Italy and Poland had been waiting for Monday night’s men’s volleyball final at Xipu Campus Gymnasium since Day 1 of the Chengdu FISU World University Games. Actually, the European rivals had their eyes on a rematch since the Italians captured the last FISU title on home soil thanks to a five-set win over the Poles […]
China celebrating their gold medal women’s volleyball win “Exciting, intense, golden”. This is how China’s Wu Mengjie described the women’s volleyball final win over Japan at the Chengdu FISU World University Games. But let’s turn back the clock a little. 30 August 2003 was the last time the Chinese women’s volleyball team won a FISU […]
“The eyes, chico… They never lie.” Al Pacino’s four decades old line in the movie Scarface holds true to this day – at least for Poland’s men volleyball team at the Chengdu FISU World University Games. During warm-ups for Saturday’s semifinal against Iran, every player was laser focused on the goal, to qualify to the […]
Japan after earning a trip to the gold medal final Friday’s first women’s volleyball semifinal in Chengdu, between Brazil and Japan, provided one of the most amazing matches so far at these FISU World University Games.. Intensity, drama and extremely high-level performance from both sides generated an Olympic-style duel at the Xipu Campus Gymnasium. […]
Most of the athletes competing at the Chengdu FISU World University Games share the same passion for sport. For them, it’s a way of life. But what happens when sport saves your life? What happens when it is what pushes you to get ahead to face a train that didn’t have time to stop? When […]
Photos courtesy Lukholo Jooste. For South African university beach volleyball player Lukholo Jooste, each serve, spike, and smash on the sand is a reminder of a lifelong journey, filled with continual sacrifice and struggles, but all for the love of the game. Growing up in the rural township of Khayelitsha just outside Cape Town, […]
The United States and Portugal are the champions of the 2022 FISU World University Championship Beach Volleyball in the female and male categories, respectively. The competition was held at Praia de Pajuçara, in Maceió (Brazil). The third team of USA, with Julia Scoles and Hailey Harward, climbed to the top of the podium after […]
Photo Credit: Jihad Hamadi, Libyan FISU student Ambassador More than 20 teams participated in the first Libyan Students Sports Federation (LSSF) Beach Volleyball championship tagged the Peace Championship. The event, which was hosted by the Municipality of Almaya, Al-jfara University and Al-azema club, was held in Wershfana on 24-25 June 2021. The Championship marks […]
