FISU Statement regarding the McLaren Report

  FISU is grateful to Professor McLaren and his team for their commitment to bringing to light doping violations in Russia.  Despite having repeatedly requested information since the publication of part one of Professor McLaren's report, FISU has only now received the second part of the...

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President Matytsin meets with IFAGG Leaders

  MOSCOW - On 6 December, 2016 FISU President Oleg Matytsin met with Tatiana Miroshnychenko, President of the International Federation of Aesthetic Group Gymnastics, and Liliya Morozova, IFAGG Secretary General. Established in 2003, IFAGG is currently set to expand its international presence...

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Inaugural WUC Sambo closes busy Championship Year

  NICOSIA - The inaugural edition of the World University Sambo Championsip is hosted in Nicosia, Cyprus. This is the 33rd event this year, marking a busy and record numbered World University Championship year for FISU. The last championship of the year 2016 can be followed via...

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2017 SU: Task Force set up to Facilitate Universiade Logistics

    TAIPEI CITY - With the 2017 Summer Universiade set to take place in Taipei next August, TUOC announced that a logistics task force has been set up to facilitate transportation services to and from 79 stadiums, other venues, the Media Center, Athletes’ Village, and hotels by coordinating...

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2017 WU: Almaty stages Open Figure Skating Championship as Test Event

    ALMATY - From 9 to 11 December, 2016 the new ice palace “Almaty Arena” will hold the Kazakhstan Figure Skating Open Championship among youth, junior and adult classes. This competition serves as a test event prior to the 28th Winter Universiade 2017 in Almaty.     The main goal and aim of...

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2017 SU signs up Local Clothing Manufacturer as Premium Official Sponsor

  TAIPEI CITY – Chinese Taipei Clothing Manufacturer Fushan Textile Co. has been named as a premium official sponsor of the 2017 Taipei Summer Universiade. On 24 November, the 2017 Taipei Summer Universiade Organizing Committee signed an agreement with Fushan Textile Co. as the premium...

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2017 SU: Already 105 National Delegations intend to participate

    TAIPEI CITY - The Taipei Organizing Committee opened entries to the world for the Intention of Participation from 19 to 30 August, including great sports powers, such as the United States, Japan, China, Korea and France. Within these 3 months, TUOC has received 105 intentions from...

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Synathlon in Full Progress

    LAUSANNE - On 30 November the last monthly meeting of the year 2016 was organized for the partners, architects and engineers, involved in the construction of the Synathlon building, the future FISU Headquarters. “The project has started in 2012 and after more than 3 years of planning and...

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14th Council of Europe Conference of Ministers responsible for Sport

BUDAPEST - FISU as a member of the Consultative Committee of the Enlarge agreement on sport of the Council of Europe (EPAS) attend the meeting of the Ministers of Sports that was held from 28 to 30 November in Budapest. The opening ceremony started with the speeches of the Hungarian Minister of...

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Balance in Sport

STRASBOURG - FISU attending the Meeting on Gender Equality Indicators at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg FISU is taking part to the final meeting on held at the Council of Europe on the 5-6 December on the “Balance in sport. Tools to implement Gender Equality” which is a joint programme...

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Russian University Sports Stars celebrate in Moscow

  MOSCOW – On 6 December, 2016 the annual Gala ‘University Sports Stars’ took place at the State central concert hall ‘Russia’ in Moscow. The solemn ceremony was held to praise this year’s best student-athletes as well as Russian sports federations, universities, state and non-governmental...

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Swiss NUSF President elected in EC of Swiss Olympic

    ITTIGEN B. BERN - Andreas Csonka, President of the Swiss University Sports Federation since 2008, was elected as a new board member of Swiss Olympic for the next mandate from 2017-2020. During the General Assembly of the Swiss Olympic Association in Ittigen b.Bern, Andreas Csonka...

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Dr. Katrin Werkmann becomes chairwoman of the German University Sports Federation (adh)

KASSEL - By a large majority, Dr. Katrin Werkmann was elected the new chairwoman at the adh General Assembly last weekend in Kassel. After the resignation of her predecessor, Felix Arnold, she had already taken over the adh board temporarily since the beginning of July 2016. Moreover, the new...

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FFSU hosts its Medical Colloquium

  LILLE - On the side-lines of the 11th edition of the Master'U BNP Paribas university tennis tournament, the annual medical symposium of the Fédération Française du Sport Universitaire (FFSU) took place on 2 and 3 December in Marcq-en-Baroeul, attended by 27 participants: doctors,...

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Team USA wins 11th BNP Paribas Master'U

    MARCQ-EN-BAROEUL - From 1 to 4 December, the 11th edition of the Master'U BNP Paribas took place in Marcq-en-Baroeul, France. The United States won this 2016 edition of the university tennis tournament. The team led by Greg Patton and Melissa Schaub beat Russia (4-1) in the final to lift...

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Seminar, Award and Elections for the NUSF MONGOLIA

ULAANBAATAR - NUSF Mongolia - The Mongolian Student Sports Federation (MSSF) held its 7th General Assembly on Dec 1st, and 2nd in Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia. The 1st day, a Seminar was held at the conference hall of the Mongolian State University of Science and Technology, followed by...

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