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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

Africa we need to wake up

The Americans and the Europeans are on a mission iin this world, they kill leaders who they don like and put theirs. They also aim for countries which are rich in resources like oil and diamonds. These are the most wanted on their lists. They kill us remove our leaders take the resources and build their reserves. The put Saddam Hussain and deposed him they helped Gaddafi and they now they have killed him using their NATO. Their mission is getting to where they want. Target is Iran now America is going to fight a war with Iran one day. Israel is going to be used in the middle east. 

Iran nuclear crisis: EU moves towards crude oil ban

EU member states have agreed in principle to ban imports of Iranian crude oil to put pressure on the country over its nuclear programme. The move is expected to be announced formally at an EU foreign ministers' meeting at the end of January. The US, which recently imposed fresh sanctions on Iran, welcomed the news. Iran has dismissed the threat of new sanctions and denies Western claims that it is trying to develop a nuclear weapons programme. Iran has also denied that a record low of its currency this week was linked to punitive US measures against its banks. Oil prices on international markets rose on news of the EU agreement. "We have an [EU] foreign ministers' meeting on January 30, and on this occasion I hope we will be able to take the decision on the embargo of oil and petrol from Iran", said French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe. "We have to reassure some of our European partners who purchase Iranian oil. We have to provide them with alternative solut

Profile: Kim Jong-un

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Kim Jong-un was educated in Switzerland Continue reading the main story Kim Jong-il dead Memorial in pictures Uniting N Korea in grief Mystical cult of personality Genuine tears? Kim Jong-un has taken on the mantle of North Korea's supreme leadership with little political or military experience behind him. But he was named head of the party, state and army within a fortnight of his father's death on 17 December 2011. Kim Jong-il, North Korea's "Dear Leader", was in the process of grooming Kim Jong-un as his successor when he died. Immediately after his father's death, Jong-un was hailed as "the great successor". But little is known about the elusive young man who is the youngest son of Kim Jong-il and his late third wife Ko Yong-hui, Born in 1983 or early 1984, he was initially not thought to be in the frame to take up his father's mantle. Analysts focused their attention on his half-brother Kim Jong-nam and older full brother Kim

Two Koreas 'at a turning point' says South president

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2 January 2012 Last updated at 04:47 GMT Facebook Twitter Two Koreas 'at a turning point' says South president South Korean President Lee Myung-bak said a window of opportunity to improve ties was open Continue reading the main story Kim Jong-il dead Memorial in pictures Uniting N Korea in grief Mystical cult of personality Genuine tears? The Korean peninsula is at a "turning point" and there are opportunities for change, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak said in a new year speech. He said Seoul would "respond strongly" if provoked by North Korea, with whom it remains technically at war. But he said that the biggest goal was stability, and that aid-for-disarmament talks could resume if Pyongyang halted its nuclear activities. On Sunday North Korea told citizens to defend leader Kim Jong-un to the death. Kim Jong-un has succeeded his father, Kim Jong-il, who died on 17 December at the age of 69. On Friday, the country's powerful Nat

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