Azat Kadyrov (l) KAZAN – 1st Deputy Director General of the Kazan 2013 Executive Directorate Azat Kadyrov underlined the high importance of the FISU Seminar which is running these days inKazan. The organizers of the seminar dedicated to the preparation and staging of the 27th World University Summer Games in Kazan are FISU, Kazan […]
BRASILIA – The Olympic Center at the University of Brasilia (UnB) opened the schedule of the FISU Evaluation Committee, November 05th, in Brasília (DF). The federal capital is candidate to host the Summer Universiade in 2017 and the project of reshaping the sports facilities of UnB is one of the highlights of the […]
EKATERINBURG – On October 16th, on U-Day marking the founding of the Ural Federal University (UrFU) and the FISU Flag Relay’s stay in Eketerinburg, the city’s circus hosted a grand concert dedicated to these two occasions. Participants of the grand-scale student talent festival offered the audience creative vocal, dance, comedy and drama performances. Each […]
ULYANOVSK – The ‘Universiade in Your City!’ train with the FISU Flag Relay delegates on board arrived inUlyanovsk on September 11th. A warm welcome awaited the FISU Flag Relay participants at the railway station ofUlyanovsk. The Kazan 2013 delegates were surprised to be greeted with the music of a brass band; among other greeters were students […]
Proud Dad Ron Mckeon at the Pool side where his son David Mckeon won the 400m men’s freestyle final SHENZHEN – Susie and Ron Mckeon met at the Bucharest Universiade 30 years ago. Yesterday night the circle closed. David Mckeon, who trains under his father, won gold in the 400-meter men’s freestyle final, timed […]
The men’s final between Russia and Poland, won by the latter SHENZHEN – Beach Volleyball did its entrée at the Summer Universiade as an optional sport here in China. In the even-numbered years the beach game has become a well established sport on the World University Championship program of FISU, with a 5th edition […]
World Lotto President and former FISU EC member Risto Nieminen (C. Pierre/FISU) SHENZHEN – 700 million people watched the 2010 World Cup final between Spain and the Netherlands. While the worldwide popularity of sport, not just football, is blatant, what most fail or maybe refuse to see is the dark side of that mass […]
SHENZHEN – The Mission Hills Resort might be situated a good hour’s drive from the main centre of Shenzhen, but if first impressions are anything to go by, it’s more than worth making the journey for. With an international reputation that precedes it, the luxurious expanse of rolling fairways and exquisitely manicured greens will […]
