http://www.blackpresence.co.uk Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:06:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/lennox-lewis/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/lennox-lewis/#comments Tue, 13 Jul 2010 21:57:36 +0000 admin http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=2123 Lennox Lewis was Britains last Heavyweight Champion boxer. Despite a reputedly high, undisclosed personal wealth, Lennox Lewis remains one of the most likeable sporting personalities of this century. Lennox Claudius Lewis was born in Stratford, London on 2 September 1965. His names could not be more aptly chosen as Lennox is Gaelic and means ‘chieftain’ [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/lennox-lewis/feed/ 1 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/james-peters-the-1st-black-rugby-player/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/james-peters-the-1st-black-rugby-player/#comments Thu, 08 Jul 2010 19:06:49 +0000 admin http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=2098 James Peters was the first Black man to play Rugby Football for England. Born in Salford slums of Manchester He moved to London where he began to play Rugby. Later he moved to Bristol and then Plymouth where he worked as a Docker and quickly got into the local team. Before long he was selected [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/james-peters-the-1st-black-rugby-player/feed/ 1 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/colin-jackson-black-british-athlete/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/colin-jackson-black-british-athlete/#comments Thu, 08 Jul 2010 18:45:28 +0000 admin http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=2094 Colin Jackson is One of Britain’s greatest ever athletes who retired after a remarkable seventeen years at the top. Although as a boy, Colin Jackson had an all-round talent for sport, playing football and cricket for the county and rugby and basketball for his school. Athletics came most naturally to him, his favoured event being [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/colin-jackson-black-british-athlete/feed/ 1 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/linford-christie/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/linford-christie/#comments Wed, 07 Jul 2010 21:59:14 +0000 admin http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=2073 ? Linford Christie’s title collection includes an Olympic, a World Championship, three European, three Commonwealth, ten European Cup and four World Cup medals. Linford was the first man to retain the World Cup 100m title and in 1997 won a record 7th European Cup title. From 1995 to 1997 he was the inspirational captain of [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/linford-christie/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/06/stan-collymore/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/06/stan-collymore/#comments Mon, 28 Jun 2010 13:00:43 +0000 admin http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=2035 Stan Collymore is remembered as being one of Footballs bad boys. He has now retired from professional football. He was an extremely successful Striker. Born January 22, 1971 in Stone in Staffordshire. He joined Walsall in 1989 but the club later canceled his Y.T.S contract. In July 1989 Wolves agreed to complete his trainee term [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/06/stan-collymore/feed/ 2 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/06/daley-thompson-decathlete/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/06/daley-thompson-decathlete/#comments Fri, 25 Jun 2010 20:55:43 +0000 admin http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=2041 DALEY THOMPSON British decathlete who became only the second competitor in history to win the decathlon at two Olympic Games, capturing gold medals in 1980 and 1984. The son of a Nigerian father and a Scottish mother, Thompson made his debut in the decathlon at the age of 16, winning a competition in Cwmbran, Wales. [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/06/daley-thompson-decathlete/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/05/ian-wright-footballer/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/05/ian-wright-footballer/#comments Tue, 25 May 2010 16:43:57 +0000 admin http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=1977 Ian Wright was one of the best known footballers in the British game, he started off as a low paid plasterer and ended up being one of the most recognised footballers of our time. He was recognised as an extremely talented young striker which his managers soon noticed. He was getting paid very little and [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/05/ian-wright-footballer/feed/ 4 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/05/fohn-barnes-footballer/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/05/fohn-barnes-footballer/#comments Sun, 16 May 2010 20:47:06 +0000 admin http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/05/fohn-barnes-footballer/ John Barnes was an exciting Black footballer playing for Liverpool in the 1980′s and 90′s. Three years after his spectacular solo goal for England against Brazil at Rio’s Maracana Stadium the exciting Jamaican-born winger was signed from Watford for 900,000 pounds by Liverpool boss Kenny Dalglish in 1987 as part of his team reshaping following [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/05/fohn-barnes-footballer/feed/ 1 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/02/cyrille-regis-footballer/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/02/cyrille-regis-footballer/#comments Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:25:24 +0000 admin http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=1752 Cyrille Regis, Is a famous black British footballer, he was one of the earliest black players in the modern leagues. The striker, whose trademark was scoring highly spectacular goals, began his playing career at West Brom with star players like Laurie Cunningham, Brendon Batson, Derek Statham, Len Cantello and Tony ‘Bomber’ Brown. Regis broke into [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/02/cyrille-regis-footballer/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/02/clyde-best-mbe-footballer/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/02/clyde-best-mbe-footballer/#comments Thu, 18 Feb 2010 09:18:50 +0000 admin http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=1613 Clyde Best was one of the first black footballers to succeed in the English Football League and paved the way for a whole generation to make their way into the professional game. Clyde Best made 186 appearances for West Ham United in a six year spell at Upton Park and bagged a respectable 47 goals. [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/02/clyde-best-mbe-footballer/feed/ 0