Drogba out injured

More news on the injury front, Didier Drogba injured his knee against CFR Cluj in Chelsea's Champions league match in Romania. The Ivorien striker had just returned from another lengthy layoff before he went down in Romania. Chelsea will have to rely on Drogba's Les Elephants teammate Saloman Kalou. We wish Didier a quick return back to the pitch.

Osi Umenyiora out for 2008-09 NFL season

Super Bowl Champion and NY Giants defensive end Osi Umenyiora is out for the 2008-09 NFL season with a knee injury suffered in a preseason game against the rival NY Jets.
Osi tore the lateral meniscus in his left knee and underwent surgery in New York City.
We wish Osi the best in his recovery and hope he gets back to destroying quaterbacks in the 09-10 season.

Nigerian Dream team brings home Silver from Beijing

Nigeria's men's Olympic footy team completed their Olympic run with a loss to the equally loaded Argentinean team in the Men's Finals.
Samson Siasia's boys will have much to be proud of as they head back home and to their various clubs as despite the loss, they have done their country and continent proud.
Some bright stars for the U-23 squad despite the exclusion of John Obi Mikel included:
Chinedu Ogbuke
Osaze Odemwingie
Victor Obinna Nsofor
Dele Adeleye

Congrats to the Lads and we look forward to seeing them do bigger and better things for the Super Eagles

Luol Deng shows why he's one of the classiest players in the NBA

This week, the Times newspaper in the UK had an excellent article on Luol Deng.

Luol just got PAID by the Chicago Bulls and despite a less impressive season last year than in his previous seasons, the Bulls know how vital Luol is to their team. Regardless of his fame and fortune Luol shows that he's still a humble African at heart and still looks to do right for his Sudanese brothers and sisters all over the world.
Stay Classy Luol and keep making us proud.

Olympics

The 2008 Olympics in China have begun and we have seen mixed results for the African nations in Soccer.
Nigeria tied Holland 0-0.
Ivory Coast lost to Argentina 2-1 and
Cameroon tied South Korea 1-1.

Next up Nigeria take on Japan,
Cameroon take on Honduras and Ivory Coast play Serbia.

Osi Umenyiora Rap

Osi decided to show off his "rapping"ability a la Shaquille O'neal on the Mike and Mike Show on ESPN.
Check it out.

CAF 2010 WC Qualifiers

The Super Eagles of Nigeria have started the 2010 WCQ in good form as they've gone unbeaten in their first three matches unlike quite a few other African nations that have stumbled out of the gate. Nigeria served up victories against South Africa, Sierra-Leone and Equitorial Guinea to lead
Group 4.
Egypt, Cameroon, Morroco and Ivory Coast have some ground to make up after losing and drawing to lesser opponents in their qualifying zones.Here are highlights of Nigeria's match vs Sierra Leone in which the Uche boys- Kalu and Ike- shined.

Ime Udoka helps Spurs to WCF

Ime Udoka helped lead the San Antonio Spurs past the New Orleans Hornets on Monday night.
The Spurs used their experience to pull out the win in New Orleans and were aided by Udoka who led the Spurs bench with eight points including two important three-pointers. Ime averaged 11.3 ppg in the last four games of the series and that helped the Spurs bench compete with the little the Hornets got from their bench. Next up for the Spurs and Ime, the Los Angeles Lakers in the Western Conference Finals. We here at Africa Sports wish Ime the best and hope for one heckuva series.

The King adds more Silverware

King Kanu brought some silverware to the Southern coast of England on Sunday.
Nwankwo Kanu scored the lone goal in the 2008 FA Cup Final to give Portsmouth a 1nil win over Cardiff City. Kanu already has amassed a colletion of medals and trophies and decided to bestow one on Harry Redknapp aka "appy arry", the Pompey manager who for all his wheelin and dealin had not won a trophy in his managerial career.(Intertoto cup doesn't count).
The King will attempt to add two more years to his EPL playing career if he and his agent can convince Pompey to extend his contract, if not, perhaps an MLS team might offer him a designated player contract.
Regardless, we duff our hats to Papillo aka King Kanu aka Nwankwo Kanu.

Udeze making comeback

Minnesota Vikings DE Kenechi Udeze is making a fantastic revovery from Leukemia. Yahoo sports
has an excellent article on his recovery and it is absolutely inspirational. Our brother's fighting spirit seems to be intact and he appears driven to return to the Vikes lineup. Our prayers are with you Kene and we hope you overcome it and get healthy first and foremost.