Summer Games

  Today, June 30th, the German delegation at the 2009 Summer Universiade in Belgrade, together with the invited Heads of Delegation of other nations were welcomed by the German Ambassador in his embassy in the outskirts of Belgrade. Nico Sperle, ADH PresidentNico Sperle, the President of ADH, the German University Sport Federation thanked the Ambassador […]

Traditionally the ‘Charles Wendon Memorial Race’ for officials is organized during this Universiade as well. The first edition of the Race was held at the 1983 Summer Universiade and was the brainchild of Charles Wendon, a British official at the time, still alive at the time it he named it the ‘Charles Wendon Memorial Race’, […]

As it has been a tradition since 2001, FISU has a Web TV Crew running around the Universiade to register the atmosphere of the Games. This 25th edition is no exception to the rule. The Web Crew launched its first video on the FISU TV website and on the FISU YouTube site. To access the […]

  Today, July 1st, the 25th Summer Universiade kicked-off in Belgrade, Serbia with the Opening Ceremony in the Belgrade Arena, witnessed by the President of Serbia, Mr. Boris Tadic. The event traditionally started with the parade of the participating delegations. However, since the protocol and cultural part were held inside the Belgrade Arena, a multi-functional […]

  Bring on the pizza!Athletes are always hungry. And everybody likes pizza. That must have been the thought of Martin Roberts, the Chef de Mission of the Australian delegation, as the whole lot from Down Under together with indispensable mascot ‘Skippy the ‘Roo’ ordered some take out pizza and gobbled it up at the terraces […]

Serbia vs. Canada (2-1) Even though the Belgrade Universiade is not yet official open (thus  will be the case tomorrow, Wednesday, July 1st), the first sports  events began today, most officially.  It was football players (men and women) who opened the ball at 10.30 this morning in order to enable the two tournaments to be […]

A warm welcome at the Russian-Tatar House   Today, June 30th, Marat Bariev, the Minister of Youth and Sport of the Tatarstan Republic and CESU Member, officially opened the Russian-Tatar House which will open its doors during the Belgrade Universiade. He warmly welcomed all the guests to join and taste some Russian and Tatar culture. […]

Gwladys Epangue, bronze medallist at the 2008 Olympics     When the French delegation will march in the Opening Ceremony venue in Belgrade on July 1st , its tricolor flag will be carried by 2008 Olympics bronze medallist Gwladys Epangue. Besides her Olympic medal at the Games in Beijing, Gwladys is a triple European Champion […]