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AWESOME! PSG star Ibrahimovic donates £30k to get Swedish team to INAS Championships

PSG superstar Zlatan Ibrahimovic has donated £30,000 to help Sweden's learning difficulties national team travel to the INAS World Football Championships in Brazil.

The INAS World Football Championships are an international football competition taking place every four years for athletes with intellectual disabilities.

"Football should be played by anyone, regardless of gender, disability or not," said the 32-year-old.

"When we [the Swedish national side] missed the World Cup, I was deeply disappointed.

"So when I heard about "the unknown team" I said to myself that I wanted to do everything in my power to help them to experience a World Cup.

"There was nothing to think about. It was a given."

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