The Sultanate of Oman will host a FISU event for the first time when its capital, Muscat, hosts the 23rd FISU World University Championships Cross Country. The two-day competition, on 17-18 February, will feature six races - short and long mixed relays, 3km for women and men, 10km for women and men.

The Hungarian city of Miskolc hosted a two-day Supervision Commission meeting on 13-14 February 2024, where local organisers provided an update on their continued progress in organising the next edition of the European Universities Games 2024.

The votes for the 2023 #MyEUSA Photo Competition have already been counted and the grand overall winner has been chosen and announced: Paolo di Maria, photographer of the European Universities Winter Championships in Val di Zoldo, Italy.

The International University Sports Federation (FISU) has announced the launch of the application process for the prestigious Dream Together Master Programme Scholarship for participation in 2024.

The Croatian Academic Sports Federation (CASF) celebrated a major milestone on 7 February 2024, marking its 30th anniversary at an event held at the Ministry of Tourism and Sport in Zagreb.

Last Friday, a seminar was held in Warsaw as part of the Enhancing Sports Organizations and Management (ESOM) project, co-funded by the European Union. The event addressed key issues related to volunteering and the management of university sports events.

The International University Sports Federation and the Chinese University Sports Federation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote the Healthy Campus Programme in China.

Julius Bär Bank becomes one of the sponsors of Swiss University Sport and the two parties sign an agreement to work together for the next three years with the aim of deepening a single goal in mind: "Supporting the leaders of tomorrow". The aim is to promote of the combination of sport and study.

The first meeting of the YouMind (Youth Individual Sports Mindset) project partners took place on 22 January in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The meeting was organised by the European University Sports Association (EUSA). 

Doha University of Science and Technology (UDST), in collaboration with FISU, and the Qatar Collegiate Sports Federation (QCSF), organised the first "Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Universities Sport & Wellness Symposium 2024" a prestigious event held from 14-16 January.

Elin Schagerström, a 23-year-old student at Luleå University of Technology, was the biggest star at the 2024 FISU World University Championship Ski Orienteering by winning the gold medal in the sprint, the pursuit, the middle distance and the sprint relay together with Jonatan Ståhl!

The 2024 FISU World University Championship Ski Orienteering is halfway through. After the sprint and the pursuit at the weekend, the middle distance and sprint relays are still to come in Leiderheide, Switzerland.

In just one year, the FISU World University Games Winter Torino 2025 will kick off with the Opening Ceremony on 13 January 2025 and the final day of competition 11 days later on 23 January.

The FISU World University Championship and Cups kick off on 12 January with Ski Orienteering, in Lantsch/Lenz/Lenzerheide, Switzerland, where the best student athletes in the discipline are ready to compete in optimal conditions until 16 January.

Dr Harvey, who passed away aged 64, joined the FISU International Medical Committee in 1999 and contributed extensively in various roles. FISU mourns the loss of a person who is being remembered for "her personal qualities, her dedication and her professionalism."