Australian cricketers donates prizemoney
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THE Australian cricket team has donated its winning prizemoney from the Boxing Day Test to the disaster relief funds of the South-East Asian tsunami and earthquake victims.
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Australia are backing England to go on to win the ICC Champions Trophy after losing their one-day stranglehold over their arch rivals yesterday.
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When they negotiated to build a new stadium, the Yankees and elected officials agreed the team would give roughly $1.2 million a year to the local groups. Theyâre building it, but no money has been distributed yet.
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AUSTRALIA will provide $2 million to assist in the fight against HIV/AIDS in the Asia-Pacific region, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said today.
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The NSPCC charity receives a cash boost from the government for Childline and other help lines.
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AUSTRALIAN soccer can count on a multi-million dollar windfall and invaluable quality matches leading into its World Cup finals campaign after last night sealing a berth in the 2005 Confederations Cup in Germany.
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Cricket officials in Pakistan, which was spared from a deadly tidal wave that devastated neighbouring countries, proposed to Sri Lanka and India that a flood-relief one-day fundraising match be organised to help the victims.
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Australian fast bowlers Glenn McGrath (2R), Jason Gillespie (C) and Michael Kasprowicz celebrate as Pakistan&#39;s Mohammad Khalil (R) walks off the pitch during the first test in Perth.
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Australia captain Ricky Ponting has backed Andrew Symonds to deliver in the third Ashes Test at the WACA Ground after his surprise Test recall was confirmed here.
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Soccer's world governing body will donate $2 million to help soccer associations in tsunami-affected nations.
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Brian Lara and other West Indies cricket stars are unlikely to travel to Australia for a one-day international series as a result of a controversy surrounding rival sponsors.
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Cricket fans have bought almost 20,000 tickets in the first few hours of sales for next week's fund-raising match to aid victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami.
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The cricket bat with which Bollywood star Aamir Khan hit a winning six in his Oscar-nominated movie 'Lagaan' has fetched Rs 6 million at an auction in Lahore held to mobilise funds for former Pakistan cricketer Imran Khan's cancer hospital.
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As quickly as the new Red Sox owners delivered on their vow to produce a World Series victory, they have achieved a similar triumph in sports philanthropy, distributing more than $7.5 million to needy causes since they bought the team in 2002. The chief owners and their partners personally contributed nearly $5 million of the donated funds.
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World XI captain Shane Warne won the toss and elected to bowl against New Zealand at Westpac Stadium here in the second of three one-day cricket matches organised to raise money for tsunami relief.
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Australia win the toss and elect to field in the VB Series game against Pakistan.
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Indian cricket could be set for a Â£173m windfall following the sale of TV rights for the national team's matches.