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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

Nostradamus 2020: Why do people think Nostradamus predicted coronavirus?

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NOSTRADAMUS predicted the coronavirus pandemic in 1555, according to bizarre claims made on social media. By  SEBASTIAN KETTLEY PUBLISHED:  01:10, Mon, Mar 23, 2020   | UPDATED:  01:57, Mon, Mar 23, 2020 0 Coronavirus: Donald Trump praises public response to lockdown Pause Unmute Current Time  0:20 / Duration  0:43 Loaded :  100.00%   Facebook Twitter Share Fullscreen   The  coronavirus  (SARS-CoV-2) has infected more than 315,000 people since it first appeared in China last November. The newly discovered pathogen has spread to virtually every corner of the planet, killing in the process more than 13,000 people as of 3.08pm GMT (10.08am EST) on March 22. TRENDING Nostradamus 2020: Why do people think Nostradamus predicted coronavirus? Coronavirus: Shock breakdown of Nostradamus prediction - 'Indeed did predict the virus'

Roberto Firmino: Liverpool forward's journey from humble origins to starring Anfield role

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Firmino's childhood home (on the right, painted white) is now a hotdog store. The Estadio Rei Pele can be seen in the distance With giant palm trees stooping towards turquoise water, high-rise hotels glimmering in the sun, and opulent beachside restaurants selling lobster and expensive liqueurs, it's easy to see why Maceio, the capital of Alagoas state, is known as Brazil's Caribbean. Yet like most cities in the country's underdeveloped north east, this picture postcard scene tells only part of the story, the superficial face of a metropolis reliant on tourism. Venture a few blocks inland and a different Maceio gradually comes into view; the place regularly listed among Brazil's most violent. It is here, among the carpets of litter, filthy waterways and shanty housing, that a timid young boy with an ever-present smile started his journey from the streets to the Selecao, from Alagoas to Anfield. Roberto Firmino Barbosa de Oliveira was born on 2 Octob

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