BY NATASHA BARSOTTI – Brazilian striker Givanildo Vieira de Souza has spoken out against the homophobic and racist views of his Russian soccer club’s fans more than three months after they released a manifesto saying they wanted only white, straight players on the team.
St Petersburg: Soccer star criticizes fans’ anti-gay, racist views
Natasha Barsotti is originally from Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean. She had high aspirations of representing her country in Olympic Games sprint events, but after a while the firing of the starting gun proved too much for her nerves. So she went off to university instead. Her first professional love has always been journalism. After pursuing a Master of Journalism at UBC , she began freelancing at Xtra West — now Xtra Vancouver — in 2006, becoming a full-time reporter there in 2008.
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