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Black athletes
This tag pages covers Black athletes and their various achievements and lives in and out of sport.
Alexandra Ndolo: the German-born fencer now competing for Kenya
“[…] my career is not typical. I have a really strong body. So I think for Paris, I will be in the best shape of my life”
Andy Cole built his ultimate striker for ESPN
Andy Cole built his ultimate striker for ESPN with a mix of old (Les Ferdinand and Alan Shearer) and new (Kylian Mbappe).
Apparently, Lewis Hamilton is set to leave Mercedes and join Ferrari in 2025. I did not see this coming (mainly because I checked out of F1 after the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix fiasco).
There's something about Marcus...
Maybe there’s more to life than reputation if everything isn’t okay.
Tony Yeboah and his 32 goals for Leeds United
Yeboah ate volleys for breakfast.
The Conversation on a lack of majority black-owned basketball franchises
How a basketball team in Harlem paved the way but no one is left to walk it.
Remembering Brendon Batson, Arsenal’s first Black player
‘Talent can’t be denied and Black players have proven.’
That time when The Rock said 'who are you two roody poos?'
You can guess the eventual response.
Grapple Theory on the best Black British wrestlers right now
They’re Black and they’re wrasslin’, innit bruv?
Arsenal celebrates club connections with Black British communities
The North London club has had a major influence on Black British cultures, and vice versa.
Simone Biles wins a record-breaking 21st world championship gold medal
Flipping heck!
How the Black Press Helped Integrate Baseball: Black newspapers often spoke to the conscience of the nation. As historian Bill L. Weaver notes, the Black press was ‘acutely perceptive and remarkably capable of assessing the importance of racial advances in the context of what the race ultimately hoped to achieve.’
Coco Gauff is the 2023 US Open Women’s Singles champion
And she hasn’t even reached her final form yet!
Mikael Ymer has retired from professional tennis
A triple fault?