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Wales captain Bale and wife donate 500,000 pounds to hospital charity

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Wales captain Bale and wife donate 500,000 pounds to hospital charity
Wales captain Bale and wife donate 500,000 pounds to hospital charity

Wales captain Gareth Bale and his wife donate 500,000 pounds ($615,900 dollars) to a Welsh health charity to help in the fight against coronavirus,

SHOWS: MADRID, SPAIN (FILE - FEBRUARY 25, 2020) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1.

REAL MADRID FORWARD, GARETH BALE, AT TRAINING 2.

MORE OF BALE TRAINING 3.

BALE NEXT TO TEAM MATE MIDFIELDER, LUKA MODRIC, AT TRAINING MADRID, SPAIN (FILE - JANUARY 31, 2020) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 4.

BALE CHASING THE BALL DURING A KEEP-THE-BALL TRAINING DRILL 5.

VARIOUS MORE OF BALE DURING DRILL (2 SHOTS) 6.

BALE JOGGING WITH TEAM MATES MADRID, SPAIN (FILE - NOVEMBER 25, 2019) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 7.

REAL MADRID FORWARDS EDEN HAZARD, KARIM BENZEMA AND BALE DURING TRAINING 8.

MIDFIELDER CASEMIRO CHASING THE BALL, BALE GRABBING CASEMIRO BY THE FACE 9.

MORE OF BALE DURING TRAINING SESSION STORY: Wales captain Gareth Bale and his wife have donated 500,000 pounds ($615,900 dollars) to a Welsh health charity to help in the fight against coronavirus, he said on Wednesday (April 22).

The Cardiff-born Bale, who plays for Real Madrid, and his wife Emma have donated the money to the charitable arm of the Cardiff and Vale University Health Board.

Bale was born in the hospital the donation will go to.

More than 180,000 people in Britain have been infected by the virus and more than 18,000, including dozens of health workers, have died.

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