Ronaldo donates €7m to help Nepal quake victims

Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has donated 7 million euros to help the aid effort in Nepal, according to reports in France.

French sports magazine So Foot said the 30-year-old forward handed the sum of money to the charitable organisation Save the Children, which is helping survivors of the earthquake that struck the Asian country last month, reports the Mail Online.

Last month Ronaldo also called upon his vast Facebook following of over 100 million people to donate to the children's charity.

It is by no means the first charitable act by Ronaldo, who is believed to have paid for a 10-month old boy to have brain surgery last year.

Women get water distributed as relief aid outside Bungamati village in the outskirts of Kathmandu on May 8, 2015. The 7.8 magnitude earthquake which struck the Himalayan nation on April 25, 2015 completely destroyed 288,798 houses nationwide while 254,112 homes were partially damaged, according to the Himalayan country's National Emergency Operation Centre. Photo: AFP

On the pitch, Ronaldo is preparing with Real Madrid to face Valencia in La Liga on Saturday night, before the second leg of their Champions League semi-final against Juventus on Wednesday.

Real Madrid's Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo (C) scores past Sevilla's goalkeeper Sergio Rico (L) during the Spanish league football match Sevilla FC vs Real Madrid CF at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan stadium in Sevilla on May 2, 2015. Photo: AFP

Ronaldo scored in the 2-1 first-leg defeat in Turin, leveling after former team-mate Alvaro Morata had opened the scoring, before Carlos Tevez scored to give Juventus a lead.