Super Eagles/Watford star Odion Ighalo faces 2 year jail term & €3000 fine for alleged bribery scandal while in Spain

According to reports from top Spanish paper, Marca, Super Eagles/Watford striker Odion Ighalo and 93 others including his ex-Granada teammate, Diego Buonanotte might face a two-year jail term after facts emerged he was involved  in a bribery scandal while he played with Granada in Spain.

According to the report, Ighalo and 93 others bribed their way through driving tests in 2012 and 2013 as they hired someone to sit for exams and the striker potentially faces a jail term of 2 years and fine of  €3,000 if an open trial is to be held according to the provincial district attorney’s office of Granada.

According to the report, the Super Eagles star and 93 others paid between €1,500 and €2,500 to students who wrote their driving exams for them and in Ighalo's case, after the exam- the errors from his sheet were deleted.

Ighalo has now been charged with 'falsifying an official document'.

Pep Guardiola Manchester City coach covers GQ magazine (photos)

The fashionable Manchester City manager, covers the Spanish edition of GQ magazine and he's every bit as stylish as any fashionista. More photos after the cut.

Aliko Danger Claims He Will Buy Arsenal In Say 3-4 Years

Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, plans to buy London-based Arsenal soccer team within four years.

Dangote, a Nigerian worth $10.8 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, announced his intention to buy the club last year. He said he needs to wait for his business prospects to improve and his investments in gas pipelines and an oil refinery to play out before making the acquisition.

“There’s no doubt” he’ll buy Arsenal and “it’s not a problem” of money, Dangote said in an interview with Bloomberg Television in New York on Wednesday. “Maybe three to four years. The issue is that we have more challenging headwinds. I need to get those out the way first and start having tailwinds. Then I’ll focus on this.”

Dangote, an Arsenal fan, has lost $4.5 billion this year, the third most of anyone globally, due mainly to the depreciation of Nigeria’s currency, the billionaires index shows. The bulk of his wealth is tied up in Lagos-based Dangote Cement Plc, whose stock is down 19 percent in the past two years. An acquisition would make him the first sub-Saharan African owner of a team in England’s Premier League.

“It’s not about buying Arsenal and just continuing with business as usual,” he said. “It’s about buying Arsenal and turning it around. I’ve run a very successful business and I think I can also run a very successful team. Right now, with what we’re facing, over $20 billion of projects, I cannot do both.”

While Arsenal has won 13 top flight league titles in England, making it one of the country’s most successful sides, it’s last was in 2004.

Arsenal Holdings Plc, the owner, trades on the ICAP Securities & Derivatives Exchange, or ISDX, and has a market capitalization of 1 billion pounds ($1.3 billion).

 Stan Kroenke, worth $7 billion and owner of the National Basketball Association’s Denver Nuggets, holds 67 percent of Arsenal Holdings, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

Most English Premier League matches are broadcast live in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, by Supersport, a satellite television channel owned by South Africa’s Naspers Ltd.

Nollywood Actor, Osita Iheme aka Pawpaw Signs For Turkey Football Club, Fenerbahce

Nollywood actor Osita Iheme has penned a deal with Turkish side, Fenerbahce.

Osita popularly known as Pawpaw paid a visit to his footballer friend Emmanuel Emenike in Turkey, who helped Osita sign a contract with Fenerbahce. He wrote....

'Finally drop the pen with fenerbahce .. Watch out for inspired football academy next big thing. thanks to my bro emenike_9'.

In his part, Emenike said...

'We just signed a new striker too much goals this season ositaiheme fenerbahce'

Confusing isn't it?

Wenger finally reacts to Mourinho comment: I'll beat up Arsene Wenger -

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger ahead of his team's clash with Chelsea on Saturday, has berated a former manager of the club, Jose Mourinho. Wenger was reacting to a biography of the Manchester United manager written by Daily Mail where Mourinho was quoted once telling a journalist that he would love to approach Wenger in real life (outside the football pitch) and "break his face."

Speaking on Friday, the French sportsman said:

"Look, I haven’t read the book and I certainly won’t read it. I cannot comment on that. I talk about football and that’s all I do. I’m not in a destructive mode, ever. I’m more constructive and I cannot comment on that because I’m focused on tomorrow’s game and how we want to play football."What is amazing is that has nothing to do with our game tomorrow. I personally am just focused on doing my job well and respecting everybody else."I do not want to especially comment because we play Chelsea tomorrow. I have no personal problem with anybody, I respect everybody in our game and I don’t feel I comment a lot on other teams."Sometimes I just say what I think, but that is part of the way I am."

Kei Nishikori Knocks Andy Murray Out Of U.S Open In Five Set Thriller

Kei Nishikori, this year’s sixth seed and the runner-up at the 2014 Open, came back and stunned Murray, 1-6, 6-4, 4-6, 6-1, 7-5, in a thrilling, back-and-forth duel that was determined, at least one man thought, by the roof.

                   Andy Murray after the match.

“I think definitely under the roof he was able to dictate more of the points,” Murray said.

Nishikori reached the semifinals at a major tournament for only the second time and will face the winner of Wednesday night’s match between No. 3 Stan Wawrinka and the wild card Juan Martín del Potro.

Nishikori, who had lost seven of his eight previous matches to Murray, has not always played to his potential. But the U.S. Open is becoming his favorite Grand Slam event.

“I love the crowd,” he said. “It makes me more motivated. It’s little bit different than other Grand Slams. It’s more loud, and it’s more like a big party on the court.”

Murray enjoyed that feeling when he took the title in 2012, but even after an outstanding summer in which he won the Wimbledon title and the gold medal at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, he may wonder about this match. Was it really the closing of the roof that changed the conditions, or was it his preoccupation with it?