Ryan Howard, a baseball player for the Philadelphia Phillies is donating Adidas sportswear valued at more than $1 million to the cash-strapped Philadelphia school district.
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At the beginning of the week, Fauja Singh, a 100 year old marathoner , finished Toronto race and became the oldest man to complete a full distance marathon.
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When the Philadelphia 76ers heard on the news the story about an autistic boy in Mt. Airy who had his basketball hoop stolen, they sprang into action to replace the hoop.
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Charlie Ross he is an 88 years old man who started competing at the age of 70. Since then he has won 8 gold medals and 7 silver ones.
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Ichiro Suzuki, of the Seattle Mariners, has donated 1.2 milion dollars to the Red Cross’ relief efforts in Japan. The Mariners have also said they would match any donations made by fans or front office staffers up to $100,000.
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17-year-old Hayward Demison is a football player at his school. Last Friday night, during a football match he suffered a cardiac arrest, but luckily enough, Cardiac nurse, Lisa Lyver, was watching the game and rushed into the field and saved his life.
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The ball used in the FIFA World Cup final between Spain and Netherlands was being auctioned for charity and raised 74,000$. The money will go to Nelson Mandela Charity organization and will be used to promote education, relief of poverty of children and the support of programs that mitigate the impact of the HIV AIDS pandemic in Africa.
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Oh Eun-Sun from South Korea, became on April 27th 2010 the first woman to scale the world’s 14 highest peaks. The Korean tv joined and filmed her at the summit of Mount Annapurna. Oh Eun-Sun is 44 years old and has been climbing for 13 years.
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A group of 114 water skiers broke the world record when they successfully were towed by a single boat over one nautical mile on west coast of Tasmania. The skiers got the best conditions they could hope for.
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In Detroit, A new gym opened, this gym is for homeless men and women and it has some donated ping pong tables, treadmills and other equipment which was donated. In addition, 10 stationary bikes that generate electricity were purchased and the electricity produced from it goes back to the facility and reduces by that the electricity costs.
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