A team of the Embassy of the Republic of South Ossetia in the Russian Federation at the invitation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, in the framework of the XXX All-Russian Olympic Day, took part in the football tournament of the teams of Diplomatic Representations accredited in Russia.
The opening ceremony was attended by the head of the Olympic Committee of Russia Sergey Pozdnyakov, Minister of Sports of Russia Pavel Kolobkov, the heads of diplomatic missions, eminent athletes, etc.
After a fierce struggle, defeating the Hungarian national team with a score of 6: 0, the South Ossetian team reached the final in the minority - one player was injured. As a result, our team lost to the 6-time champions of the games, the team of the Embassy of Tajikistan 2-0, the embassy’s press service reports on its Facebook page.
International Olympic Day, celebrated since 1948, is timed to the date of the founding of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
