Summer Games

    GWANGJU – A group of British journalists visited the 2015 Gwangju Summer Universiade Organizing Committee. The journalists, including Trish McGuiness (Universal Arts) who specializes in culture and arts in Edinburgh and Glasgow, Anna Burnside (formerly The Sunday Times) and Mark Brown (freelancer for The Herald and Sunday Herald), met Yoon-suk Kim, the Secretary-general […]

  KAZAN – The Youth Train with participants of the volunteer promotion program on board, made two stops: inUlan-Ude and inIrkutsk. In both cities the Kazan 2013 delegates delivered presentations of the 27th Summer Universiade. The Youth Train, a volunteer event aimed at promoting a healthy lifestyle and developing volunteership inRussia, kicked off on June […]

  KAZAN – The 16th Republican Festival of Children’s, Adolescent and Youth Press Altyn Kalem-Gold Quill 2011 was launched at the Volga Youth Sports and Tourist Camp today. Preparations for the 2013 Summer Universiade is one of the key topics of the festival. «For 15 years Altyn Kalem-Gold Quill 2011 was held in the format […]

  SHENZHEN –  While the cosmopolitan city of Shenzhen in southern China, just north of Hong Kong and home to 10 million inhabitants, waits for its chance to host the 26th Universiade this summer, the city opened its doors to twenty-eight intern judges and coaches from all over China, one judge from New Zealand, for […]

  OTTAWA – Canadian Interuniversity Sport announced Wednesday the 11 student-athletes and four staff members who will represent Canada in golf at the 26th Summer Universiade inShenzhen,China, in August.   This will mark the second appearance for golf at the World University Games. The sport made its Universiade debut in 2007 in Bangkok, Thailand, but […]

  KAZAN – A solemn opening ceremony of 2011 Personnel Reserve took place on June 9 inKazan. The republican project aimed at training members of administrative staff among socially active youth was initiated by the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Tourism of theRepublic ofTatarstan in association with the Kazan 2013 Executive Directorate. 160 young citizens […]

  SHENZHEN – On May 23rd and 24th, the 2011 Guangdong Youth Weightlifting Invitational Tournament is held in the Complex Training Hall of Shenzhen Sport School, running as the first test event for the 2011 Universiade. It is reported that nearly 70 athletes from 6 cities of Guangdong province (Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Foshan, Dongguan and […]