Volleyball
Lokomotiv signed a black volleyball player after a racist scandal
Laurenne Teixeira / Photo: © VCG / Contributor / Visual China Group / Gettyimages.ru
Diagonal Lorenne Teixeira has signed a contract with
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according to the press service of the Kaliningrad team.
The details of the deal were not disclosed.
Last season, the 26-year-old Brazilian played in the Japanese Championship for Saitamo Ageo Medix. Teixeira also played for Brazil in the World Cup and Nations League matches.
Recall that on May 12, the head coach of the Kaliningrad team Andrey Voronkov during a time-out in the match with Uralochka-NTMK, giving instructions to his players, pulled Valeria Zaitseva aside and said to her: “Why are you catching this monkey again?” This was aired by Match TV. Cuban Ailama Sese Montalvo played for Uralochka-NTMK, who later left the club. Lokomotiv apologized for the incident.
Lokomotiv became a two-time champion of Russia following the results of the 2021/22 season.
Source: Sportbox
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