Nancy Dell’Olio Ships Soccer Balls To Afghanistan
January 9, 2009 by Jyle Dupuis
Filed under News
Nancy Dell’Olio, the famous Italian-American girlfriend of Football Manager Tycoon Sven-Göran Eriksson over see’s charity project.
She posed for a few shots with photographers when she was at the Colchester Barracks, Essex, UK overseeing the charity project she helped put together. The charity helped gather soccer balls that will be shipped to Afghanistan for the war tattered children. Soccer used to be apart of the countries famous pastime before the Taliban took over the government in the mid 90’s. By rebuilding some of the soccer stadiums and bringing soccer balls to children it is hoped that the lives of ordinary people can go back to normal.
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