Nick Matthew
London: Three-time squash world champion Nick Matthew has donated his $12,000 (Rs 7.9 lakh approximately) prize money from winning the Canary Wharf Classic on Friday towards treatment for youngster Sumner Malik who has been diagnosed with a brain tumour.
The 36-year-old Briton – whose win was a record sixth in the event – knows the family and said he had been moved by the 11-year-old’s story. Malik, who is a keen squash player and is still playing despite being diagnosed last year with a brain tumour – DIPG (diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma) for which there is no known cure.
“I know the Malik family and they live and breathe squash. I’m a parent myself and hopefully he can have a great life ahead of him and I’m glad that I’ve been able to give them a good fund,” said Matthew on the PSA website.
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