Woman soccer player dropped over League

(ANSA) - Naples, October 15 - A player with a women's soccer team that integrates migrants with Italians in Naples has been dropped after standing in a local council election as part of a list linked to the anti-migrant Euroskeptic Noi con Salvini ticket led by Interior Minister and League leader Matteo Salvini, sources said Monday.
    Titty Astarita of Afro-Napoli United had announced her intention of standing for the council at Marano near Naples.
    The club works to integrate migrants into Italian society via soccer.
    The club said in a statement "Afro-Napoli United is not a team like any other. It was born as a project of inclusion and integration".
    Salvini has taken touch anti-migrant stances, including stopping migrant ships, which have boosted the League's popularity.