Usain Bolt joins a football team in preparation for a charitable game.
PARIS: Usain Bolt, a double Olympic winner, announced on Tuesday that he will play against British pop sensation Robbie Williams in a charity football match at Manchester United’s Old Trafford stadium.
Bolt, who is now retired, hinted at the news on Twitter on Monday, saying he had signed a contract with a football team and will make it public 24 hours later.
The Soccer Aid World XI, a motley group assembled to help generate money for Unicef, the United Nations Children’s Fund, is his new side.
Not only was the fastest man on the planet, Bolt, a football enthusiast, brought in for the game, but he also immediately assumed the captaincy, with former Take That member Williams heading an England team against them.
Wearing an England shirt, Williams is heard saying in a promotional video that Bolt, 31, posted on Twitter on Tuesday that the game would include “celebrities, legends and a brand new captain for Soccer Aid World XI.”
Bolt, a Manchester United supporter, suddenly shows in and continues, saying, “Robbie, let me entertain you,” alluding to Williams’s well-known 1998 song of the same name.
American comedic actor Will Ferrell appears in the commercial film alongside notable Brazilians including Zinedine Zidane, the coach of Real Madrid, and Ronaldinho.
Soccer Aid hosts charity football matches with celebrities and former players with the goal of raising money to support children worldwide.
On June 10, this game will take place right before Russia’s World Cup officially begins.
Bolt has the 100 and 200 metre world records and has won eight Olympics and eleven world championships.
In the UK, Williams is the British solo artist with the highest sales volume.
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RIO DE JANEIRO: On Sunday in Rio, Wayde van Niekerk broke Michael Johnson’s long-standing 400-meter record, while Usain Bolt easily won his historic third consecutive Olympic 100-meter victory.
Bolt became the first athlete to win the 100 metres three times in a row on a very dramatic night on Sunday when he easily defeated drug-addled US opponent Justin Gatlin, crossing the finish line in 9.81 seconds.
The Jamaican showman’s journey to accomplish the “triple triple”—winning gold in the 100, 200, and 4×100 metres at three successive Olympics—began with the triumph.
