Cricket

SACHIN at a charity auction

Sachin Tendulkar is being greeted by Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum,Vice-President and Prime Minister of UAE and ruler of Dubai , at a charity sports auction organised by Dubai Cares at the Jumeirah Beach hotel on Monday.

              This campaign is being run by Dubai Cares and have involved players like Roger Federer, Mike Tyson and Diego Maradona alongwith many other sports personalities and aimed at collecting funds for the improvement and providing education to underprivileged children . The campaign has commenced on 29th of last month and till date have collected more than Dirham 200 million (60 million US dollars). The programme also plans to bring together players from all over the world to come forward for the development of school children , local residents , young cricketers,footballers and communal groups ,to further boost the humanitarian cause.