Famous athletes will conduct show matches in Bashkiria cities

UFA, 3 July 2017. /Bashinform News Agency, Galiya Nabieva/. Famous athletes will conduct show matches in the cities of Bashkortostan. The initiative on the road games of eminent athletes in the cities and regions of the republic was supported by the speaker of the regional parliament Konstantin Tolkachev. The issue was raised in the framework of the regional seminar of the regional branch of United Russia.

Arrangements for the away matches of athletes have already been reached with the president of the Ural Volleyball Club Marat Mardanov and the president of the Ufa Football Club Marat Magadeev, the party's press service informs. The teams are ready to visit the cities and regions of the republic. Now it is necessary that local people will be active, prompting whom they would like to see.

In the current year players of the Salavat Yulaev Hockey Club already traveled around the republic with the show matches.

Konstantin Tolkachev supported the initiative. He noted that he will assist in organizing meetings with fans. According to the secretary of the regional branch of the party, this will help to attract attention to the sports themselves, increase the attendance of games, and will help young people to become healthy.