More than 10 years ago, a young Indonesian boy named Martunis lost his mother and two siblings in a devastating Indian Ocean tsunami. The Dec. 26, 2004, earthquake that triggered the tsunami killed ...

Sporting Lisbon have signed a 17-year-old Indonesian player who survived the Boxing Day tsunami in 2004 and was inspired by Cristiano Ronaldo. Martunis was just seven years old when his mother and two ...

Sporting Lisbon have signed Boxing Day tsunami survivor Martunis a decade after the wave left him stranded in a swamp for 19 days and killed his mother and siblings. Martunis was seven years old when ...

Martunis was eight when he was found alive, stranded in a swampy area near the beach, 21 days after a giant tsunami hit and devastated Indonesia's northern province Aceh on December 26, 2004. His ...

A YOUNG boy spent nearly a month living off puddle water after the devastating Boxing Day tsunami. Hero Ian Dovaston told The Sun how he managed to save seven-year-old Martunis 20 years ago after the ...

Rescapé du terrible tsunami de 2004, Martunis a signé mercredi au Sporting Club du Portugal. Le club où son idole, Cristiano Ronaldo, s’est révélé. C’est la très belle histoire du jour, et elle nous ...

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Jakarta: An Indonesian tsunami survivor and Cristiano Ronaldo protege has been forced to take a break from his football career over a knee injury, he told AFP on Tuesday. Nineteen-year-old Martunis, ...

Cet Indonésien est ce que l’on appelle un survivant. Le Sporting Portugal vient tout juste de faire signer un jeune Indonésien de 18 ans répondant au nom de Martunis. Jusqu’ici rien d’exceptionnel.

An Indonesian tsunami survivor, found wearing a Portugal shirt nearly three weeks after his home was destroyed in the 2004 disaster, has joined Sporting Lisbon’s academy. Martunis, now 17, survived ...