How Cristiano Ronaldo’s Armband Worth N29 Million Saved  Ailing Child

<p><em>How Cristiano Ronaldo captain’s armband saves life <&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports how  <strong>Cristiano<&sol;strong> Ronaldo&&num;8217&semi;s armband&comma; flung to the ground in disgust after Portugal were denied an injury-time winner against Serbia&comma; was sold at a charity auction for 64&comma;000 euros &lpar;&dollar;75&comma;000&rpar; to an anonymous bidder&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;That translates to about N29 million&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;With seconds to go while the score in the 2022 World Cup qualifier was 2-2 in Belgrade&comma; Ronaldo thought he had netted the crucial goal&comma; when the ball appeared to cross the goalline before Stefan Mitrovic cleared&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;But without video technology in use&comma; the goal was not awarded&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;A fuming Ronaldo received a yellow card for his protests and at the final whistle&comma; as he stormed from the pitch&comma; he threw his captain’s armband to the ground&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">Djordje Vukicevic&comma;<&sol;a> a local firemen who was deployed on the stadium&comma; picked it up and immediately contacted a regional sports channel with the idea of auctioning it for charity&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Vukicevic told AFP on Tuesday that he suggested raising funds required to treat a six-month-old baby&comma; Gavrilo Djurdjevic&comma; who suffers from a rare disease&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The infant is battling spinal muscular atrophy&comma; a disease which affects about one in 10&comma;000 births&comma; and results in death or the need for permanent ventilation by the age of two in 90 percent of cases&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;After the sports <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;punchng&period;com&sol;">channel Sportklub<&sol;a> verified the item’s authenticity by checking post-match photos and videos&comma; they teamed up with a charity organisation and put Ronaldo’s armband up for a bidding contest on auctioning website Limundo&period;com&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The 64&comma;000 euros gathered at the auction represents only a fraction of the amount needed for the baby’s treatment&comma; as his hopes are pinned on the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;world’s most expensive drug”&comma; the treatment that costs around two million euros &lpar;&dollar;2&period;36 million&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;