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MOSCOW, April 9, 2021 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

Gazprom launches the ninth season of the International Children's Social

Programme Football for Friendship (F4F), which will be held online on May

14-29, 2021. For the very first time, representatives of football academies and

journalists will gather in Istanbul during the UEFA Champions League Final

celebrations to discuss children's football development at the F4F Ambassadors

Forum.

This year, Football for Friendship will once again unite young participants

from 211 countries and regions. Young players aged 12-14 will unite into 32

Teams of Friendship to participate in the F4F eWorld Championship. It will be

held in the F4F World the football simulator available for free in 27

languages. Young Journalists will cover the events of the programme in the

International Children's Press Center. The official attempt to obtain the

programme's third GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ title will take place as part of the

final events of the programme.

On May 29, football experts and journalists will come together at the F4F

Ambassadors Forum that will take place in Istanbul. Representatives of the

football community will discuss the challenges of children's sports development

and share their experience. Over the years, F4F has become an important

international platform for discussing relevant issues of children's sports and

football.

The International Children's Social Programme Football for Friendship is

implemented by Gazprom since 2013. Over the previous eight seasons, the

programme has united over 15,000 participants from 211 countries and regions

and over 6,000,000 supporters. UEFA, FIFA, football federations, and the

world's leading football clubs, international charity foundations, famous

athletes, politicians, and artists support Football for Friendship. The project

has received over 50 national and international awards in the field of social

responsibility, sports, and communications.

Carmen Pozo, co-founder of the women's football academy Las Superpoderosas,

winner of the First International Football for Friendship Award, Bolivia: "The

Football for Friendship programme provides football experts with a platform for

dialogue. This is especially important right now, since we are facing new

challenges in the development of children's and youth sports. Exchanging

experience and projects at the Football for Friendship Forum helps football

academies and organisations in solving these issues."

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Source: Gazprom International Children's Social Programme Football for

Friendship