Sporting Stars Line-Up For ‘Iker Vs Rafa’ Charity Match
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The squads for Casillas and Nadal’s ‘Fight Against Malaria’ charity game has been announced and it features some of Spains’s top sportsmen.
After the hard-fought El Clasico battle last Saturday, there will be a much more light-hearted affair on Tuesday as Real Madrid goalkeeper, Iker Casillas takes on world tennis number one, Rafael Nadal in a fundraiser match.
The event, organised yearly by the pair to help fight against malaria, will see a benchful of glittering sporting figures across Spain as well as footballing superstars from La Liga.
Casillas’ line-up will include names such as tennis stars, David Ferrer and Juan Carlos Ferrero, cyclist Alberto Contador, F1 racer Fernando Alonso, as well as his clubmates, Sergio Ramos and Fabio Cannavaro.
Nadal, meanwhile, will have F1, Rally and MotoGP racers such as Pedro de la Rosa, Carlos Sainz and Sete Gibernau, Serbian tennis ace, Novak Djokovic, and footballers, Raul and Samuel Eto’o on his side.
The event will take place at Madrid’s Sports Palace and it consists of a game of football with two 15-minute halves, a tennis match as well as a go-kart race. A total of €116,000 was raised in last year’s inaugural event.
Iker & Friends: David Ferrer, Feliciano Lopez, Juan Carlos Ferrero, Santi Cazorla, Sergio Ramos, Fabio Cannavaro, Alberto Contador, Dani Sordo, Alvaro Bautista, Freddy Kanoute, Fernando Alonso
Rafa & Friends: Carlos Moya, Jorge Lorenzo, Carlos Sastre, Pedro de la Rosa, Novak Djokovic, Sergio Garcia (golfer), Carlos Sainz, Sete Gibernau, Raul, Marcos Senna, Samuel Eto’o
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Nadal was a footballer before he decided to pursue what he is better at, that is tennis!