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

Ronaldo Causes Stir In Italy

 May 17, 2021 - 03:31 pm

Juventus superstar Cristiano Ronaldo caused a big stir in Italy after he had seven of his cars loaded on to moving trucks on the weekend.

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The 36-year-old has been strongly linked with an exit from the Bianconeri in the next transfer window, with the team currently outside of the UEFA Champions League spots. 

Rumours suggest that Ronaldo could be open to a return to Manchester United, while Paris Saint-Germain and Sporting Lisbon have also emerged as potential destinations for the ex-Real Madrid talisman. 

The forward fuelled further speculation on the past weekend when a Portuguese moving company was seen loading seven of his cars on to a truck for transport. 

The vehicles are believed to have arrived in Italy three years ago when Ronaldo completed his move from Los Blancos to the Old Lady, with this reportedly being the first time they have left his property in Turin since. 

It remains to be seen where the five-time Ballon d'Or winner will play his football next season, with many believing he will not be at Juve should the Italian giants fail to qualify for European football in the 2021/22 campaign. 

Click through the gallery below to see some of the cars Ronaldo might have had transported on the weekend! 

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