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Two teen basketball teams in a small Irish coastal town will soon have a spring in their step after securing sponsorship from a US supermodel.

Emily Ratajkowski answered a funding appeal for kit for the under-15 and under-16 boys of Bantry Basketball Club in County Cork ahead of the new season.

Her support has set the teams’ Snapchat group “on fire”, said coach Pat Curran.

He said the family of the model, actress and activist had long been “ingrained” in the Bantry community.

She’s used a platform over and over again to be an advocate for marginalised groups such as immigrants.

“She’s particularly vocal on women’s rights, women’s reproductive rights, Black Lives Matter, LGBT right