Palestine News & Info Agency - WAFA -
MADRID, November 19, 2011 (WAFA) –Real Madrid football player, Cristiano Ronaldo, donated the proceedings from the sale of his sport shoes to the Real Madrid Charity Foundation to support Palestinian children in the Gaza Strip, the Arabic site of the Real ‘Classico’ network said Saturday.
It said that Ronaldo has given away his sport shoes to the foundation, which will sell it in a public auction and will contribute the money to support Palestinian children schools in Gaza.
The network said that the auction started at 700 euros before Ronaldo’s shoes were finally sold for 2400 euros.
Ronaldo, which was chosen as 2008 best football player in the world, once wore the Palestinian head cover, the kufiyyeh, when he was playing for Manchester United, which was interpreted as support for the Palestinian cause and the children of Gaza.
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