Retired British football player David Beckham unveils a charity fund for youth football in China, using a donation he and Victoria Beckham made last year.
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STORY: Retired British football player David Beckham announced a charity fund for youth football in China on Monday (April 21) in Beijing, based on a donation he and his wife Victoria Beckham made last year.
The Beckhams donated a Jaguar sports car and six football jerseys for a charity auction during a visit to China in June last year, raising 2.58 million yuan ($415,000) for the China Soong Ching Ling Foundation, a large government-affiliated charity.
The Foundation and the Beckhams have decided to use that donation to form the "Youth Football Fund Supported by David Beckham".
Last year, Beckham also took on the role of global ambassador for the Chinese Super League, the country's top football league, after it was plagued by a series of match-fixing scandals.
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