|
Ronaldo pitches up for Middle East peace
(Agencies)
Updated: 2005-05-13 08:53 Brazilian superstar Ronaldo
is due to visit Israel and the Palestinian territories next week when youngsters
from both sides of the Middle East divide will play in football tournaments in
his honour.
The World Cup-winning Real Madrid hitman has been invited to the region in
his capacity as a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations' development fund
for a one-day visit on May 16.
He will first travel to the West Bank town of Ramallah where he will be
greeted by Prime Minister Ahmed Qorei before helping out with a children's
match, senior Palestine Football Federation official Bader Mekki told AFP.
He will then travel to the Israeli coastal town of Herzilya as a guest of the
Nobel prize winning Deputy Prime Minister Shimon Peres where the tournament will
take place, the Peres Centre for Peace said in a statement.
Ronaldo's trip follows a similar visit by Jose Mourinho, manager of English
Premier League champions Chelsea, in March.
|
 | | | Mavericks beat Suns 108-106 | | |  | | | Arsenal crush Everton 7-0 | | |  | | | Shandong Luneng into last eight of AFC Champions League | | |
|
| |
 |
|
|
|
|
Today's
Top News |
|
|
|
Top Sports
News |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
