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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

Manchester City losses halve

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  Manchester City won the Premier League for the first time in 2011-12 Continue reading the main story Business of Sport Hawk-Eye aims for football expansion Selling Roma and Milan on social media Tackling football's big money issues What will Man Utd sell off next? Manchester City has revealed that its financial losses for 2011-12 have halved from a year earlier. The Premier League champions announced a pre-tax loss of £93.4m, down from £189.6m in 2010-11. Revenues increased 51% to £231.1m, with the club's first appearance in the Uefa Champions League contributing more than £22m in new revenue. The club's sponsorship deal with Etihad Airways helped commercial partnership revenue double from £48.5m to £97m. City's operating loss also improved from a record £194.9m to £104.1m. Uefa's Financial Fair Play rules, which say clubs must break even over three years, come into full effect in 2013-14. Investment impact

North Korea 'moves mid-range missile'

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Advertisement The BBC's Damian Grammaticas on how the US and South Korea are responding to the threats Continue reading the main story Korea crisis China's role Should we fear? Key figures Kerry's test North Korea has shifted a missile with "considerable range" to its east coast, South Korea's defence minister says. Kim Kwan-jin played down concerns that the missile could target the US mainland, and said the North's intentions were not yet clear. Pyongyang earlier renewed threats of a nuclear strike against the US, though its missiles are not believed to be capable of carrying nuclear warheads. The US is responding to North Korea by moving missile defence shields to Guam. Meanwhile, Russia said Pyongyang's attempts to "violate decisions of the UN Security Council are categorically unacceptable". Continue reading the main story Analysis Jonathan Marcus BBC diplomatic c

North Korea 'moves mid-range missile'

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Advertisement The BBC's Damian Grammaticas on how the US and South Korea are responding to the threats Continue reading the main story Korea crisis China's role Should we fear? Key figures Kerry's test North Korea has shifted a missile with "considerable range" to its east coast, South Korea's defence minister says. Kim Kwan-jin played down concerns that the missile could target the US mainland, and said the North's intentions were not yet clear. Pyongyang earlier renewed threats of a nuclear strike against the US, though its missiles are not believed to be capable of carrying nuclear warheads. The US is responding to North Korea by moving missile defence shields to Guam. Meanwhile, Russia said Pyongyang's attempts to "violate decisions of the UN Security Council are categorically unacceptable". Continue reading the main story Analysis Jonathan Marcus BBC diplomatic c

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