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December 17 - Russia's Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko has marked 200 days until the start of the 2013 Universiade in Kazan next year by forecasting that the upcoming test events will be key in helping the city put the finishing touches on the event.
October 26 - The first Kazan 2013 volunteer recruitment centres have opened in Moscow as preparations step up for the Summer Universiade in Russia next year.
September 25 - Kazan Mayor Ilsur Metshin has said the city has picked up "invaluable" experience from its visit to the London 2012 Olympic Games, less than a year before it hosts the 2013 Summer Universiade.
September 16 - The World University Shooting Championships have concluded in Kazan, bringing to an end the three key test events for next summer's Universiade.
September 9 - Two key test events are getting underway this week as Kazan marks the 300 days to go landmark until the start of next summer's Universiade.
August 26 - Kazan is opening a call centre to provide information for people interested in the Summer Universiade which the Tatarstan capital is hosting next year.
August 23 - A delegation from the International University Sports Federation (FISU), led by its secretary general Eric Saintrond, has arrived in Kazan for the latest four-day inspection visit ahead of next year's eagerly awaited World Student Games.
By David Gold at Russia.Park in Kensington Gardens in London
August 2 - Vladimir Leonov, executive director of the Kazan 2013 Universiade, has said that the city has a "very big responsibility" as it prepares to host the biggest event in the country since the 1980 Moscow Summer Olympics.
July 21 - The flame for the 27th Summer Universiade in Kazan next year is making its way around the world after being lit in Paris at the Sarbonne University.
July 6 - Kazan is today marking one year to go to the Opening Ceremony of the 2013 Universiade – a premier event for university sports – but which will also fire the starting gun on an incredible few years for major events in Russia.
September 19 - More than 500 volunteers will gather in the Russian city of Kazan this week to take part in an International Youth Volunteer Camp for the 2013 World University Games.
June 11 - Federation International du Sport Universitaire (FISU) Executive Committee members and officials are due to visit Kazan, as the regional capital of Russia's Tatarstan Republic hosts the International Conference on University Sports Movement Sport. Education. Culture ahead of the 2013 World University Games.
When British skaters Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean won the Olympic gold medal in ice dance at Sarajevo 1984 with 12 perfect 6.0s from every judge, for their interpretation of Maurice Ravel's Boléro, an important member of their team was singer-actor Michael Crawford. Crawford, who had played Frank Spencer in British sitcom Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em and the title role in the musical The Phantom of the Opera, had become a mentor to the pair in 1981 and went on to help them create their Olympic routine. Crawford said he “taught them how to act". He was present with their trainer Betty Callaway at the ringside at Sarajevo as they created one of the most iconic moments in Olympic history.
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Pierre de Coubertin once said cricket has "practically no appeal for those who are not British". While he expressed doubts about the Olympic viability of cricket, lacrosse and baseball, Philip Barker wonders how the man who helped revive the modern Games would have reacted to new sports at Los Angeles 2028.