Sports Programs
Athletic competitions and running events bring together people of diverse backgrounds to promote good sportsmanship and build friendship and good will. For suggestions about how to organize a one-day community sports event, click here.
- Written by: Natalia Chigrina, secretary general, UPF-Northwest Russia
St. Petersburg, Russia—The football team of UPF of St. Petersburg took part in a traditional New Year's tournament as part of the Soccer for Peace initiative.
- Written by: UPF-Russia
Moscow, Russia—The secretary general of UPF’s Moscow chapter completed the 2017 Moscow Marathon, carrying the Peace Road flag.
- Written by: Hod Ben Zvi, president of UPF-Israel & Giorgio Gasperoni, president of UPF-San Marino
San Marino, San Marino—Israeli and Sammarinese children participated in a week-long Soccer for Peace project that took place in San Marino.
- Written by: Dmitry Samko, secretary general, UPF-Moscow
The border between Russia, Ukraine and Belarus—To celebrate the UN International Day of Friendship, runners from Ukraine, Belarus and Russia met on the border between their nations.
- Written by: Dmitry Samko, secretary general, UPF-Moscow
St. Petersburg, Russia—Forty-four athletes, aged 6 to 78, ran from Moscow to St. Petersburg in the annual ultramarathon "Children against Drugs: I Choose Sport."
- Written by: Dmitry Samko, secretary general, UPF-Moscow
Pärnu, Estonia—The 2017 Pärnu Summer Cup, a youth football tournament held in the framework of the project "Play Football Make Peace," was held from June 29 to July 2.
- Written by: UPF-Monza
Monza, Italy—Nearly 100 young players competed in the finals of the Trofeo della Pace (Peace Trophy) interethnic football tournament.
- Written by: Alexey Ogorodnikov, senior lecturer of the Department of Electronic Engineering, Ural Federal University
Yekaterinburg, Russia—More than 60 athletes of different generations took part in the eighth amateur half marathon called “I Choose Life.”
- Written by: Seraina Termine, UPF-Ticino
Novazzano, Switzerland—Ten teams of schoolchildren took part in the 2017 Peace Cup soccer tournament, which “entertains and socializes [and is] not just a competition.”
- Written by: UPF-Australia
Sydney, Australia—A football tournament was held to celebrate Australians’ multicultural backgrounds and promote harmony among them.
- Written by: UPF-Russia
Moscow, Russia—A festive local football tournament took place in Moscow’s Lyublino District as part of the “Play Football for Peace” initiative.
- Written by: Dr. Nurit Hirschfeld, secretary general, UPF-Israel
San Marino, San Marino—Fourteen Israeli children of different faiths visited San Marino for a special project of Soccer for Peace.