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Footballer Emmanuel Emenike has finally admitted he's dating former Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria, Iheoma Nnadi. Emmanuel shared the photos above of them on vacation in Turkey, via IG and wrote, 'My Sunday afternoon spent with my special.'

Andy Murray claimed his second Wimbledon title with a flawless 6-4 7-6(3) 7-6(2) defeat of Canadian Milos Raonic in Southwest London today Sunday July 10th.

The draw for the third round of African Zone qualifiers for the 2018 FIFA World Cup took place today in Cairo, Egypt. Nigeria has been placed against Cameroon, Zambia and Algeria.

This is the final and decisive stage of the continent's preliminary competition, with only 5 teams out of the 20 teams to participate at Russia 2018. May God help us...

The Nigerian Football Federation has unveiled the preliminary 35-man football squad prepared by coach Samson Siasia, to represent Nigeria in the Summer Olympic games set for August in Rio de Janeiro.

Hundreds of thousands of jubilant fans came out for a parade celebrating the Cleveland Cavaliers' NBA Championship win, in downtown Cleveland. The team led by Lebron James brought home the city's first major sports title in more than 50 years (since 1964), ending their long professional sports championship drought. Confetti in the team's colours rained down as the parade moved through the city, with the NBA championship trophy in a black pickup truck and team members traveling in separate vehicles. See more photos..

The U.S. men's gymnastics team trials for the 2016 Olympic Games will be holding soon. Gymnasts will vie for the eight coveted spots on the American squad, consisting of 5 team members and three alternates. People magazine conducted an exclusive interview with these elite gymnasts and here are some of their photos.

With shocks aplenty in the group stages, the draw for the knockout stages is somewhat lopsided with England, Germany, Spain, Italy and hosts France all with similar routes to the final.
Iceland, Hungary, Switzerland and Poland are just some of the teams bidding to make their mark on a major tournament for the first time in many years.

Read the full schedule and fixtures for the next round and quarter finals.

Leicester city sensation Jamie Vardy has ended all speculation about his future by signing a new four year deal with Leicester City, the current English premier league champions, hereby ending all rumors linking him with a move to Arsenal. Announcing the news Vardy was staying at the club, a Leicester statement on their official website read;

Kenneth Omeruo, a Chelsea central defender who played this past season on loan in Turkey, has reportedly agreed to join Samson Siasia's team and participate in the upcoming Rio Olympics tournament. 22 year old Kenneth will not be one of the three over-aged players allowed for this U23 tournament in August because of his age and can join as a regular player.

28-year-old model, Joy Corrigan, set pulses racing as she ditched her top during a swimsuit photo shoot in Miami. When she did wear a one-piece bikini, it looked like her assets were spilling out of it. More photos.

In a division 9 match in Sweden, football club Pershagen SK's Adam Lindin Ljungkvist was sent off for farting, an action the referee termed "unsportsmanlike behaviour" after he farted loudly in a game against Jarna SK's reserve team.

The Super Eagles were earlier placed in Pot Three while Egypt were placed in Pot one after the Egyptian Football Association lodged a formal complaint to express their discontent after being zoned in Pot Two despite being the fifth best ranked team among the 20 teams.

June 16, 2016: Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry is held back from referee Jason Phillips by Shaun Livingston, left, and Klay Thompson, right, while reacting to being called for his sixth foul during Game 6 of the NBA Finals

The wife of Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry took out her frustration over the Warriors' loss in Game 6 of the NBA Finals on Twitter late Thursday, posting that the championship series was "rigged for money" before deleting the message.

Olumpic medalist Louis Smith has been slammed for posting a provocative photo of a 16-year-old gymnast online. Louis, 27, shared a close-up of US gymnast Carly Patterson’s bum cheeks in a red leotard before gushing, “My sport has its moments,” on Instagram.

Riot police on Wednesday armed with tear gas and batons charged at English fans who were yelling 'we hate Russia' after it emerged that Russian fans had reportedly vowed to attack their English counterparts.

TMZ Sports has obtained exclusive photos of super rich boxer, Floyd Mayweather's new private jet...and it's sick! Floyd reportedly bought the private jet, his second, about two weeks ago.

World No 2 Andy Murray says that Tennis star Maria Sharapova had no excuse for taking a banned substance and says she is responsible for whatever medication she takes not her doctor or management.

Dozens of Russian fans attacked English and Welsh fans chanting 'we hate Russia' yesterday in Lille, France, despite UEFA threatening to ban Russia and England from the EURO 2016 tournament if fan violence continues.

Group F

Austria Vs Hungary and Portugal Vs Iceland.

Radamel Falcao, former Atletico Madrid, Man U and Chelsea footballer was pictured enjoying a romantic getaway with his wife, singer Lorelei Taron in Miami Beach. More photos after the cut...

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