LAUSANNE – The University of Management ‘TISBI’ in Kazan, Russia opened the sport season with the ‘International Day of University Sport’ proclaimed by UNESCO and FISU. An interdepartmental tournament was held at the ‘Batyr’ sport venue. This sport event was dedicated to #IDUS2016 and the 25th Anniversary of the establishment of the University of Management ‘TISBI’. Student teams competed in athletics, tug of war and other sports. Most of the participants were first year students and this contest helped them to learn more about FISU, UNESCO and sports at the University of Management ‘TISBI’.
Liga Universitaria de Deportes, the NUSF from Uruguay also joined the celebration of the ‘International Day of University Sport’ and on the occasion of this celebration, organized a series of commemorative activities. At the Eighth University Tournament swimming pool developed in the Sports Square No. 11 Cerro de Montevideo, the League delivered a commemorative plaque allusive to the International Day of University Sport. Moreover, the League launched ‘The Third Mass Time’, an activity that invites clubs to share a moment of fellowship after disputed sporting events, with an estimated participation of more than 5,000 university athletes. And to close the week in which #IDUS2016 was celebrated, female university selections of handball and futsal of Uruguay preparing for the Unisinos Games in Brazil, played exhibition games to transmit the values and spirit of university sport.