The German cities Bochum, Duisburg, Essen, Muelheim on the Ruhr, Hagen and Berlin are the host places for the FISU World University Games 2025. From 16 to 27 July 2025, around 8,500 student athletes and officials from over 150 countries will compete for medals in 18 sports in Germany.
This makes it one of the largest multi-sport events in the world in 2025. And there is hardly a better venue: these particularly sports-mad cities boast the densest...

For almost a quarter of a century, a special gymnastics tournament for older athletes has been held in Latvia's capital:
At the 24^th International Latvian Veterans Open in 2025, all participants (aged 25 and above for women and 30 and above for men) were once again winners, as they can all call themselves ‘victors over themselves’.
Those who have decided to integrate physical and mental gymnastics into their everyday lives not only remain competitive, but...