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Fabrizio Ravanelli attending Charity Gala
11/4/2006 3:15:23Source ::: The Peninsula
Doha • Later this evening, the Reach Out to Asia (ROTA) Charity Gala Dinner will take place at the Ritz-Carlton. The event, which will also include an auction of items generously donated by global celebrities, will be preceded by the red-carpet arrival of major personalities, a la the Oscars.
The formidable line-up of special guests includes fashion icons Pierre Cardin and Donna Karan, British singer and TV personality Cilla Black, Nobel Peace laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu, former English football managers Sven-Goran Eriksson and Glenn Hoddle, football players Fabrizio Ravanelli, Jay-Jay Okocha and Gabriel Batistuta and cycling icon Eddie Merckx among a host of other great names.
Fabrizio Ravanelli on The Sun
EX-MIDDLESBROUGH striker Fabrizio Ravanelli insists players should not be booked for removing their shirts after scoring.
Ravanelli set the trend during his time at Juventus and Boro fans still remember the Italian pulling his top over his head whenever he netted at the Riverside.
But the 37-year-old cannot understand why today's referees have no option other than to book players who get carried away.
He said: "It's an absurd rule.
"The nicest thing to do in football is celebrate a goal and such a gesture is hardly an act of violence.
"Why did I do it so often? It was just something which happens instinctively."
