Ildar Khalikov meets with President and CEO of Euroleague Basketball

7 May 2014, Wednesday

On May 7, Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov met with President and CEO of Euroleague Basketball Jordi Bertomeu at Tatarstan Government House. Chairman of Tatarstan National Bank – President of UNICS Basketball Club Evgeny Bogache, Tatarstan Deputy Minister of Youth Affairs and Sport Khalil Shaikhutdinov took part in the meeting.

Jordi Bertomeu arrived in Kazan to personally attend the final match of the European Cup, the second most important European competition. The game between UNICS Kazan and Spanish Valencia will be held at Basket-hall in Kazan today. After the first match of the final series, which took place in Spain on May 1, UNICS is 13 points behind its opponents and Kazan basketball players should come from behind to win the tournament today.

Ildar Khalikov conveyed the greetings on behalf of Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov  to Jordi Bertomeu and invited the honoured guest to visit the main sights and sports venues of Kazan.

“We hope that you will enjoy not only the game, but our city and its places of interest as well,” Ildar Khalikov said addressing Jordi Bertomeu.

Jordi Bertomeu, in his turn, thanked Ildar Khalikov and the regional leadership for warm reception in Kazan.

It is planned that Jordi Bertomeu will visit the Kazan Kremlin, Old Tatar settlement, as well as major sports venues of Kazan, such as the Aquatic Sports Palace, Arena Kazan Stadium, Gymnastics Center, Tennis Academy.
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