THE Embassy of the Russian Federation in partnership with the SABC is hosting a Brics embassies’ football tournament held at Urban Soccer Five, Hatfield ahead of the 2018 Fifa World Cup scheduled to take place in Russia from June 14 to July 15.
SABC employees and retired football legends on behalf of the South African Football Association are representing SA.
The Russian, Chinese, Brazilian and Indian embassies will also lock horns with each other during the 15 friendly matches as the day progresses.
Alexander Kulyaev, press officer for the Russian Embassy in SA said the event was important as they would be hosting the World Cup in two weeks time.
“It is the first football tournament of the Brics countries in Pretoria.
"For the first time we decided to gather up together and do some sport event and for us it is obviously important because we will be hosting the World Cup in two weeks,” he said.
“There is also the Brics summit happening from the 25th until the 27th of July where all heads of state of the five countries are meeting, so it is an important event and we decided to celebrate with a sport event which brought people together.”