Sport at HSE University includes:
University teams in 42 sporting disciplines
HSE Sports Contest in 10 sports: volleyball, futsal, table tennis, checkers, Russian bench-press, swimming, chess, athletics, badminton, and basketball
3 leagues, 80 teams, and 3,000 people in the HSE football, volleyball, basketball championship
News
The in-person superfinal of the Continental Chess League (CCL) has taken place in Moscow. The experimental project by HSE University lasted three months, bringing together 2,000 online players from Russia and 16 other countries. The strongest players were determined across eight stages. The eight finalists fought it out over three days, with the overall winner named as 18-year-old Erdem Khubukshanov, an international master who is expected to attain the title of grand master next year.
January 14
Historical sabre fencing is actively developing at HSE University. In 2024, a student club dedicated to this martial art was established, and recently the HSE Open Cup was held in the atrium on Pokrovsky Bulvar. The tournament brought together representatives of 21 universities from different regions of Russia—from Crimea to the Far East—as well as from the Republic of Belarus.
December 24, 2025
In October, Mikhail Simonov reaffirmed his title as the Russian ring racing champion in the premier TCR Russia class, becoming the youngest champion in the history of this category. The racing champion is a second-year student in the Master’s Programme in International Sports Management, Marketing, and Law at HSE University. In an interview with the HSE News Service, he shared his perspective on how to succeed both in professional sports and in academics.
November 13, 2025
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Contacts
Elena Emelyanova
Tutor, Visiting Scholar, Department of Physical Training
eemelyanova@hse.ru