Multisports

BRAZIL – Four athletes will represent Brazil at the 25th Winter Universiade in Erzurum, Turkey, between January 27th to February 06th. Skaters Kevin Alves, Alessia Baldo, Elena Rodrigues and Paulo Setúbal are confirmed in the tournament that brings together young athletes from 53 countries. Kevin Alves is the youngest athlete of the Brazilian delegation and […]

ERZURUM – The Awarding Ceremony Directorate,is helding the final checking of the Opening & Closing Ceremonies and the medal awarding ceremonies. At the awarding ceremonies 122 volunteers (63 are men and 59 women) will be participating. Final checkings were held at the 3,000 capacity ice hockey arena, at the 2,000 capacity figure skating hall and […]

  BRUSSELS – Today, January 14th, the first group of FISU Staff members travelled to Erzurum, Turkey, host city of the 25th Winter Universiade. They will join Sport Assistant Jiho Kim who is in Erzurum since December as a liaison between FISU and the OC. Two more groups of FISU Staff will travel to Erzurum, […]

  ULAANBAATAR – Since 1992, the Mongolian Student Sports Federation (MSSF) organizes its annual best university sports award ceremony. At the end of December, 2010 MSSF awarded its Best Student Athletes of 2010 in the Central Sports Palace, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. The following athletes and coaches received an award: – Grand Master Ms. Munguntuul. B – […]

  KAZAN – Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov toured the construction sites of the Rowing Centre, Aquatics Palace, 45,000-seat football stadium and facilities of Kazan’s transport infrastructure and inspected the construction supplies delivery progress and working hours of builders during the holidays. As Tatarstan Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing and Utilities Irek Fayzullin said […]

    KAZAN – «Miracle for Masha», a New Year’s fairy tale staged by the Emerald City Theatre under the auspices of the Kazan 2013 Executive Committee, ran in Kazan from December 27th until January 6th. Nearly 12,000 children and their parents watched the play about the adventures of a little girl in the toy […]

ERZURUM – TUSF President Prof. Dr. Kemal Tamer stated that Turkey will be participating with 152 athletes (73 female & 79 mal) in the following competitions: snowboard, biathlon, cross-country, freestyle,ski-jumping, nordic combined, short track, figure skating and ice hockey. Mr.Tamer noted that the number of student-athletes has been increasing each year. In year 2000 there […]

PM Papandreu & PM Erdoğan   ERZURUM – Turkish PM Erdoğan and Greek PM Papandreu opened the 10 facilities of the 25th WU together. The Opening Ceremony took place at the Erzurum Stadium, where the Opening Ceremony of the 25th Winter Universiade will be staged as well. The Ceremony was followed by Turkish and Greek […]