(GMM -- Jan.5) F1 world champion Michael Schumacher donated $10 million (US) to the relief effort following Boxing Day's devastating tsunami disaster in south Asia.
The German's pledge, announced by agent Willi Weber on a German TV fundraiser for the UN Children's Fund and German Red Cross, is the biggest so far in the world of sport, and possibly of any individual.
''What happened to so many people is so unfathomable and horrible,'' 36-year-old Schumacher, the Ferrari driver, said. ''One cannot simply blind it out -- we're suffering with them.''
Earlier, the International Olympic Committee pledged $1m, the English Premier League $2m, while German soccer squad Bayern Munich offered $400,000.
The Asian death toll is at 146,000.
Written: Wed, 05 Jan 2005 21:59:38
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