, teachers and law students. The round table was initiated in order to form […]
KAZAN – The dates of the 27th World University Summer Games were approved at the Kazan 2013 Organizing Committee’s visiting session, that took place in Kazan on May 23rd. The scheduled timetable of the 2013 Summer Universiade is July 6-17, 2013. Vitaly Mutko, Minister of Sports, Tourism and Youth Policy, started the meeting with […]
HONDURAS – On May 18th, 2011, the President of ODUCC and members of the executive board of ODUCC went to Honduras to officially handover the ODUCC flag to the Federation of Honduras – ADUH – the next organizer of the ODUCC Games in 2013. After the handover there was a visit to some venues […]
KONYA – The 8th edition of the Turkey Koçfest University Sports Games has been held between the dates 9-15th May, 2011 hosted by Selçuk University in Konya. Competitions in 10 sport disciplenes were part of the games program (Volleyball, Basketball, Handball, Futsal, Athletics, Gymnastics, Waterpolo, Taekwondo and Weightlifting) involving 110 universities, 2599 athletes, around […]
SHENZHEN – The OC of the 2011 Summer Universiade will put 2,011 new-energy vehicles on the road during the Universiade in August, said Wu Delin, vice head of the city’s development and reform commission, at yesterday’s launch ceremony of the campaign to encourage low-carbon commuting. “The vehicles include 1,370 hybrid buses, 270 electric buses, […]
KAZAN – The Republican Charity Council session dedicated to the development of the volunteer movement in Tatarstan was held in the Kazan Kremlin on May 13th under the chairmanship of Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov. State Counselor of the Republic of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev, Tatarstan State Council Chairman Farid Mukhametshin, Deputy Prime Minister of the […]
All bidding cities delegates pose in front of the FISU HQ BRUSSELS – Today, May 18th, the delegates of the five bidding cities for the 2017 Universiades (2 for Winter and 3 for Summer) visited the FISU Headquarters in Brussels for a workshop. Delegates of the 2017 SU Bid City Brasilia, BRAThe representatives from […]
