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This is an archive article published on January 6, 2005

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PAID UP8226; Abhinav Bindra donated Rs 51,000 to the Prime Minister8217;s Relief Fund8226; Bhaichung Bhutia donated Rs 15,000 to the West...

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PAID UP

8226; Abhinav Bindra donated Rs 51,000 to the Prime Minister8217;s Relief Fund

8226; Bhaichung Bhutia donated Rs 15,000 to the West Bengal Chief Minister8217;s Relief Fund

8226; Michael Schumacher donated 10 million on a German TV fundraising drive

8226; Inter Milan raised 27,000 euros through a friendly with northern Italian side AC Pro Sesto

8226; US NFL and NBA teams collected large sums from fans at its weekend games

8226; The Board of Control of Cricket in India donated Rs 1 crore

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8226; The Australian Test team donated its A17,000 prize money from the Melbourne Boxing Day Test. Cricket Australia made a matching donation

8226; The England team and its players association donated 20,000 pounds

8226; Pakistan8217;s cricket team donated 25 per cent of their match fees from the Sydney Test to the relief fund set up by President Pervez Musharraf

8226; Parthiv Patel presented a cheque for Rs 2 lakh to the Prime Minister8217;s Relief Fund

8226; Maria Sharapova gave 10,000 to Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra

PLEDGED

8226; Cricket8217;s biggest names play on January 10, all proceeds to charity

8226; The All India Football Federation will donate Rs 15 lakh

8226; The International Olympic Committee has pledged 1 million

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8226; Germany8217;s national team will take on an all-star Bundesliga international side on January 25 and the German FA has pledged 1.5 million euros in emergency aid

8226; The English Premier League has pledged 1.9 million with Manchester United, Arsenal and Chelsea contributing at least 90,000 each

8226; German tennis player Nicolas Kiefer says he will donate 100 for every ace he serves in his next three tournaments

8226; The Indian team will donate payments from one ODI to the Prime Minister8217;s Relief Fund

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8226; The Bangladesh Cricket Board has pledged gate receipts, estimated at 10,000, from its upcoming series against Zimbabwe

8226; South African mobile phone network MTN will donate the proceeds from its 8216;SMS the Scoreboard8217; Test match phone line

8226; New Zealand Cricket will donate 1 from every ticket sold for the Twenty20 game to be played between Australia and New Zealand

PROPOSED

8226; AIFF says it has written to FIFA for a benefit match with a World XI

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8226; Bayern Munich have offered to donate 300,000 euros to build a school or orphanage in Sri Lanka and will finance the project for the next 15-20 years

8226; Valencia have offered their stadium to host a fundraising match, joining forces with city rivals Levante to face an XI made up from other Spanish clubs

8226; In addition to his ace offer, Nicholas Kiefer plans an exhibition match with Thai player Paradorn Srichaphan in badly affected Phuket

 

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