The Brazilian Government has granted funding to the Brazilian University Sports Confederation (CBDU) to aid participation at the 2021 World University Games in Chengdu.
Chengdu Open Air Music Park has been confirmed as the venue for the Closing Ceremony of next year's Summer World University Games.
Volunteers who will provide language services at the 2021 Summer World University Games in Chengdu have gathered for in-person training for the first time.
Telecommunication firm Rostelecom says it has been commissioned to support the Yekaterinburg 2023 World University Games.
Construction of the table tennis venue for the Chengdu 2021 Summer World University Games is nearly complete.
Chengdu 2021 has launched a search for the official song of next year’s International University Sports Federation (FISU) World University Games.
More than RUB6 billion (£59.2 million/$78.8 million/€66.4 million) has been allocated for the construction of the Yekaterinburg 2023 World University Games Athletes' Village.
A countdown clock is set to be unveiled in Yekaterinburg tomorrow to mark 1,000 days to go until the Russian city hosts the 2023 Summer World University Games.
The mascots for the 2023 Summer World University Games, due to be held in Yekaterinburg, Russia, are set to be unveiled next week.
Test events for the Yekaterinburg 2023 Summer World University Games will be held in both 2022 and 2023, an official has said.
Baylor Bears have been selected to represent the United States in the men's basketball tournament at the Chengdu 2021 Summer World University Games.
The construction of facilities for the Yekaterinburg 2023 Summer World University Games has been "unaffected" by the coronavirus pandemic, according to Timur Ufimtsev, general director of Sinara-Development, the contractors to build facilities for the multi-sport competition.
The number of volunteers registered to help with the delivery of the Chengdu 2021 Summer World University Games has topped 500,000, organisers say.
Chinese taxi app DiDi has signed a sponsorship deal with the Chengdu 2021 Summer World University Games.
The total cost of construction work for the Yekaterinburg 2023 Summer World University Games will be more than 38 billion rubles (£380 million/$490 million/€417 million), it has been reported.
Canadian show jumper Ian Millar holds the record for the most Olympic appearances by an athlete in any sport. When he competed at London 2012 at the age of 65 it was the tenth time he had competed in the Games since making his debut 30 years earlier at Munich 1972. He had won his only Olympic medal at Beijing 2008 when he was part of Canada’s team that took silver in the team jumping event. Millar won a gold medal in the Pan American Games team jumping event at Toronto 2015. He announced his retirement in 2019.
International Paralympic Committee - Paralympic Games Brand Manager - Bonn, Germany
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) offers the position of a full-time Paralympic Games Brand Manager (f/m/x) in an international and multicultural team at the IPC Headquarters in Bonn, Germany, starting in early 2021. The IPC is the global governing body of the Paralympic Movement. We supervise the organisation of the Paralympic Games and Paralympic Winter Games and serve as International Federation for 10 Para sports. The Paralympic Games Brand Manager is accountable to the Head of Brand and Engagement and will be responsible for ensuring the Paralympic brand is represented in a consistent and impactful way at the Paralympic Games.
As the International Ice Hockey Federation prepares to decide whether Belarus remains a co-host of its World Championship later this year, Philip Barker recalls other occasions where human rights has been a key topic in the build-up to a country staging a major sports event.
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