The Ministry of Sports of the Republic summed up the results of the sports student season 2018/19. Deputy Prime Minister of Tatarstan Leyla Fazleeva presented the main Cup of the Games of universities of the Republic of Tatarstan to the rector of the Volga Academy of sports and tourism Yusup Yakubov. "We are doing a great job – developing the sphere of physical culture and sports" – she said, addressing the rectors and coaches-teachers of universities and colleges of Tatarstan gathered in the hall.
 "Academicians" in 32 of 34 types of the program scored 730 points and became inaccessible to competitors, winning the title of absolute Champions in the overall standings. In 24 sports, students of the Volga region Academy showed the best results, "earning" at the same time as a prize more than 1 million rubles in the form of certificates for sports equipment and equipment.
In his response, the rector of the Federal sports University thanked the leadership of the Republic and the sports Department for the special attention to student sports and financial investments, the result of which is visible.
"I have something to compare, - said Yusup Yakubov, - such a number of sports in the program of the student Games, such an active participation of educational institutions and the interest of rectors is not in any region. Spartakiad for us is a great help to maintain shape, to ensure the training process. Other participating universities are our sparring partners and at the same time difficult opponents, as they try to be on top in battles with us. Never easy. To win, you have to make every effort to win. We appreciate this and thank our colleagues for it. But we are a sports University, we train specialists for the industry. I am especially pleased to see our graduates among those awarded today. They are already successfully working with students from other universities and colleges. This is our main victory!»
 Last season, the Academy made its debut in student tournaments in handball and Rugby-7. Girls Rugby players immediately became Champions, the guys took second place, handball players won the "bronze". In the Volga region Academy, of course, these results can not be fully satisfied. However, the rector praised the first "trial»:
- Rugby coach - our graduate, just started working (Andrey Polikarpov, approx. auth.). Both he and the coaches of the handball team are ready for further work, and we will help them in every way.
The Academy is really aimed at the development of sports, which has student teams. Their mentors in the framework of the Games solve no less important tasks than the conquest of trophies. Teacher of the theory and methodology of football and hockey Vyacheslav Andreev, head coach of the second team of the Academy, which won the Olympics without a single defeat, said:
- This season the main task for us was to prepare the guys for the main team, a few people managed to "raise". This is our result.
Dmitry Denisenko, head coach of the second national football team of the Academy, which became the silver medalist of the all-Russian tournament:
- Good season's over. In the student League of Tatarstan were the first without losing a single point. This is an excellent result for the team, mainly staffed by students of 1-2 courses or those who did not pass in the first team. We gave them a chance to realize themselves, many of them took advantage of it. It is important that they showed one hundred percent result, which they did not achieve in those days when they played in all tournaments as one team. The same structure played in the ending of the all-Russian competitions in Krymsk and became the second.
For reference: This year the program of the Spartakiad of Tatarstan universities includes competitions in 32 sports. They were attended by a total of 7,500 students, 240 teams from 22 universities and colleges of the Republic. The total prize Fund of the Games of Tatarstan amounted to 9 million rubles.