On October 25th, the Portuguese Sports Confederation held its annual Sports Gala at Estoril Casino in Lisbon – the same venue of the closing ceremony of 2004 FISU Forum. The Portuguese Presidency Minister, Pedro Silva Pereira, the Portuguese Sports Secretary of State, Laurentino Dias, the Portuguese Olympic Committee President, Vicente de Moura, FADU President, […]

Invitation Letter for the Design Contest forthe Shenzhen 26th Summer Universiade Mascot     In accordance with the regulations in the Design Contest Rules for the Shenzhen 26th Summer Universiade Mascot (hereinafter called as “Rules”), the Executive Board of the Shenzhen 26th Summer Universiade (hereinafter referred to as “the Executive Board”) organizes the Mascot Design Contest (hereinafter […]

    EC Meeting in Harbin: Day 2     March 1st, 2008 China’s Minister of Education Mr. Zhou Ji and FISU President Killian     Today, March 1st, the FISU Executive Committee met for the second day of session in Harbin, China, the host city of the 24th Winter Universiade to be held from February 18th to 28th, 2009. […]

    Han Ximin     WITH sharp wit and graphic speeches, three girls won their titles in three age groups in a citywide English speech contest Saturday at the Shenzhen Press Tower Auditorium.     Calling for Shenzhen students to prepare for the 2011 Universiade, Feng Xinyue of Yantian Foreign Language Primary School, Lan Jiao of Shenzhen Experimental School […]

     A LARGE limestone cavern and a cave were detected under the construction site of the 2011 Universiade’s main venue in Longgang District, the Daily Sunshine reported Thursday.     The limestone cavern, measuring roughly 100 cubic meters, was found 1.2 meters under the eastern side of the main stadium, the report said.     “The cavern is the largest […]

A total of 30 contestants selected from Shenzhen primary and middle schools will compete in an English speech contest Saturday at Shenzhen Press Tower Auditorium (深圳报业大厦会堂) in Futian District. The contest, part of the city’s Speak•Shenzhen campaign which was initiated in 2004, aims to get more city residents to learn English, especially after the city […]

Inter Milan’s Colombian defender Nelson Rivas faces surgery this week on the right knee injury that he picked up in the Italian Serie A match against Bologna last weekend. The club gave no indication as to how long the 25-year-old would be sidelined. Rivas is the club’s fourth defender to suffer injury after Italian World […]

Windy Shao CHINESE Super League (CSL) club Wuhan Guanggu has appealed to China’s sports authorities to overturn a Chinese Football Association (CFA) decision after the club announced its withdrawal from the CSL. The CFA suspended Wuhan defender Li Weifeng for eight matches and fined him 8,000 yuan (US$1,169) Tuesday for a scuffle with Lu Jiang […]

Cai Yingbo Shenzhen officially unveiled the 1,000-day countdown to the 2011 Summer Universiade on Saturday at the Citizens’ Center. The 26th Summer Universiade will be held in Shenzhen from Aug. 12 to 23 in 2011. “Shenzhen promises to hold the most successful games in the history of the Universiade,” said Mayor Xu Zongheng at the […]

Three famous athletes have been arrested, produced in court and remanded for forging marriage certificates and obtaining visas for their fake partners to enter Britain, a local newspaper said on Monday. The Daily Mirror said Prasanna Amerasekera, Sri Lanka’s gold- medal winning 400-meter athlete alleged to have accepted 2.5 million rupees (about 23,000 U. S. […]