Football - Real Madrid v Juventus - UEFA Champions League Semi Final Second Leg - Estadio Santiago Bernabeu, Madrid, Spain - 13/5/15 Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo looks dejected Reuters / Juan Medina
NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Football idol Cristiano Ronaldo has actively campaigned to help raise funds for victims of the Nepal earthquakes but he has not donated $8 million (£5 million) himself as widely reported, the charity Save the Children said on Thursday.
The 30-year-old Real Madrid striker appealed to his 100 million-plus Facebook followers to donate to the charity after the first of two quakes struck, killing more than 8,000 people.
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