Raheem Sterling reveals touching tribute to 13-year-old Damary Dawkins after Crystal Palace youth player lost battle with leukaemia Raheem Sterling put on a tribute to Crystal Palace youth star Damaray Dawkins Dawkins recently lost his five-year battle with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia Sterling worked hard to try and find a bone marrow stem cell donor to match After England's 5-0 win on Friday, Sterling said the tribute was for the family
By Nathan Salt For Mailonline
Published: 22:04 GMT, 22 March 2019 | Updated: 22:17 GMT, 22 March 2019
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Raheem Sterling produced a touching tribute to Damaray Dawkins after scoring his second goal at Wembley on Friday after the Crystal Palace youth player lost his battle with leukaemia.
Sterling worked hard as part of the campaign to find the 13-year-old a bone marrow stem cell donor but after a five-year battle with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, Dawkins passed away.
Lifting up his shirt following his second and England's third goal in the win over the Czech Republic, Sterling later revealed he wanted