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Ryan Earl Richards (born 24 April 1991) is a British-Jamaican basketball player who last played for the Terrafirma Dyip of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He began playing in England and has played for short spells for numerous teams in several countries.
The Caribbean island nation of Jamaica was a British colony between 1655 and 1962. More than 300 years of British rule changed the face of the island considerably (having previously been under Spanish rule, which depopulated the indigenous Arawak and Taino communities [6]) – and 92.1% of Jamaicans are descended from sub-Saharan Africans who were brought over during the Atlantic slave trade. [6]
It brought Jamaican recordings to Britain. Their first hit was Jimmy Cliff's "Wonderful World, Beautiful People" in 1969. The label had 28 other hits. The first Jamaican performers to reach number one in Britain were Desmond Dekker and the Aces with "Israelites" in 1969. The second act was Althea & Donna with "Uptown Top Ranking" in 1977.
This is a list of foreign players in Major League Soccer.The following players: Have played at least one MLS regular season game. Players who were signed by MLS clubs, but only played in playoff games, U.S. Open Cup games, or did not play in any competitive games at all, are not included.
Co-founder of the first black British glossy magazine, Root [19] [20] Val McCalla (died 2002), accountant and media entrepreneur. He was the founder of The Voice, a British weekly newspaper aimed at the Britain's black community; Pat McGrath (born 1965), founder of Pat McGrath Labs which has an estimated value of $1 billion
Jamaican Parentage and moved to Jamaica at age 13. Bianca Williams (born 18 December 1993) is a British athlete of Jamaican descent. Leon Reid (born 26 July 1994) is a male track and field British born sprinter who competes for Ireland. Has English-Jamaican father. Jazmin Sawyers is British Long Jumper who has competed at the 2020 Olympics ...
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Wilson was eligible to play for the Jamaica women's national football team through her paternal grandparents. [8] She made her senior international debut in 2022. [ 9 ] [ 10 ]