Stuttgart to play quake benefit match

Stuttgart to play quake benefit match

STUTTGART, Germany: German first division side VfB Stuttgart will play Istiklal Teheran in a benefit match this month for the victims of the earthquake in the Iranian city of Bam.

The match, which will take place in the southern German town of Reutlingen on Jan. 24, was announced by DaimlerChrysler, the carmaker which has set up an appeal for the estimated 30,000 victims of the quake on Dec. 26.

The company's spokesman Matthias Kleinert also said that a share of the receipts of the Junior Cup 2004 international tournament featuring junior teams from clubs around the world, which takes place ion Germany this weekend, would go to the quake victims.--AFP