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UN envoy to Myanmar warns that violence puts country on 'path to self-destruction'

The U.N. envoy to Myanmar is warning that the Southeast Asian country is on “a path to self-destruction” if the violence doesn’t end

The Independent UK

Black sports trailblazer Billy Boston, 90, becomes rugby league's first knight

Billy Boston, who blazed a trail for Black sportspeople in Britain during the 1950s and ’60s, has become the first rugby league player to receive a knighthood in a special ceremony at Buckingham Palace

The Independent UK

Rugby league star Sir Billy Boston’s knighthood ‘a little bit late’, says son

The 90-year-old was knighted by the King in a private ceremony at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday after a campaign to get the player honoured.

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London mayor Sadiq Khan is knighted by King Charles in ceremony at Buckingham Palace

The three-term mayor of London was honoured for political and public service

Evening Standard

Billy Boston Before the Knighthood: Know All About the League Legend and the Forgotten Black Icons of Welsh Rugby

From Butetown to Buckingham Palace — Billy Boston's journey celebrates excellence, resilience, and long-ignored Black Welsh rugby pioneers.

International Business Times UK

Billy Boston set to become rugby league’s first knight in special investiture

Boston scored 478 tries in 488 matches for Wigan after making the switch from rugby union to league in 1953.

Evening Standard

Billy Boston to become rugby league’s first knight

The 90-year-old blazed a trail for black sports stars and finished his career with a British record 571 tries to his name.

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Wigan great Billy Boston knighted in historic first for rugby league

Billy Boston, 90, is not only one of rugby league’s greatest players, but one of the pioneering black figures in British sporting history

The Guardian - UK

MP calls for knighthood for rugby league ‘hero’ Billy Boston

Labour MP for Makerfield Josh Simons said it ‘is a scandal that for over a century, no rugby football league hero has received a knighthood’.

Evening Standard

Three Welsh rugby ‘codebreakers’ immortalised by statue in Cardiff Bay

Rugby League greats Billy Boston, Gus Risman and Clive Sullivan are depicted in the monument.

The Independent UK

Billy Boston says Cardiff ‘codebreakers’ statue among ‘highlights of my life’

The ‘codebreakers’ statue is the first in Wales to feature non-fictionalised, named black men.

The Independent UK

Statue of three Welsh rugby legends to be erected in Cardiff Bay

Billy Boston, Clive Sullivan, and Gus Risman will be depicted in the monument

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