The Australian delegation recently arrived in Moscow to attend the 2018 Gazprom Football For Friendship Programme. As a final farewell activity they met at the Melbourne Zoo with their families and other members of the Australian delegation to take part in some media activities and to highlight an important ecological initiative of the Programme, ‘fighting extinction’.
Article by Nikki Little
The Australian delegation, including Luca Durso and Noah Borg have recently arrived in Moscow to attend the 2018 Gazprom Football For Friendship Programme. As a final farewell activity they met at the Melbourne Zoo with their families and other members of the Australian delegation to take part in some media activities and to highlight an important ecological initiative of the Programme, ‘fighting extinction’.
Children from the 211 countries will be divided into 32 International Friendship Teams, named after endangered animals of all the continents of the world. Australia will feature in the African Wild Dog team with other children from Russia, Paraguay, Chinese Taipei, Grenada and Haiti.
The attached photographs feature the delegation at the African Wild Dog exhibit and a close encounter with a lemur, the animal chosen as the official mascot of the 2018 event. The delegation is wearing clothing from Football Federation Australia, which is also the official clothing worn by the 2018 Australian FIFA World Cup Team. The delegation wore their uniforms upon arrival in Moscow, receiving attention from dozens of ‘Football for Friendship’ photographers and journalists.