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Andrew Watson: The 'most influential' black footballer for decades lost to history

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  By Andrew Aloia BBC Sport Last updated on 11 October 2021 11 October 2021 . From the section Football Watson was a trailblazer who helped transform how football was played There are two murals of black footballers facing one another across an alleyway in Glasgow. One helped shape football as we know it, the other is Pele. Andrew Watson captained Scotland to a 6-1 win over England on his debut in 1881. He was a pioneer, the world's first black international, but for more than a century the significance of his achievements went unrecognised. Research conducted over the past three decades has left us with some biographical details: a man descended of slaves and of those who enslaved them, born in Guyana, raised to become an English gentleman and famed as one of Scottish football's first icons. And yet today, 100 years on from his death aged 64, Watson remains something of an enigma, the picture built around him a fractured one. His grainy, faded, sepia image evokes many differen...
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Coach Pitso Musimane what a job well done for Bafana Bafana

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I would like to complement Coach Pitso Musimane for the job well done yesterday. The team that he selected for Ivory Coast game was even encouraging the people to watch it playing. Unlike the Afcon qualifier team which was full of the local derby players which we are tired of watching. The team had depth and you could see even their opponents who were stars from all the filthy rich clubs in Europe found it difficult to defeat us. The guys were equal to the standard in all the areas defence, midfield and striking force. The second half we took the game to their side and it paid dividends we got the gaol which we needed. We were standing a good chance to win that game. Next time we playing other countries with less quality players like the Ivory Coast, chances are win situation. It’s so unfortunate that coach, you only woke up after the damage was done. However we are with you if the work on the pitch is showing progress. When the performance is not satisfactory we are made at...
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Gaddafi: 'He died an angry and disappointed man'

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Gaddafi: 'He died an angry and disappointed man' By Katya Adler BBC News, Misrata Advertisement Katya Adler meets members of Gaddafi's inner circle Continue reading the main story Libya Crisis Counting the cost Bloody birth How Gaddafi died Libya explained Bombed-out devastation is pretty much all you see when you drive in to Misrata. A few men sit on shabby orange sofas in front of the rubble that lines the main road. The only real sign of life here is the newly-dubbed Misrata Museum where weapons seized from Gaddafi loyalists and other spoils of war are displayed and gloated over. But one of Misrata's prized trophies is very much hidden from public view. Mansour Dhao Ibrahim is one of Libya's most wanted - a man believed to have ordered the killing, rape and torture of the opponents of Col Muammar Gaddafi...
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Andrew Watson: The 'most influential' black footballer for decades lost to history

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  By Andrew Aloia BBC Sport Last updated on 11 October 2021 11 October 2021 . From the section Football Watson was a trailblazer who helped transform how football was played There are two murals of black footballers facing one another across an alleyway in Glasgow. One helped shape football as we know it, the other is Pele. Andrew Watson captained Scotland to a 6-1 win over England on his debut in 1881. He was a pioneer, the world's first black international, but for more than a century the significance of his achievements went unrecognised. Research conducted over the past three decades has left us with some biographical details: a man descended of slaves and of those who enslaved them, born in Guyana, raised to become an English gentleman and famed as one of Scottish football's first icons. And yet today, 100 years on from his death aged 64, Watson remains something of an enigma, the picture built around him a fractured one. His grainy, faded, sepia image evokes many differen...
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Are there any planets outside of our solar system?

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If everyone on Earth sat in the ocean at once, how much would sea level rise?

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  There are a lot of people, but the oceans are very big.   Rosley Majid/EyeEm via Getty Images If everyone on Earth sat in the ocean at once, how much would sea level rise? March 29, 2021 2.07pm SAST Author Tony E. Wong Assistant Professor of Mathematical Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology Disclosure statement Tony E. Wong does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment. Partners Rochester Institute of Technology  provides funding as a member of The Conversation US. The Conversation is funded by the National Research Foundation, eight universities, including the Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Rhodes University, Stellenbosch University and the Universities of Cape Town, Johannesburg, Kwa-Zulu Natal, Pretoria, and South Africa. It is hosted by the Universities of the Witwatersrand and Wester...
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