Sports stars and Charity - some excellent examples

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40474983

Arsenal defender Hector Bellerin has donated £19,050 to those affected by the Grenfell Tower fire.

Bellerin, 22, promised to donate £50 for every minute he played for Spain in the European Under-21 Championship in Poland. The money will go to the British Red Cross.

He played 381 minutes as Spain reached Friday's final, losing 1-0 to Germany.

At least 80 people died when fire engulfed Grenfell Tower, in North Kensington, London on 14 June.

Manchester City and England winger Raheem Sterling, who grew up in north west London, has also made a substantial donation to those affected.

 

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Juan Mata: Manchester United midfielder to donate 1% of wage to charity

Manchester United midfielder Juan Mata has pledged to donate 1% of his salary to charity and has called for other professionals to do the same.

The 29-year-old said he would donate the money to Common Goal, run by the organisation streetfootballworld, which supports football charities worldwide.

"I am leading this effort, but I don't want to be alone," Mata said in a blog.

The Spaniard, who joined United from Chelsea for £37.1m in 2014, reportedly earns £7m a year.

Mata said he was shocked by the poverty he saw on a visit to Mumbai, India, and the long-term aim was for the entire football industry to contribute one per cent of revenue to grassroots football charities.

He added: "I am launching something that I hope will change the world, even if only in some small way."

Mata said he wanted to create a 'Common Goal starting XI', made up of 11 players who each donate 1% of their wage to the charity.

He has made his appeal at a time when football clubs are spending heavily on transfer fees and player wages.

This week, French side Paris St-Germain signed forward Neymar for a world record fee of 222m euros (£200m) from Barcelona. The Brazilian will earn 45m euros (£40.7m) a year - 865,000 euros (£782,000) a week - before tax.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40831430

 

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sergio Perez has donated £125,000 to victims of Tuesday's earthquake in Mexico which has killed more than 200 people <a href="https://t.co/44zAIte1YJ">https://t.co/44zAIte1YJ</a> <a href="https://t.co/wq42Rqh7de">pic.twitter.com/wq42Rqh7de</a></p>— Sky Sports F1 (@SkySportsF1) <a href="https://twitter.com/SkySportsF1/status/910468801895989248">September 20, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Shahid Afridi Foundation

 

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An appreciable act of charity from Ahmed Shehzad

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