Naples 2019 officials have revealed that an Algerian sprinter is still hospitalised in Naples after collapsing from heatstroke in the athletes warm up area of the San Paolo Stadium.
International University Sports Federation (FISU) Sailing Technical Committee chairman Andy Fethers has called for more sailing at the Summer Universiade in a bid to encourage students to continue with the sport.
The world’s smallest island and peninsula communities are set for their moment in the sun when the Island Games tomorrow return to Gibraltar after almost a quarter of a century.
In the stadium where the whole of Italy shed tears after losing the 1990 World Cup semi-final on penalties, SSC Napoli star Lorenzo Insigne fired a dramatic flaming penalty to ignite a cauldron modelled on Mount Vesuvius.
The identity of the final Torchbearer for Naples 2019 is a closely-guarded secret but organisers have promised a spectacular "contemporary emotions" ceremony which will incorporate traditions which date back to the first University Games in 1959.
The Media Centre where the journalists of the world are covering this Universiade has been named in honour of the man who came up with the name of the Games.
Summer Universiade 2019 organisers will recreate the Bay of Naples in the Stadio San Paolo tomorrow when the Opening Ceremony is set to feature mermaids, rap music, light shows, fireworks and even a performance from Andrea Bocelli.
The Flame burns above Minsk this morning but many are reflecting on the night before after a spectacular Opening Ceremony which set the tone for the Games.
The lighting of the cauldron in Dinamo Stadium in Minsk will tonight provide the spectacular climax to the European Games Opening Ceremony.
A robot has carried the European Games Flame as the Torch Relay visited the Belarus Hi-Tech Park on the latest stage of its journey through Minsk.
Four-times Olympic biathlon champion Darya Domracheva finally carried the 2019 European Games Flame when it arrived in Minsk before Friday's (June 21) Opening Ceremony.
As the European Games flame finally approaches the city of Minsk, the Torch Relay cavalcade made one last stop en-route to pay tribute to those who liberated Belarus from Nazi occupation 75-years ago.
Alexander Hleb, who represented Arsenal and Barcelona with distinction, carried the 2019 European Games Flame when it reached Minsk Oblast region on the home stretch of its journey to Minsk.
With less than a fortnight until the Opening Ceremony in Minsk, the big names of Belarusian canoeing have taken centre stage in the European Games Torch Relay.
With only three weeks until the European Games open in Minsk, the Flame has reached Shklov where it has been carried by another Belarusian sporting hero.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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