James Cook (born 12 May 1959) [1] Jamaican born, a former European and British super middleweight boxing champion. In 2007, he was awarded an MBE for "his outstanding work with the young people of Hackney's notorious Murder Mile". [2] He also previously featured on the show The Secret Millionaire.
His nephew, Reice Charles-Cook, is a goalkeeper for Macclesfield Town [3] and regularly featured in former club Arsenal's under-18 side. [4]
Arsenal Football Club is a professional football club based in Islington, London, England. Arsenal plays in the Premier League, the top flight of English football. The club has won 13 league titles, a record 14 FA Cups, two League Cups, 16 FA Community Shields, the League Centenary Trophy, one European Cup Winners' Cup, and one Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. In terms of trophies won, it is the third-most successful club in English football.
Michael Gerard Tyson is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1985 to 2005. Nicknamed "Iron Mike" and "Kid Dynamite" in his early career, and later known as "The Baddest Man on the Planet", Tyson is considered to be one of the greatest heavyweight boxers of all time. He reigned as the undisputed world heavyweight champion from 1987 to 1990. Tyson won his first 19 professional fights by knockout, 12 of them in the first round. Claiming his first belt at 20 years, four months, and 22 days old, Tyson holds the record as the youngest boxer ever to win a heavyweight title. He was the first heavyweight boxer to simultaneously hold the WBA, WBC and IBF titles, as well as the only heavyweight to unify them in succession. The following year, Tyson became the lineal champion when he knocked out Michael Spinks in 91 seconds of the first round. In 1990, Tyson was knocked out by underdog Buster Douglas in one of the biggest upsets in history.
Patrick Vieira is a French professional football manager and former player who is the manager of Premier League club Crystal Palace. Vieira began his career at Cannes in 1994, where several standout performances in his debut season garnered him a move to Serie A club Milan a year later, though he had limited first-team playing time. In 1996, he relocated to England, where he was able to join his fellow countryman Arsène Wenger at Arsenal for a fee of £3.5 million.
Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao Sr., is a Filipino politician and former professional boxer. Nicknamed "PacMan", he is regarded as one of the greatest professional boxers of all time. He has been serving as a senator of the Philippines since 2016.
Mikel Arteta Amatriain is a Spanish professional football manager and former player. He is currently the manager of Premier League club Arsenal.
Duncan James is an English singer, actor, and television presenter. He became widely known in 2001 as a member of the boy band Blue, and later for playing Ryan Knight in the British soap opera Hollyoaks.
Theo James Walcott is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Southampton and previously for the English national team.
Lucian Bute is a Romanian-Canadian former professional boxer who competed from 2003 to 2017. He held the IBF super-middleweight title from 2007 to 2012, successfully making nine consecutive defenses and reaching a peak ranking of number one in the division by The Ring magazine.
Mesut Özil is a German professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder and is the captain of Turkish Süper Lig club Fenerbahçe. Özil is known for his technical skills, creativity, passing skills, and vision. He can also play as a wide midfielder.
Carl Martin Froch, is a British former professional boxer who competed from 2002 to 2014, and has since worked as a boxing analyst and commentator. He held multiple super-middleweight world championships, including the WBC title twice between 2008 and 2011, the IBF title from 2012 to 2015, and the WBA (Unified) title from 2013 to 2015. At regional level he held the British, Commonwealth, and English super-middleweight titles, and won the Lonsdale Belt in 2006. As an amateur in the middleweight division, Froch won a bronze medal at the 2001 World Championships, and the ABA title twice.
Santiago Cazorla González is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Qatar Stars League club Al Sadd. A former Spanish international, Cazorla operates primarily as an attacking midfielder, but can also play as a winger, central midfielder or as a deep-lying playmaker.
Aaron James Ramsey is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Scottish Premiership club Rangers, on loan from Serie A club Juventus, and the Wales national team. Ramsey mainly plays as a box-to-box midfielder, but has also been deployed on the left and right wings.
Kieran James Ricardo Gibbs is an English professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Major League Soccer side Inter Miami CF.
Anthony Lloyd Evans Cook is an English footballer who plays for Cray Wanderers.
Gavin Andrew Hoyte is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Maidstone United. He has been a member of the Trinidad and Tobago national team.
Francis Joseph Coquelin is a French professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Spanish club Villarreal. He has also featured for Valencia, Arsenal, Lorient, SC Freiburg and Charlton Athletic in his career.
Robin van Persie is a Dutch football coach and former professional footballer who played as a striker. Regarded as one of the best strikers of his generation, he is the all-time top scorer for the Netherlands men's national team. He is currently an assistant manager at boyhood club Feyenoord in his first managerial role.
Tomáš Rosický is a Czech former professional footballer who was the captain of the Czech Republic national team for a ten-year period. He played club football for Sparta Prague, Borussia Dortmund and Arsenal.
Reice Jordan Charles-Cook is an professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Dartford. Born in England, Charles-Cook represents the Grenada national team.
Regan Evans Charles-Cook is a professional footballer who plays for Scottish Premiership club Ross County. Born in England, Charles-Cook represents the Grenada national team.
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