Paddy Power hit £80,000 donated to LGBT+ charities following Russia’s 3-1 win

Following Russia’s 3-1 win over Egypt in the World Cup last night, Paddy Power have now racked up £80,000 in donations to LGBT+ causes.

As part of their Rainbow Russians campaign, which sees £10,000 donated per Russian goal to tackle homophobia in football, they will with Attitude Magazine Foundation do the following:

• Challenge LGBT+ prejudice on and off the field
• Support footballers and those in the game in coming out
• Fund educational programmes in schools and colleges
• Make grass-roots teams safe spaces for LGBT+ players

After just two games, Russia have scored EIGHT goals, meaning we are donating £80,000 to LGBT+ causes. And we're far from done yet! #RainbowRussians 🏳️‍🌈 pic.twitter.com/mRv1x3kW76

— Paddy Power (@paddypower) June 19, 2018

Following the host’s first game against Saudi Arabia – where they netted five – it was announced that £10,000 of the money will fund 20 members of the LGBT+ community to become fully qualified referees.

So, thank you to Denis Cheryshev (who has topped up the fund by £30,000 himself so far), Artem Dzyuba and Ahmed Fathi’s own goal last night for their contributions to the campaign.

Just keep on scoring lads!

* To read more about the campaign, please head here.