Sports SOCCER SUPERSTAR SENTENCED TO FLOGGING IN THE SUDAN Nigerian star Stephen Worgu, who plays in Sudan, has been convicted of drinking alcohol and has been sentenced to be flogged.Worgu plays for the Sudanese giants Al Merreikh, who are based in Omdurman in Northern Sudan.Alcohol is illegal in the Muslim North, though not in the semi-autonomous and largely non-Muslim South.The punishment on the diminutive attacking player has not yet been carried out, as his lawyer has appealed. (READ MORE) OSI UMENYIORA: AFRICAN SPORTS PERSONALITY OF THE TIMES Ositadinma "Osi" Umenyiora, born November 16, 1981 in Golders Green, London, England is an American football defensive end in the National Football League for the New York Giants. (READ MORE) NIGERIAN EAGLETS INCH CLOSER TO ANOTHER TITLE Nigeria took a giant step toward booking their place in the knockout stages of the FIFA U-17 World Cup with a 1-0 win over Honduras at the National Stadium in Abuja. (READ MORE)   GHANA LOOKS TO WORLD CUP AFTER UNDER-20 SUCCESS ACCRA, Oct 19 — Ghanaians clad in the national colours of red, gold and green celebrated long into the night on Friday as excitement over the national team’s penalty shootout victory over Brazil in the final of the Under-20 World Cup in Egypt brought the West African nation to a standstill. (READ MORE)     DABA MODIBO KEITA RETAINS WORLD TAEKWONDO CHAMPIONSHIP Daba Modibo Keita (born April 5, 1981 in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire to Malian parents) came to to Copenhagen where  he retained his title as world champion in taekwondo. In other words, he took revenge on his poor performance at the last Olympics in Beijing China. (READ MORE) Soccer: Argentina Defeat Nigeria Venezuela beat Nigeria 1-0 Friday to record its first ever win in the under-20 World Cup, with Yonathan Del Valle scoring shortly after Nigeria forward Lukman Haruna was sent off. Samuel Peter retains interim WBC Heavyweight Title Chika Onyeani  New York, Oct. 6 - We had thought it was going to be a cake-walk, but did we know, that this substitute fighter would give our champion a nightmarish two rounds of boxing. With the hoopla we had built around Samuel Peter, who had a week earlier been declared the Interim WBC Heavyweight Champion, added to the fact that the former champion, Oleg Maskaev originally from Russia had been stripped of the championship for not defending against Samuel “The Nigerian Nightmare” Peter, we almost had heart attacks in rounds 2 and 3, when Samuel was knocked down three times by this a-no- body-we-thought person, Jameel McCline. (click here) LADY NICKY ANOSIKE, A STAR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE Staff Reporters  Lady Nicky Anosike has become a basketball player of national recognition. She has led the Lady Vols of the University of Tennessee in blocked shots (19), and ranked third in rebounding (5.6 per game). She became a starter in the last 15 games the team played, where she averaged 9.3 points and 7.1 rebounds over her final eight regular season starts. (click here)