Nigerian Born Enobong Wins U.S. UBF International Heavyweight Title

Nigerian born boxer, Enobong Umohette brought down his opponent, former USA Olympian, Dante Craig at the 2nd round to clinch the UBF International Heavyweight Boxing Title.

In what was to be a sensational 10-round battle, Enobong achieved the unthinkable, succeeding as a promoter and fighter and, at the same time, capturing the UBF International Heavyweight boxing title by a 2nd round TKO win over Craig.

Umohette entered the fight with only 9 fights to his record and faced Dante Craig who won 15 of his 20 wins by TKO and held 4 national and international titles.

The Nigerian born pugilist, in his victory speech showed his respect for the USA Olympian and thanked Nigerians, friends and well-wishers for their support.

“Whenever you see Maurinho, you see motivation” – John Obi Mikel

Midfielder John Obi Mikel believes Jose Mourinho's "win, win mentality" will lead to another era of success at Chelsea.

Mikel said Mourinho had returned to the club this summer with the sort of swagger which convinces players they can do better.

"This game is all about winning and the manager that brought this transformation of winning to this club is back now," Mikel told Chelsea TV.

"He still has the same idea of how he wants us to approach every game with a win, win mentality.

VIDEO: Arsene Wenger talks Arsenal future strategy and new deal rumours

Wenger's current deal at the Emirates ends this summer, but Wenger declined the opportunity to dispel those rumours at his latest news conference.

“I didn't deny that [there has been an offer],” he said.

“When you are manager at the club you have to prepare for the long-term always and act like you will stay forever…What is important now is our next game [at home to Norwich City on Saturday],” he added.

Check out the press conference clip below;

How suicide bombers who planned to disrupt Ethiopia vs Nigeria game blew up themselves

The Ethiopian government has announced that two suicide bombers who had planned to disrupt Sunday’s World Cup qualifier between Ethiopia and Nigeria in Addis Ababa accidentally blew themselves up before carrying out the attack.

Nigeria defeated their hosts 2-1 at the packed National Stadium in a first leg play-off game for Brazil 2014.

On Monday, the government opened up on the failed plot and stated that the explosion happened in the upscale Bole district of the capital, about 5 km (3 miles) from Addis Ababa Stadium where thousands of fans were gathering for the match.

The Nigerian team stayed at Saro-Maria Hotel in the Bole district not far from the airport.

"They were Somali nationals and plotted to carry out a suicide attack disguised as fans on either the stadium or areas where large crowds gathered to watch the game," government spokesman Shimeles Kemal was quoted by Reuters.

Nigeria Sets New African Record With Win Over Ethiopia

The Super Eagles have set an African record with their 2-1 win over Ethiopia in Addis Ababa on Sunday.

Courtesy of the win, Nigeria have set a new record of going unbeaten in 27 World Cup qualifying matches.

 The last time Nigeria tasted defeated in a World Cup qualifier was as far back as 2004, when they lost to Angola in Luanda.

Since then, Nigeria have won eighteen and drawn nine of their last 27 World Cup qualifying games, setting an African record, that is also the best ever run in the World.

Arsenal confirms signing of 19-year-old Nigerian defender, Semi Ajayi

Arsenal Football Club has officially confirmed the transfer of Semi Ajayi from Charlton Athletic into the club’s youth academy – he joined the Arsenal Academy after impressing as a trialist with the Club.

The 19-year-old Nigerian defender scored on his debut for the under-21s in a 3-0 victory over Blackburn Rovers, before putting in another accomplished display for Steve Gatting’s side in a 1-0 win over West Bromwich Albion at Emirates Stadium earlier in September.

Semi, pronounced Shemi was born in London and graduated from the Charlton Athletic Academy.

Ronaldinho undergoes £36,000 operation to fix his teeth [VIDEO & PHOTOS]

Brazilian star, Ronaldinho coughed out £36,000 to get his teeth sorted at an orthodontic clinic in Brazil recently – farewell to the goofy grin.

The 33-year-old, who currently plies his Samba skills for Atletico Mineiro, can be seen in the video below having his trademark teeth fixed after going under the knife.

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Bash Ali apologises to President Jonathan and Sports minister

Allsports: Veteran Nigerian cruiserweight boxer, Bash Ali on Tuesday in Abuja tendered an apology for his actions in pushing for the government to sponsor his intended fight.

Ali had a problem with the Sports mininster, Bolaji Abdullahi after the boxer was thrown out by the minister’s security men for forcefully trying to break protocols to see him.

But he has apologised adding that his actions in was not intentional, nor was he willing to hurt anybody.

Ali is pushing to have his name enter the Guinness Book of World Records as the oldest boxer to win a world title, which he plans to stage in Nigeria.

“I will like to tender my unreserved apology to anybody I might have hurt in the process of my trying to bring honour, glory, employment and clean money to Nigeria,” Ali said at a press conference.

Nadal wins 13th Grand Slam title by beating Djokovic in U.S. Open final

Hard to believe this is the same Rafael Nadal who was home during the U.S. Open a year ago, nursing a bad left knee. 

Hard to believe this is the guy sent packing in the first round of Wimbledon in June, losing to a 135th-ranked player. 

Looking fit as can be and maybe even better than ever, the No. 2-ranked Nadal pulled away from No. 1 Novak Djokovic 6-2, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 on Monday in a taut, tense U.S. Open final for his 13th Grand Slam title.

“This is probably the most emotional one in my career,” Nadal said. “I know I had to be almost perfect to win.”

Nigerian Born NFL Star Oladele Ayanbadejo poses 'nude' for NOH8 campaign

Nigerian born NFL star and former Superbowl champion, Oladele Brendon Ayanbadejo has added his voice to a compilation of high-profile celebrities that advocate for marriage equality.

Ayanbadejo, who has long been a straight ally for the LGBT movement posed nude for NOH8 campaign.

The "NOH8" campaign posted the photo yesterday with the caption: "A real man supports equality."

NOH8 Campaign (pronounced "no hate campaign") is an organization in the US whose mission is to promote marriage, gender and human equality. 

I am not a racist – Stephen Keshi

Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi has defended his comments about Malawi coach, Tom Sainfiet denying that he is a racist.

As the war of words started in the build-up to the 2014 World Cup qualifiers against Malawi, Sainfiet is reportedly taking Keshi to FIFA, for saying that he is a “white dude that needs to go back to Belgium”

But Keshi has defended his choice of words, adding that he was only standing up for Nigeria, when Saintfiet alluded that it was unsafe to play in Calabar.

“I was just standing up for my country when someone tries to make insinuations that it is not a safe place,” Keshi was quoted as saying on supersport.com.

“I have nothing against Sainfiet, he was in Nigeria recently and we shook hands and had a few things we discussed. I just was very unhappy that a man who last year was prepared to work for Nigeria with a four year contract can all of a sudden start to describe the place as ‘unsafe’ so am not having that,” Keshi added.

Globacom Signs English Premier League Sponsorship Deal

Nigeria’s telecom giant, Globacom has made another milestone achievement by securing the sponsorship of the broadcast of 2013/2014 English Premier League live matches on frontline pay TV and DSTV.

The sponsorship, which started at the weekend, is for three football seasons, (2013-2016) and the package includes EPL live matches, EPL match reviews, EPL preview, Premier League World and studio branding. The matches will run from August to May every season.

Speaking on the new development, the GCOO of Globacom, Mohamed Jameel restated the company’s commitment towards the development of football, not only in Nigeria, but also across Africa. 

He reassured football lovers that “the sponsorship is designed to sustain the value the network gives to millions of its subscribers. We want football lovers to enjoy the best of English league as the premier league kicks-off formally this weekend.”

PHOTO: Angry Fans Cover Mario Balotelli’s Ferrari with toilet paper

The AC Milan striker is thought to have been out for dinner in Lugano – a small city on the Italian-Swiss border on Thursday night when the vandals struck.

Reports claimed fans wrapped up Balotelli’s car in toilet paper after the Italian international rejected their approaches for an autograph.

Balotelli, who was angered to have seen his Ferrari defaced, was helpless because the guilty parties were already long gone before he came out of the restaurant.

Lesson learnt – next time don’t snub your fans, else...

19-year-old Fan jailed for hugging Cristiano Ronaldo

Ronald Gjoka, 19, ran onto the pitch in the 67th minute to embrace his idol, only to be arrested by local police and taken to jail for trespassing and disorderly conduct.

Gjoka spent the night in prison before he was allowed to leave the day after, yet he has stressed that the moment was worth the punishment.

"Honestly, first thing was look straight, find Cristiano and don't look back. Just go," Gjoka told Local10.

"I decided to add a little knee slide on it just for a little celebration. I think Ronaldo always does that celebration so I thought that he would find it funny, and he did, he gave it a little laugh.

Dubai Football Club, Al Nasr offers $2.3m to sign West Brom star Osaze Odemwingie

Dubai football club Al Nasr has increased its offer to sign Nigerian striker Peter Osaze Odemwingie from English club West Bromwich Albion, just days after negotiations with the Premier League club had stalled.

In the last few days, Al Nasr entered into fresh talks to sign the 32-year-old footballer, the Express & Star news paper reported.

The UAE club previously made a bid of £850,000 ($1.31m), which was rejected as too low by West Bromwich Albion officials. Al Nasr officials are now believed to have increased their offer to £1.5m ($2.3m) in a bid to sign the player, the report said.

Another potential stumbling block is the fact Odemwingie is believed to be reluctant to move abroad and is keen to remain playing in the English Premier League.

VIDEO: Usain Bolt tries to learn Russian in funny new video

While in London recently for the Anniversary Games, the Jamaican took time out to make the light-hearted promotional film for sportswear giant, Puma, in which he tried out some Russian phrases.

Check the video below:

Blessing Okagbare breaks African Women’s 100m record

Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare today smashed the African 100m Women’s record.

 She came from the back and stormed through to win in 10.86 seconds, setting a new African record at the London Olympic Anniversary Games.

Okagbare has been in tremendous form lately as she also leapt 7m recently to become only the second Nigerian lady after Chioma Ajunwa to do same.

Expectedly, Okagbare tops the list of 19 athletes to represent Nigeria at next month’s World Athletics Championships in Moscow where Nigeria hopes to end her 13 years of medal drought.

“I just wanted to put up a good race and I’m so excited. For me, I just want to do my best and I’ve been working hard and have tried to stay on top of my recovery. I’m hoping when it comes to Moscow that I’ll be ready,” Blessing said.

Taiwo Taye indicted in France on Tax Fraud

Former Nigeria international, Taiwo Taye has been indicted in France on tax fraud charges and a Marseille court has begun a judicial procedure to seize his €600,000 mansion based in Allauch, a French commune situated east of Marseille.

The 28-year-old defender played six seasons at Olympique Marseille between 2005 and 2011 before joining Italian giants AC Milan.

French fiscal authorities say the player did not pay income taxes in 2008 and 2009 as well as property taxes in 2011 on his 900m2 home, which they say will be auctioned at €200,000, three times lower than its market value, reports supersport.com.

Prophet TB Joshua Set to Buy Football Club, Wassaman United in Ghana

According to ghanasoccernet.com, TB Joshua is on the verge of completing a take-over of Ghanaian second-tier side Wassaman United.

The cleric is believed to have virtually wrapped up the take-over in a deal which will see the name of the club changed to Emmanuel Stars.

Kiyoandfilo learnt that this is the second time Joshua has attempted to get a stake in Ghana football; in the first instance, an attempt to set up a second division side flopped.

Emmanuel Stars will compete in the lower division league and most certain to have the financial war chest to make a bigger impact in the league.

PHOTOS: Check out Ghanaian Star, Asamoah Gyan’s House and his Exotic Cars

The Black Stars Player who is often referred to as Baby Jet took time to do the “if you have it, flaunt it” in his recently released photos.

Asamoah, a Glo Ambassador is surely living the life… his deal with Al Ain FC fetched him a whopping £6.72million in 2012 (close to ₦2 billion).

Like they say ‘when you are big, you are big’

Check out the photos

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