FISU EC Meeting - Day 1

    BRUSSELS – At nine o’clock sharp, FISU President Oleg Matytsin opened the Executive Committee meeting, his first as newly elected President. Mr. Matytsin reflected on the candidatures of host cities for future Universiades and was confident some promising and strong bids will finally...

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FISU EC Meeting - Day 2

         BRUSSELS – The 2nd day of the FISU Executive Committee meeting in Brussels started with the presentations of the progress reports of the upcoming major events. Taipei City delegation Marc Vandenplas, SU Director and Zhao Jing, SU Manager presented their internal report on the...

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Meeting FISU - IOC

  LAUSANNE - On Monday, 7 March the FISU President Oleg Matytsin and Secretary General/CEO Eric Saintrond visited the IOC headquarters in Lausanne for meeting the IOC President Thomas Bach as well as the Head of sport partnerships and co-ordination Ms. Jenny Mann. During the meeting, the FISU...

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Inspection Visit 2019 SU Candidate City

    NAPLES - Following the official confirmation of the candidature of Naples (ITA) for the 2019 Summer Universiade, a FISU delegation, consisted of the Summer Universiade Director Marc Vandenplas, the Summer Universiade Manager Jing Zhao and the Executive Assistant Melanie Stallecker, is...

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Ski Jumping World Cup as a test event for the 28th Winter Universiade

ALMATY -  From 26 to 28 February Almaty hosted the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup. About 150 athletes from 15 countries demonstrated their mastery at the “Sunkar” International Ski Jumping Complex. This venue will be used during the 28th Winter Universiade that will be held in Almaty in 2017. At the...

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Universiade Speedster Flying High

  PRETORIA - The fastest man at last year’s Summer Universiade is now even faster. South African sprinter Akani Simbine cruised to 100m gold in Gwangju 2015, setting a new Games record while equalling the South African record in the process. And the talented speedster has now started 2016 in...

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2019 WU Krasnoyarsk: 3 Years to go!

    KRASNOYARSK – There are three years left before the start of the 29th Winter Universiade Krasnoyarsk 2019. Huge preparatory works are carried out these days. The symbolic date of 2 March 2016 was celebrated with a dance flash mob, demo lessons at schools and a workshop for representatives...

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14th FISU Forum in Krasnoyarsk

    KRASNOYARSK – At the recently held Krasnoyarsk Economic Forum (KEF2016), the FISU delegates handed over the Certificate to host the 14th FISU Forum in 2018 to Rector Evgeny Vaganov of the Siberian Federal University. The Forum is held biennially under the auspices of FISU for the...

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FISU Festival Update

      BERNE - The Swiss University Sports Directors met to the annual spring conference in the Swiss capital Berne. Pauline Hamonic, FISU Project Coordinator for the FISU Festival, was invited to present the format of the Festival to be held on 24 September 2016 in La usanne. At the...

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Agreement of Krasnoyarsk Territory with Rostelecom ensures Reliable Telecommunication Infrastructure by 2019

    KRASNOYARSK - At the Krasnoyarsk Economic Forum 2016 the agreement was signed between the government of the Krasnoyarsk Territory and Krasnoyarsk Branch of Rostelecom Company on cooperation to create and develop an information, communication and telecommunication infrastructure during the...

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Volunteer Training for 2019 WU to be developed jointly with 2013 SU Host

    KRASNOYARSK – At the Krasnoyarsk Economic Forum (KEF), a cooperation agreement was signed between ANO “Executive Directorate of the 29th Winter Universiade Krasnoyarsk 2019” and ANO “Directorate of Sports and Social Projects” (Kazan). Both parties agreed on a joint development and...

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FISU at Unesco meeting for Sport

MONACO - As a member of the permanent consultative committee (PCC) of the Intergovernmental Committee for Physical Education and Sport (CIGEPS) FISU attended the joint meeting of PCC with the CIGEPS held on 26 and 27 February, in Monaco. Kolë Gjeloshaj, director of Educational services...

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FISU present at the EU Sport InfoDay

    BRUSSELS – The European Commission organised an InfoDay on 3 March to inform potential applicants about the funding programme ‘Erasmus+ Sport’ and the EU sport policy background. FISU was represented by the Development Department. The event was opened by the European Commissioner for...

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European Union Sport Forum 2016

    DEN HAGUE - More than 350 participants gathered on 9-10 March in Den Hague Netherlands for the EU Sport Forum. All kinds of sports actors were taking part in this meeting, from top athletes to representatives of the continental and international federations and of course also the EU...

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Online Accreditation launched for 8th FASU Games

    KAMPALA - As part of its improvements in service delivery, the Federation of Africa University Sports this month launched an online platform for registration for the 8th FASU Games 2016. The games will be hosted by University Sports South Africa at the University of Johannesburg and the...

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Hungarian NUSF and National Union of Students in Hungary sign Cooperation Agreement

    BUDAPEST - The National Union of Students (NUSH) is going to support and promote such events like Budapest University Sport Day on September 20th UNESCO International Day of University Sport or the ‘Sports for All’ and ‘Move on’, nationwide university student leisure activity...

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