[ufam-ef] FISU Newsletter 82

FISU Website in French - le site FISU en français

Chers amis sportifs, La FISU fut parmi les premières fédérations à mettre sur pied un site internet, nous étions alors en 1996. L'importance de ce nouveau moyen de communication (à l'époque) ne nous avait pas échappé. Depuis, ce site n'a cessé d'évoluer jusqu'à sa dernière refonte qui eut lieu ...

6th WUC Beach Volleyball: Play-offs

MACEIÓ - Thursday September 13th, marked the beginning of the play-off matches of the 6th World University Beach Volleyball Championship in Maceió (AL). After more than 60 games for the classification round, the pairs went on the court seeking for a spot in the knock-out round of the tournament. ...

6th WUC Beach Volleyball - Day 1

MACEIÓ – The opening round of the 6th World University Beach Volleyball Championship in Maceió (AL), was played under a bright sun and with temperatures above 29ºC, yesterday September 12th, at Pajuçara beach. The athletes faced the heat and played over forty games for the qualifying phase of th...

Folk Party at WUC Beach Volleyball Opening Ceremony

MACEIÓ - Over forty games mark the opening round of the 6th World University Championship of Beach Volleyball in Maceió (AL), this Wednesday September 12th, from 8am. The arena in Pajuçara Beach receives more than fifty pairs, from twenty countries, playing for the word university title. Before ...

12th World University Rowing Championship comes to an End

KAZAN - The 12th World University Rowing Championship concluded in Kazan today, September 9th. Top rowers were awarded well-deserved medals at the solemn victory ceremony. Even the bad weather could not spoil the fun for rowers and fans on the last and most festive day of the tournament. Everyone...

6th WUC Match Racing: Brazil 2 (W) & Australia 2 (M) pocket Gold

Crew Brazil 2 skipped by Decnop NICE – Yesterday, September 8th, the 6th World University Match Racing Championship in Nice came to an end with the final battle for the gold. The contending delegations started full confidence at their last race as they were sure to gain the titles since they qu...

4th WUC Shooting Sport: Final Day

  KAZAN - On the last day of the 4th World University Shooting Sport Championship in Kazan, the Russian shooters added another team gold to the country's collection The Russian national team took the first place in the 10m Air Rifle event. Sergey KRUGLOV, Nazar LUGINETS and Sergey KAMENSKIY gain...

2013 WU Update: New Inspection visit in Trentino

TRENTINO - A meeting with the Trentino 2013 Organizing Committee was held to evaluate the progresses made in the last months and plan for the near future. First day of inspection visit today in Trento for the FISU CSU to get information on the progresses related to the organizing of the Winter U...

2013 WU Update: FISU Technical Inspection for Communication and TV Broadcasting.

TRENTO - Dejan Susovic, FISU Director of Communications and TV broadcasting, had three-day long visit in Trentino (Sept. 11-13), to square off the organization about TV broadcasting in the various competition sites. A meeting with the Secretary General and the OC members in charge of marketing a...

FISU Vice-President elected as IUCN's President

JEJU - FISU Vice-President Mr Zhang Xinsheng (CHN) is the new President of IUCN. He was elected yesterday, September 12th, at the IUCN World Conservation Congress. Mr Zhang is Co-founder and Executive Chairman of Eco-Forum Global, an independent organization founded in 2009 committed to building...

FASU Executive Board meets in Entebbe, Uganda

The FASU Board ENTEBBE - Expectations were high as members of the FASU Executive Board converged in the city of Entebbe in Uganda for an executive committee meeting for the year 2012. The program, which ran from Friday 31st August to Monday 3rd September 2012, was expected to address questions ...

9th Asian University Basketball Championship

MANILA - The 9th Asian University Basketball Championship for Men will be staged in Manila from September 25th to 29th, 2012 in cooperation with the Asian University Basketball Federation (AUBF) and the Basketball Association of the Philippines (BAP). The title game of the week-long tournament w...