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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

X-Ray Reveals Hundreds of Gold Needles in Woman's Knees

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. View gallery Acupuncture needles were left in this woman's knee after treatment.  When doctors examined an X-ray image of the knees of a woman experiencing severe joint pain, they found a gold mine: hundreds of tiny gold acupuncture needles left in her tissue. The 65-year-old South Korean woman had previously been diagnosed with osteoarthritis , a condition in which the cartilage and bones within the joints degrade, causing pain and stiffness. But when pain relievers and anti-inflammatory drugs didn't alleviate the pain in her knees and only caused stomach discomfort, she had turned to acupuncture, the doctors wrote last week in the New England Journal of Medicine. Acupuncture  is an alternative m

Mysterious figures at Bayern Munich

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Eleven men dressed in identical black robes were present in the stands to the surprise of bewildered fans at the Allianz Arena EXTRA TIME A group of mysterious figures caused a stir in the crowd at Bayern Munich's clash with Hertha Berlin at the Allianz Arena on Saturday. The 11 unknown men, each dressed in black robes and sat in a line, were spotted making strange synchronised gestures during the league match, which Bayern won 3-2. Men In Black | The robed figures startled supporters Situated six rows from the pitch just beside the halfway line in the stand opposite the broadcasting gantry, the group was also seen by TV viewers all across the world. One fan, Torsten Schmidt, said: "It was very weird. They sat very still for a long time but then would hold their hands up together, or stand up in unison and then sit down again. Everyone near me was very confused. Some people laughed, some looked astonished. It was just very weird." A key feature of the

Free State mom guilty of raping son

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(Supplied) Multimedia   ·   User Galleries   ·   News in Pictures Send us your pictures  ·  Send us your stories Related Links Daughter sees mom raped with stick Man jailed for brutal rape on mom Wife catches husband raping daughter kalahari.com With the Guards' Brigade During the Boer War On Campaign from Bloemfontein to Koomati Poort and Back Now R292.00 buy now Bloemfontein - A Free State mother convicted of raping her teenage son was herself sexually molested by family and friends, the Bloemfontein Regional Court heard on Tuesday. The woman’s Dutch Reformed Church minister testified in mitigation of sentencing in front of regional magistrate Jan

Arsenal fan with three wives loses his HOUSE after betting on Manchester United clash

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Arsenal fan Henry Dhabasani staked his house on a bet with a Manchester United fan, who offered his wife and Toyota car in return Tense battle: RvP scored the only goal in the match Alex Livesey An Arsenal fan has lost his HOUSE after betting that the Gunners would beat Manchester United at the weekend . Henry Dhabasani, who has three wives and five children, made a bet with friend Rashid Yiga that Arsenal would beat the Premier League champions. The price of the wager? Dhabasani put his family home on the line, while Yiga staked his Toyota Premio car, plus his WIFE. The wager was put in writing by the pair and was reportedly witnessed by community leaders in the town of Iganga in eastern Ugandan. The Ugandan Observer reports that following the match, which Arsenal lost 1-0, a group of Manchester United fans stormed Dhabasani's house and kicked his wives and children out of their home. It's not the first time the outcome of an Arsenal match has

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