After a 20-year hiatus, Lebanon made a triumphant return to the 2025 FISU World University Games, with LAU athletes at the heart of the action. The Men’s Universities Basketball National Team, featuring LAUers Abbas Chouman, Jad Nasr, Aldo Kouba, Anthony Naba, Elios Saad, Abbas Atwi, and Bryan Mansour, clinched 9th place worldwide with a 4-2 record under LAU’s Director of Athletics Joe Moujaes. In taekwondo, LAU’s Laetitia Aoun came close to a historic medal, reaching the quarterfinals.