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A theatrical tale of volleyball: A story of sport drama

Summer Games 4 August 2023

Japan after earning a trip to the gold medal final Friday’s first women’s volleyball semifinal in Chengdu, between Brazil and Japan, provided one of the most amazing matches so far at these FISU World University Games..   Intensity, drama and extremely high-level performance from both sides generated an Olympic-style duel at the Xipu Campus Gymnasium. […]

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'The first thing I asked when I woke up was if I was going to play again'

Summer Games 31 July 2023

Most of the athletes competing at the Chengdu FISU World University Games share the same passion for sport. For them, it’s a way of life. But what happens when sport saves your life? What happens when it is what pushes you to get ahead to face a train that didn’t have time to stop? When […]

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FISU Championship Beach Volleyball player aims to grow the sport at home

Beach Volleyball 14 October 2022

Photos courtesy Lukholo Jooste. For South African university beach volleyball player Lukholo Jooste, each serve, spike, and smash on the sand is a reminder of a lifelong journey, filled with continual sacrifice and struggles, but all for the love of the game.   Growing up in the rural township of Khayelitsha just outside Cape Town, […]

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United States and Portugal win the World University Championship Beach Volleyball

Championships 12 September 2022

The United States and Portugal are the champions of the 2022 FISU World University Championship Beach Volleyball in the female and male categories, respectively. The competition was held at Praia de Pajuçara, in Maceió (Brazil).   The third team of USA, with Julia Scoles and Hailey Harward, climbed to the top of the podium after […]

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Libya’s Students Sports Federation Holds Beach Volleyball Championship for Peace

Beach Volleyball 13 July 2021

Photo Credit: Jihad Hamadi, Libyan FISU student Ambassador More than 20 teams participated in the first Libyan Students Sports Federation (LSSF) Beach Volleyball championship tagged the Peace Championship. The event, which was hosted by the Municipality of Almaya, Al-jfara University and Al-azema club, was held in Wershfana on 24-25 June 2021.   The Championship marks […]

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3x3 Basketball, Beach Volleyball and Rowing selected as optional sports for potential Rhine-Ruhr 2025 Summer WUG bid

Summer Games 17 December 2020

Munich’s hosting of the 2018 World University Beach Volleyball Championships in the Olympiapark was a sporting and spectating success (© Andre Goerschel) Following an extensive coordination process, the German University Sports Federation (adh) has decided the sports programme for its bid to host the 2025 FISU World University Games in Germany’s Rhine-Ruhr region.   Based […]

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#UniSportsClassics re-premieres the Kazan 2013 Women's Volleyball finals today

Summer Games 10 December 2020

For the Russian women’s volleyball team at the Kazan 2013 Summer Universiade, the road in the women’s volleyball final can only follow one of two routes:   Either its a classic Cinderella story of defeating the defending Universiade champions on their home court.   Or it’ll be an emotional heartbreaker when they play the perennial […]

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Winter Universiade 2019 curling venue becomes home ground for Yenisey volleyball club

Winter Games 31 October 2019

KRASNOYARSK – Designing a winning legacy for a sports facility doesn’t happen by chance. It’s a philosophy the Siberian sports family of the 29th Winter Universiade have taken to heart and are executing across the city’s competition venues, both those newly constructed and the ones revamped and revitalised. Commissioned in 1981, the Ivan Yarygin Sports […]