Showing posts with label Syria. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Syria. Show all posts

09 September 2015

Paris Saint-German To Donate €1 million To Help Syria Refugees

Just like Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and some other clubs PSG have also come out to make a massive donation to help refugees moving to Europe from war turn Syria.

Paris Saint-Germain have announced they will donate €1 million to help ease the Syrian refugee crisis. Millions of people have fled war-torn Syria in recent weeks and sought refuge in Europe, prompting a response from a number of football clubs.

PSG have joined Porto and Real Madrid in pledging financial help, while Uefa has confirmed €1 from every ticket sold for the Champions League and Europa League will go towards easing the troubles.

18 November 2013

Boko Haram: German Footballer killed after joining Islamic Militant

The front page of German newspaper Bild features an attention-grabbing story about a former German youth international who has been killed in the Syrian civil war. Burak Karan, who once played alongside Sami Khedira and Kevin-Prince Boateng for Germany’s under-16s and under-17s, recently died in Syria after he joined the rebel fighters in the country.
During his playing career Karan had brief spells at Hamburg, Hannover 96 and Alemannia Aachen, however Karan quit football back in 2008 when he opted to become an Islamist, according to Bild. Burak Karan’s brother, Mustafa, is now leading a campaig to find out how the ex-professional was killed.