St.Petersburg, Russia. 9th Match, 2017.

1. 00:00 Various of Confederations Cup sign being unveiled

2. 00:42 Pan of St.Petersburg Arena stadium

3. 00:53 SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Alexei Sorokin, Head of World Cup 2018 Organising Committee:

"In terms of football it's a really beautiful tournament (Confederations Cup), a competition between six winners of continental competitions, an action champion and the hosting country team - that of Russia. So there's no doubt that we can expect amazing football."

4. 01:09 Various of the stadium

5. 01:32 Man showing media the monitoring room

6. 01:38 Brazilian footballer Cafu and Russian Dmitry Sennikov showing their skills with a ball

7. 02:07 Various stadium exteriors

8. 02:34 Various flashmob on Dvortsovaya square and people dancing

9. 02:49 Various of DJ performance

10. 03:01 Football freestyler

11. 03:33 SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Artem Yarutkin, student:

"Finally we will host a championship. Many teams will come to our country and we will have a chance to go and see them playing football, feel all the emotions."

12. 04:15 Various of the flashmob, people dancing

SOURCE: SNTV.

DURATION: 04:50

The Russian city of St. Petersburg marked 100 days to go until the start of the FIFA Confederations Cup on Thursday (9th March).

SCRIPTING INFORMATION:

Festivities were organised in St. Petersburg, Russia on Thursday, to mark 100 days until the Confederations Cup begins.

Banners announcing the Confederations Cup were unveiled at the St. Petersburg arena with organisers promising some "beautiful" football at the venue this summer.

Media representatives were taken on a tour of the stadium.

A flashmob was organised at the central square to help celebrate the 100 day countdown.