In support of the Ukrainian Football Association and President of the UAF Andriy Shevchenko, the Italian Embassy in Ukraine marked Italian Sports Day with the theme «United on the Field for Solidarity. Sport as a Universal Value».

As part of the event, a friendly football match and a charity auction took place to support the Kyiv Oblast Children's Hospital in Boyarci — an important institution for the local community.

Photo by the press service of the UAF

The event was attended by the Italian Ambassador to Ukraine Carlo Formozzo, President of the UAF Andriy Shevchenko, Prosecutor General of Ukraine Ruslan Kryvenko, Head of Kyiv Oblast Council Yaroslav Dobrianskyi, Chairman of the Kyiv Oblast Football Association Andriy Zasukha, Olympic champion Danylo Bebenyuk, as well as numerous honorary guests and children from the hospital.