Roger Federer, Lionel Messi & Cristiano Ronaldo - Sportspersons Are Donating To Help Fight Coronavirus
As world reels under the devastating effects of coronavirus pandemic, sports stars around the world are doing their bit by donating to help fight COVID-19.
Tennis great and 20-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer and his wife Mirka, have donated one million Swiss Francs to the "most vulnerable families in Switzerland" amid the coronavirus crisis.
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"These are challenging times for everyone and nobody should be left behind," the Swiss ace wrote in a tweet.
Federer becomes another high profile sports stars to put his hand up and help in fight against COVID-19. Earlier, Argentine and Barcelona star donated €1 million to help fight the coronavirus pandemic, splitting the money between medical centres in Spain and his native Argentina.
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According to Catalan newspaper Mundo Deportivo, Messi¡¯s donation totals €1 million, with half the money going to another medical centre back in Argentina. The donation will allow both hospitals to buy more PPE and materials to cope with the huge number of patients who have been affected by coronavirus.
Messi is not the only football star to contribute to the fight against coronavirus, with Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola also donating €1m to the Angel Soler Daniel Foundation.
Portuguese and Juventus ace Cristiano Ronaldo along with football agent Jorge Mendes joined forces on Tuesday to donate lifesaving equipment to Portuguese hospitals struggling to treat patients with coronavirus.
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The two will donate equipment for two wards at Lisbon's Santa Maria hospital, providing the wards with 10 beds each, ventilators, heart monitors, infusion pumps and syringes, the hospital said in a statement.
In Porto, the country's second biggest city, the Portuguese pair will equip one ward at the Santo Antonio hospital with 15 intensive care beds, much-needed ventilators, monitors and other equipment. The three wards will be named after the men.
In Germany, meanwhile, Bayern Munich¡¯s players have agreed a 20% salary cut to pay staff, while Robert Lewandowski, Leon Goretzka and Joshua Kimmich have all donated seven-figure sums to charity.
