Summer Games

Kate Ellis, the Hon. Minister for Youth and Sport announced the Australian team for the Belgrade Summer Universiade. The 185-strong Australian delegation, led by Chef de Mission Martin Roberts, consists of 19 Olympians attending as either competitors or coaches, highlighting the high standard of competition at the World University Summer Games. The announcement by the […]

The head coach of the Serbian national football team, Branko Vukasinovic, chose 23 football players who started preparations for the Universiade, yesterday, in Ivanjica. The Universiade football tournament begins on June 30th. The following football players are presently in Ivanjca: goal keepers – Branislav Danilovic (Rad), Budimir Janosevic (Cukaricki-Stankom), Nikola Nakic (Radnicki, Nis); defense players: […]

  Public company PPT Transport Serbia CEO Goran Ciric, together with company Universiade Belgrade 2009 CEO Zoran Jovanovic, officially opened the post office No. 52 in the Universiade Village. The director of Serbian Post Offices opened the new post office the traditional way: by sending a letter to Serbian Prime Minister and President of UB2009 […]

H1N1 Influenza We are seeing in many countries the emergence of a new influenza virus (H1N1) that has not been previously known to infect humans. This influenza A is similar to the seasonal influenza but there are important differences. For example there has been more activity occurring in the summer months and most of the […]

  Executive Director of company “Universiade Belgrade 2009” Dejan Susovic, accompanied by the president of the UB2009 Executive Committee, Nebojsa Ilic signed an agreement with the Minster for Sport, Youth and Tourism of the Republic of Tatarstan (one of constitutive republics of Russia) Marat Bariev, on the basis of which 160 students from Tatarstan will […]

 Cedric Baudson, Deputy HoD & Dieter Theylaert, HoD for Team Belgium   Today, at a press conference, the Belgian University Sport Federation (BUSF) announced its athletes for the 2009 Summer Universiade. The 46-person delegation will bring some athletes to watch out for. The Belgians will only participate in individual sports due to budget restrictions, but […]

  During the Universiade, between July 1st and July12th, athletes, delegation members, media people, fans and guests from over 140 countries will have the chance to get acquainted not only with Belgrade, but with Serbian culture, as well. In order to present the Serbian capital to its guests, company Universiade Belgrade 2009, together with the […]

Members of the Serbian Men’s & Women’s National Football Team pose at the Fair Play Event   The Women’s and Men’s national football teams of Serbia, that are to take part in the 25th Summer Universiade, were presented to the public at the Fair Play revue performance organized by UNICEF. Apart from young football players/students, […]