Brazil football star Neymar backs far-right Bolsonaro days before election
by Andrew Downie in São Paulo from World news | The Guardian on (#648A2)
Paris Saint-Germain forward posts video in support of far-right president, who is trailing badly in polls ahead of Sunday's vote
The Brazilian football star Neymar has come out in support of President Jair Bolsonaro, three days before the far-right leader looks set to lose a bitter re-election race against his leftist rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
Lounging in a gaming chair, the Paris Saint-Germain forward recorded a video singing along to a Bolsonaro jingle and making V signs with both hands to signify 22, the number of Bolsonaro's party as it appears on Brazil's electronic ballots.
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