Summer Games

GORKI/KAZAN – President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev signed the Decree Concerning the Procedure for Entry into and Exit from the Russian Federation for Foreign Citizens and Persons without Citizenship in Connection with the Organization and Holding of the 27th Summer Universiade in Kazan. The visa-free entry for Universiade participants was guaranteed in the Kazan 2013 […]

  KAZAN – The sports festival among Volga Federal District students majoring in medicine and pharmacy kicked off in Kazan on March 27.The festival held under the slogan ‘Physical Education and Sports – A Doctor’s Second Vocation’ is aimed at promoting sports and a healthy way of life in the lead up to the 27th […]

  KAZAN – The Kazan 2013 Executive Directorate and Nike held a joint charity event aimed to help children of Tatarstan’s orphanages and social shelters. The charitable event was organized in the shelter for children with deviant behavior of the Moskovsky City District of Kazan, Gavroche social shelter and sports school of the Verkhneuslonsky Municipal […]

1st Deputy Director General of the Kazan 2013 Executive Directorate Azat Kadyrov   TAIPEI CITY – The 11th edition of FISU Forum continues its work in Taipei today, March 27, with the delegates of the Kazan 2013 Executive Directorate taking an active part in its plenary sessions. Before proceeding with the Day 2 agenda, participants […]

  TAIPEI CITY – The delegation of the Kazan 2013 Executive Directorate travelled to Taipei City, the host city of the 2017 Summer Universiade, to participate in the 11th FISU Forum organized by the Chinese Taipei University Sports Federation (CTUSF) which runs from March 26th to 31st. Representatives of more than 60 countries of the […]

KONTICH – From March 17th to 25th, 2012,Antwerp suburb Kontich (Belgium) is hosting the “Athlon Car Lease FIH Road toLondon” as qualifying field hockey tournament for the Olympic Games in 2012. FISU took this opportunity to meet with FIH in order to discuss the collaboration between FISU and FIH for the field hockey tournaments which […]

Hosting contract signing ceremony participants Taipei – It’s official. On the afternoon of March 25, the 11th FISU Forum in Taipei City played host to the 2017 Universiade Hosting Contract Signing Ceremony, which means Taipei is officially the host of the 29th Summer University Games, which will take place in August of 2017. “In the […]

   KAZAN – The Kazan 2013 volunteer selection campaign has reached its half-year milestone, with the number of submitted applications totaling 13,000. Every day volunteer recruiters process hundreds of application forms. Below a digest of some interesting volunteer facts. Zufar Iskhakov from Zheleznogorsk, Kursk Region turned 78 on January 14, 2012. He’s the eldest applicant […]