{"id":10035,"date":"2026-01-27T16:26:44","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T13:26:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=10035"},"modified":"2026-01-28T09:58:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T06:58:44","slug":"raqball-arrives-at-bilkent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=10035","title":{"rendered":"Raqball\u00a0Arrives at\u00a0Bilkent\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Bilkent&nbsp;University has been selected as one of eight universities across Europe to&nbsp;participate&nbsp;in the&nbsp;Raqball&nbsp;Development Project, launched by the European University Sports Association in cooperation with the International&nbsp;Raqball&nbsp;Federation for the 2025\u201326 academic year.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Participating universities include University of Miskolc (Hungary),&nbsp;Bilkent&nbsp;University (T\u00fcrkiye), University of&nbsp;Aveiro, University of Coimbra, University of Beira Interior (Portugal), Camilo Jos\u00e9&nbsp;Cela&nbsp;University (Spain), Imperial College London (United Kingdom) and Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy (Romania).&nbsp;Selection&nbsp;is based on the quality of project proposals, logistical&nbsp;feasibility&nbsp;and potential impact on university campuses.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of the project,&nbsp;raqball&nbsp;training at&nbsp;Bilkent&nbsp;University was held on January 21, marking the official launch of the sport on campus. Combining elements of racket and team sports,&nbsp;raqball&nbsp;offers an innovative,&nbsp;inclusive&nbsp;and team-based sporting experience for students. Through this initiative,&nbsp;Bilkent&nbsp;University contributes to the promotion of diversity,&nbsp;accessibility&nbsp;and innovation in university sports in line with EUSA\u2019s vision, while strengthening international cooperation across European campuses.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bilkent&nbsp;University has been selected as one of eight universities across Europe to&nbsp;participate&nbsp;in the&nbsp;Raqball&nbsp;Development Project, launched by the European University Sports Association in cooperation with the International&nbsp;Raqball&nbsp;Federation for the 2025\u201326 academic year.&nbsp;&nbsp; Participating universities include University of Miskolc (Hungary),&nbsp;Bilkent&nbsp;University (T\u00fcrkiye), University of&nbsp;Aveiro, University of Coimbra, University of Beira Interior (Portugal), Camilo<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=10035\">[Read More&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10037,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[208,6,193],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10035"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10035"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10035\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10036,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10035\/revisions\/10036"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}