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.

King Charles III knighted Billy Boston at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday. Boston, 90, was the first player in the 130-year history of rugby league to receive a knighthood. Aaron Chown/Agence France ...

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

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