Ryan Giggs has led Wales to qualify for the Euro 2021 finals and top spot in their Nations League groupWales manager Ryan Giggs says he is "immensely proud" to be Welsh and mixed race, although he had to suffer being made to feel "different" in his youth. The 46-year-old's father, ex-rugby league player Danny Wilson, is black and his mother, Lynne Giggs, is white. Cardiff-born Giggs has spoken before about the "shock" of facing racism for the first time when his family moved to Manchester when he was seven. "I didn't experience anything in Cardiff," Giggs told ITV Wales. "As you can guess, to look at me, you wouldn't think my dad was black.

Source: BBC October 27, 2020 12:00 UTC