You may be interested in:A<\/a><\/strong>binader says DR will make history with the XXV Central American and Caribbean Games 2026<\/a>ibe 2026<\/p>\n\n\nFor two weeks, 1,843 athletes from 23 higher education institutions nationwide will compete in chess, athletics, basketball, 3×3 basketball, futsal, judo, karate, swimming, softball, taekwondo, tennis, table tennis, volleyball, and beach volleyball.\n\nAmid applause and emotion, the athletes acknowledged the government’s commitment to strengthening sports, which benefits physical and mental health, promotes teamwork, and values such as respect and discipline.\n\nTo this, the Minister of Sports, Kelvin Cruz, added that it is a valuable opportunity to keep the focus of young people and lead them towards a better future.\n\nHe also reiterated that it was in 2012, the last time the games were held in this modality, and that in this administration, the Border Games and the Juan Pablo Duarte Games in New York were also rescued.\n\nIn the words of the rectors of the universities, Aut\u00f3noma de Santo Domingo (UASD) and Iberoamericana (UNIBE), Editrudis Beltr\u00e1n and Odile Camilo Vincent respectively, the houses of Higher Education, in addition to imparting academic knowledge, are spaces for healthy coexistence and well-being through sport.\n\n\n Headquarters<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\nThe UASD, the oldest university in America, will host the basketball, judo, karate, taekwondo, baseball, and softball competitions. Other disciplines will take place at ISFODOSU, UNPHU, the Naco Sports Club, and the G\u00fcibia, Eugenio Mar\u00eda de Hostos, and Calero Club parks.\n\n\n Participants<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\nThe participating universities are: Universidad Aut\u00f3noma de Santo Domingo (UASD), Instituto Superior de Formaci\u00f3n Docente Salom\u00e9 Ure\u00f1a (ISFODOSU), the Universidad Iberoamericana (UNIBE), Instituto Tecnol\u00f3gico de Santo Domingo (INTEC), Universidad Organizaci\u00f3n y M\u00e9todos (O&M), Pontificia Universidad Cat\u00f3lica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM), the Universidad Nacional Pedro Henr\u00edquez Ure\u00f1a (UNPHU), Universidad Cat\u00f3lica del Cibao (UCATECI).\n\nAlso, Universidad APEC (UNAPEC), Instituto Tecnol\u00f3gico de Las Am\u00e9ricas (ITLA), Universidad Cat\u00f3lica de Santo Domingo (UCSD), Instituto T\u00e9cnico Superior Comunitario (ITSC) Universidad Tecnol\u00f3gica de Santiago (UTESA), Universidad del Caribe (UNICARIBE), Universidad Nacional Francisco Henr\u00edquez y Carvajal (UFHEC), and the Universidad Abierta para Adultos (UAPA).\n\nLikewise, the Evangelical National University (UNEV), National University for Defense (UNADE), the Higher Institute of Agriculture (ISA), the Technological University of Eastern Cibao (UTECO), the Universidad Cat\u00f3lica Nordestana (UCNE), the Catholic Technological University of Barahona (UCATEBA) and the Universidad Central del Este (UCE).\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Santo Domingo. – This Friday, led by President Luis Abinader, the opening ceremony of the 2025 University Sports Games took place, after a pause of more than 10 years. 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