Millions To See Madeleine FA Cup Video
A video of missing Madeleine McCann will be broadcast during today's FA Cup Final to an estimated worldwide audience of half a billion people
Madeleine's parents have repeated their firm belief that their daughter will be found.
The website set up to help trace the four year-old has now received 75 million hits.
The two-minute video features images of the missing four-year-old set to the soundtrack of the Simple Minds hit Don't You Forget About Me.
Players from both Manchester United and Chelsea have already made televised appeals for help.
Last night Kate and Gerry McCann attended an evening church service in Praia da Luz.
They stood together holding candles as they prayed for their daughter's return.
Mr and Mrs McCann were given the lights by girls from the village of Praia Da Luz, Portugal, where Madeleine was snatched more than two weeks ago.
Accompanied by friends and family, they stood quietly in the Church of Nossa Senhora Da Luz with villagers who again gathered in a show of unity with the family.
Mrs McCann wept quietly as a series of readings from the Life of Christ were read in Portuguese and English.
They included one passage from Luke's Gospel, in which Jesus goes missing as a child for three days before he is finally found in the temple.
More than 40 million people have visited a website to find missing Madeleine McCann, as police continue their "dynamic" investigation into her disappearance.
Portuguese police are continuing to examine telephone calls between a Russian computer expert and their key suspect on the night the little girl was abducted, while the campaign to boost Madeleine's profile across Europe gathers pace.
The official website to track her down, www.bringmadeleinehome.com reads: "Over 40 Million people have been on the website! Keep Looking!"
Sergey Malinka, 22, insisted he had nothing to do with the four-year-old's disappearance after being questioned by detectives until the early hours of Thursday morning.
Mr Malinka designed a website for Anglo-Portuguese man Robert Murat, the first "arguido", or suspect. On Thursday night, Mr Malinka told Sky News he wanted to clear his name and knew nothing about Madeleine's disappearance.
Describing his relationship with Mr Murat as "strictly professional", he said if he did know anything he would share it with everyone. The first time he heard about Madeleine was "the following day of the tragedy".
"I want to get on with my life ... and I want to clear my name," he said, adding he he felt "hurt" by the media. Mr Malinka, who said he was interviewed as a witness, denied reports that child pornography was found on his computers. He said he had a clean record and was a "normal" man.
But the Policia Judiciaria (PJ) indicated on Thursday night that if more evidence came to light he could become a suspect. Chief Inspector Olegario Sousa confirmed that a man was questioned but did not name him as Mr Malinka.
He told a press conference in the town of Portimao: "He has been interviewed as a witness, a witness is not a suspect, but it may be during the course of the investigation things could change. It's a very dynamic investigation. The suspect couldn't become a witness, but the witness could become a suspect."
Madeleine's parents, Gerry and Kate McCann, kept a low profile on Thursday, exactly a fortnight after their young daughter's disappearance. Relative Michael Wright appeared before the cameras instead, saying: "Kate and Gerry are the leadership for the whole campaign, their ability to remain positive and focus on what we can do rather than go to the dark places - that they have perhaps visited in the early days - is where our focus is and it drives us all on."
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