Ex-Robins and Great Britain star Mike Smith hailed Boston's historic moment but insisted more rugby league greats must follow ...

Billy Boston to become rugby league’s first knight - The 90-year-old blazed a trail for black sports stars and finished his ...

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

Growing up in the Wigan borough, you are told these legendary tales about Boston over the years, and just how much of an entertainer he was. I caught up with Wigan icon Sean O’Loughlin earlier this ...

"Trailblazing" rugby league star Sir Billy Boston's honour came "a little bit late", his son said, as his father became a knight in a first for the sport. Sir Billy, who scored 478 tries in 488 ...

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Billy Boston, who blazed a trail for Black sportspeople in Britain during the 1950s and ’60s, has become the first rugby ...

Billy Boston's knighthood in June 2025 is a moment of national celebration. But before the titles and tributes, there was a ...

Billy Boston walks into the lobby of a hotel near Hyde Park Corner, wearing a smart blue jacket and the broad smile that harvested more than a million views when television cameras picked him out ...

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Billy Boston has become the first knight in rugby league's 130-year history after being honoured by King Charles III at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday. Boston, 90, who stared for Wigan and Great ...