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Soccer Aid for Unicef 2024, broadcast live from Stamford Bridge, London, last week has raised £15 million, for Unicef’s vital work helping give children around the world happy, healthy, and play-filled childhoods.

Thanks to the generous UK public, Unicef UK supporters, ITV1, Itvx and Stv viewers, this year’s amount sees the current total, raised since 2006 – when Unicef UK Ambassador Robbie Williams founded the concept – hit a record fundraising milestone of over £106 million for children worldwide. This year, with thanks to the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation, every donation made up to £4 million was doubled.

The hotly anticipated match took place at the sold-out Stamford Bridge stadium in London – returning for the third time in Soccer Aid for Unicef history and welcoming back over 40,000 fans. The match ended 6-3 to England, with the Three Lions taking the win for the first time in six years. World XI keep the overall...

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Soccer Aid for Unicef 2022, broadcast live and exclusively on ITV and Stv last week from the London Stadium, has raised a record-breaking £15,673,728 so far for Unicef’s vital work giving children around the world the care-free, play filled childhoods they are entitled to.

This record-breaking amount was raised thanks to the generous support of the UK public, ITV and Stv viewers, and The Power of Nutrition who have matched donations up to £4 million, meaning double the difference for children. This figure has smashed last year’s record total for money raised on the night.

The hotly anticipated match took place at the sold-out London Stadium with 54,410 fans in attendance, 10 years on from the London 2012 Summer Olympics. The match ended 4-1 on penalties to Soccer Aid World XI, taking them into the overall lead with 6-5 wins since the inaugural 2006 match. Unicef Goodwill Ambassador, David Beckham OBE presented the Soccer Aid...

Can we expect a 0-0 draw from the Sunderland vs. Chelsea match this afternoon in the big 3pm Premier League kick-off of the day at the Stadium of the Light? Chelsea have failed to score in two successive away games (opening game against Stoke and a tail ender last season against Everton) whilst Sunderland have only scored once this season (including an impotent almost full strength squad in the League cup at Brighton) with star striker Asamoah Gyan under-performing and this week having his head turned by putting in a transfer request for a move to Turkey by ‘parasite agents’ as Steve Bruce called them, offering him bigger wages. In the end Gyan stayed but he is ruled out today through injury, not because of the parasite bites, but a hamstring pull during International duty with Ghana.

Although 0-0 seems a big possibility, neutrals watching the game on Match of the Day...