19-year-old Kylian Mbappé to donate his entire FIFA World Cup salary
Russia, July 1: Kylian Mbappe, the French forward, has secured a spot in the list of great young players. At 19, he is the second most expensive player ever and with such huge World Cup earnings, he is certainly in the richest category. The teenager, however, has displayed his humane sides after disclosing the intention of donating every cent he earns from the World Cup.
Kylian Mbappe, the French forward has essayed a great role in the FIFA World Cup 2018 so far. Proving his mettle, he scored twice against Argentina in the knockouts on Saturday. This edition is Mbappe's debut in the World Cup and France are already counting on him. The world's most expensive teenager, who is supposedly earning a huge amount, has shown his humane side after he disclosed his intention of donating his earnings from the national team - the match fees, to charity.
Born in Paris, in the year 1998, Mbappe currently plays for Paris-Saint Germain in Ligue 1 and was signed for a whopping sum that made him the second-most expensive player in the world. He made his senior international debut for France in 2017 and by scoring against Peru in the group stage of the World Cup, he became the youngest French goalscorer at the World Cup at the age of 19. After scoring two goals against Argentina in the knockout stage, he also became the second teenager after Pele to achieve the feat.
Along with this, he has also displayed maturity beyond his age. He is a patron of the Premiers de Cordée association, a charity that helps organise sporting events for disabled children and has also revealed the intention of donating his earnings from the World Cup, reports say.
Mbappe will give away his match fee and World Cup bonus to charity. Responding on the same, Sebastien Ruffin, director general of Premiers de Cordée, said,“The player’s entourage and his family made us aware of his gesture a few days ago,” People are touched by his gesture as the world awaits to see his journey unfold ahead. All included, his earnings add up to €20,000 - a little over Rs 16 lakh.
Mbappe has established himself as a key player of French team after displaying some amazing talent after scoring two goals against Argentina. The French came in like a storm and quashed the Argentine dream. After winning this knockout match, Les Bleus have progressed to the quarterfinals.
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Ex-minister Ramanath Rai hits out at BJP leader Ashoka for ‘irresponsible’ comments on KC Venugopal
Mangaluru: Congress leader and former minister B Ramanath Rai slammed BJP leader R Ashoka for calling AICC General Secretary KC Venugopal an agent of the party high command, and asked if the general secretary and other office-bearers in the BJP were commission agents too.
Rai, who addressed a press meet at the Congress office in the city on Friday, expressed fury over the recent comments of the BJP leader that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah was presenting himself in a shameless manner in public life. Ashoka, who is also Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly, had said that the Congress government had ‘broken every previous record on corruption-related controversies’.
“Ashoka has spoken with sheer ignorance and displays his lack of maturity, as he often does while facing the media. KC Venugopal has been working at organization of the party and it is unbecoming of Ashoka to criticize Venugopal as he did,” Rai told reporters.
“Being in a responsible position, how acceptable is it for Ashoka to pass disrespectful, random comments about another leader who also holds a responsible position? If KC Venugopal is indeed an agent of the party high command, what should we consider BJP leaders to be? Are they brokers?” he asked
Commenting on Ashoka’s allegations of corruption in the Congress government in Karnataka, Rai pointed out, “The KSRTC land was sold to private parties when he (Ashoka) was transport minister. We can find several such cases across the state, which need to be probed.”
The former minister, however, refused to comment on the incident that occurred at Mangaluru airport during CM Siddaramaiah’s visit to the city recently.
Former mayors Ashraf and Shashidhar Hegde, Congress activists Vishwas Kumar Das, Subhodaya Alva, Shabeer, Baby Kundar, Padmanabha, Nazeer Bajal and Prem were present.
