On May 16, a friendly football match between the Legends and Diplomats teams took place at the Molodaya Gvardiya sports and recreation camp as part of the Russia – Islamic World international forum (KazanForum). The match ended with a score of 7:4 in favor of the Legends team, the Rubin FC website reports. The Legends team included former Rubin FC players of different years, including Sergey Ryzhikov, Gokdeniz Karadeniz, Macbeth Sibaya, Alexander Bukharov, Andrey Fedorov, Rustem Khuzin, Andrey Knyazev, Evgeny Balyaikin, Dmitry Blagov and Ildar Minvaleev. They were also joined by the President of the Board of ANO FC Rubin Marat Safiullin, former players of the Russian national team and RFU ambassadors Alexander Mostovoy and Ruslan Nigmatullin, as well as bloggers from Egypt and Malaysia - Ahmed El Badawi and Chi Howe.

The Diplomats team was represented by employees of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs together with colleagues from various member countries of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), including representatives of Bahrain, Belarus, Guinea-Bissau, Cameroon, Sierra Leone, Iran, Morocco, Oman and Turkmenistan.

The match took place in a friendly atmosphere and became one of the cultural and sports events organized within the framework of KazanForum.