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STARS GATHER AT MILANELLO

Lots of famous faces at Milanello for the last day of the Nutrilite Sand Volley Championship 2015 for Milan Foundation.

MILANELLO – The second day of the Nutrilite Sand Volley Championship 2015, a tournament that helps raise funds for the Milan Foundation, will take place today at 5pm.

A lot of famous faces have made it through to the final stages of the competitions. Former greats like Serginho, Massimo Ambrosini, Cristian Zenoni, Ba, Antonello Riva Franci Bertoli, Luca Galli and around ten women who currently play as professionals in the Volleyball Serie A like Veronica Angeloni, Maren Brinker, Francesca Ferretti, Maurizia Cacciatori, Rachele Sangiuliano, Manuela Leggeri, Alessia Ghilardi, Giulia Decordi, Carolina Zardo, Chiara Ferretti as well as many others.

Also there will be an exhibition match with team Bosch made up of Paolo Maldini, Danilo Gallinari, Pasquale Gravina, Rachele Sangiuliano, Maurizia Cacciatori.

The new edition of Beach volleyball tournament dedicated to the projects supported by the Milan Foundation has started. The funds raised will go to the “Sport and Social Inclusion” programme which aims to tackle youth problems through the promotion of sport. Specifically, the initiative will support the School Workshop project, a programme built on the principle of alternation between school and work, an effective tool in responding to the “risk dispersion” for young people who need good proposals and points of reference, to resume with confidence their training.

ARCHBISHOP OF MILAN PUTS SIGNED JERSEYS UP FOR AUCTION TO HELP IRAQI REFUGEES

MILAN – The Archbishop of Milan, Angelo Scola, has decided to put up for auction an official AC Milan and Inter playing jersey, which were donated to the church on the 2nd of June. All the takings from the auction, organised by the Ambrosiana Charity, will go towards helping those of the Christian faith in Iraq, persecuted and subsequently moved into refugee camps. The Archbishop himself will meet those people on his next trip to Erbil from the 16th of June to the 20th of June. Both jerseys have been signed by club legends on each side of the city. For the rossoneri, former skipper and club ambassador Franco Baresi while for the nerazzurri ex-skipper and current vice-president Javier Zanetti. Offers can be made until midday tomorrow, Friday the 5th of June.