Tag: Kazan

  • FISU President Gallien: ‘The Universiade is an Ambition!’

    KAZAN – Everyone will agree, the Opening Ceremony of the 27th Universiade in Kazan was phenomenal. However, when the artistic performance of dancers and singers on the scene, supported by advanced technical ingenuity is of such a high calibre we sometimes tend to forget the meaning and power of words. As the ‘dust’ has settled…

  • Kazan Universiade opens in Visual Splendor

    Kazan – Russian, July 07, 2013: Those present at the Opening Ceremony of the 27th Summer Universiade in Kazan, Russia, will not disagree … it was a breathtakingly awesome opening. The sold-out stadium was overwhelmed with the visual magic the host conjured on the 360° projection screen (2,400 m²) in the middle of the Kazan…

  • Kazan 2013 Volunteer Application Process

    Kazan 2013 Volunteer Application Process

    KAZAN – Dec 03: With a little more than a month left to go until the closure of online application process at www.makeureal.kazan2013.com, the Kazan 2013 volunteer recruitment drive inches closer to its completion. 41,442 candidates have already applied to volunteer during the 2013 Summer Universiade. There are representatives from various regions of the Russian…

  • World Cup™ to be played in 11 Host Cities

    World Cup™ to be played in 11 Host Cities

    Sept 29, 2012: Eleven Host Cities and twelve stadiums have been selected to host the 64 matches of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™. This was announced today, 29 September 2012, at a ceremony with Russian Minister of Sport and chairman of the Russia 2018 Local Organising Committee (LOC), Vitaly Mutko, and FIFA President Joseph…