Mikel pays $4,000 to rescue Dream Team over unpaid bills

 yet another fresh scandal, Chelsea star Mikel Obi has had to dole out $4,000 to ensure the Nigeria Olympic team caught their flight to Salvador after the hotel in Sao Paulo held the entire team to ransom over the bills incurred by additional officials.

Organisers have insisted on a team of 25 players, made up of 18 players and seven officials, and even sports minister Solomon Dalung has ordered this rule be strictly adhered to.

AfricanFootball.com’s impeccable source close to the team revealed that it took the intervention of the Chelsea star, who is also the team captain, who paid over $4, 0000 before the players and officials of the team were allowed to leave the hotel. 

Terrorist bombings in Thailand tourist hotspot Hua Hin leave at least one dead and 23 injured

A terrorist bombings in Thailand at a tourist hotspot has left at least one dead and 23 people injured.

At least 9 foreigners - believed to include Western tourists - are among those receiving medical treatment.

It is unclear whether any British tourists are among those killed and injured in the incident in Hua Hin near Bangkok, but the area is popular with Westerners.

Two motorbikes are believed to have been involved in the blasts - which have left some of those injured in critical condition in a market area of the resort.

Tragic ???? See how this Fresh Graduate Died.

Tragedy struck yesterday as a fresh graduate of the Imo State University took his last breathe as students poured him water in jubilation of final year completion. What seem to be jubilation turned into a gathering of sorrow when the victim was running away from a number of students who pursued after him to pour dirty water on him. In that quest to dodge the water being poured on him,

Little Girl Abandoned by Father and Drug-Addict Mother Is Adopted by Christian Texas Family, Becomes Best Athlete in the World

“The best ever.” “The perfect 10.” “The best gymnast in history.” “Unbeatable.” “Stunning.” “Breathtaking.” “A Legend in the making.”

These are some of the ways Simone Biles has been described by her competition, even before her Olympic debut. Biles, a 19-year-old gymnast for Team U.S.A., is already the most decorated gold medalist in world championship gymnastics history. In Rio, she is on the fast track to becoming the best in the world, again, being an odds-on favorite to bring home as many as five gold medals.

U.S. rider Armstrong captures third straight gold medal

Kristin Armstrong gave herself a nice early birthday gift as she warded off the rainy weather to complete a three-peat in the cycling individual time trial at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Armstrong, of no relation to Lance Armstrong, overcame a late push by Russia's Olga Zabelinskaya to earn gold with a time of 44.26.42.

Armstrong turns 43 on Thursday and was the final cyclist to take off and the oldest competitor in the race.

With her third consecutive victory, she is now the oldest female Olympic cycling champion.

Armstrong retired after winning gold in the 2012 London Olympics but earlier this year decided to make a comeback.But it wasn't a smooth ride for her to reach the Summer Games. Last month, an arbitration hearing called by U.S. time trials champion Carmen Small debated whether Armstrong was unfairly selected. It was eventually decided -- a week prior to heading to Rio de Janeiro -- that Armstrong's spot was secured.

Independent athlete wins gold for first time in Olympic history

When Kuwait's Fehaid Al-Deehani learned that his country had been suspended by the International Olympic Committee, he likely thought his Olympic dreams were over.

But Al-Deehani, along with seven other athletes, was allowed to compete under the Olympic flag as an independent athlete -- and he was sure to make the most of it.

Al-Deehani won gold in the men's double trap on Wednesday -- the first gold medal by an independent athlete in Olympic history.

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An officer in the Kuwaiti army, Al-Deehani is competing in his sixth Olympics but has never before won gold (he won bronze in 2000 and 2012 while competing for Kuwait).

He defeated Italy's Marco Innocenti in the final match after beating American Joshua Richmond in a shoot-off

Fehaid Al-Deehani won the first ever Olympic gold medal by an independent athlete.

Despite competing as an independent athlete, Al-Deehani maintains his Kuwaiti pride. He was reportedly asked by the IOC to carry the Olympic flag during the Rio opening ceremony, but he refused.

"I am a military man and I will only carry the Kuwait flag," Al-Deehani said. "I cannot carry the IOC flag."

Bikini-clad Miss BumBum competitors put their pert posteriors on parade during Rio Olympics

Some of Brazil's finest backsides were paraded on the streets this week ahead of the fifth Miss BumBum competition.

As Rio roads closed for the Olympic cycling events yesterday - traffic stopped for another reason - as the girls took the streets of Sao Paulo.

More than one hundred applications from each of Brazil's 27 states had been whittled down to just 15.

And they decided to show exactly what their behinds were made of on Monday ahead of the annual competition in November.

The US women's gymnastics team just obliterated the competition like never before to win a gold medal

The US women's gymnastics team made the team final a race for silver.

After a dominant qualifying heat on Sunday, the US women once again flattened competition en route to an easy gold medal in the team final.

The US finished with a score of 184.897 — eight points better than second-place China. As SB Nation's Rodger Sherman pointed out, the gap between the US and China was wider than the gap between China and last-place Brazil.

The team finished with a bang on the floor. Laurie Hernandez, 16, kicked things off with a wink at the judges before scoring a 14.8, the best of the day, in one of the biggest routines of her life. It was just the beginning, though: Aly Raisman then followed it up with a nearly flawless routine for a 15.3.

Things to consider before dating a broke man

Firstly, it is not a crime to be broke! The crime is choosing to remain broke!

Love can be found in the strangest place, even in the house of a broke man. When you are in love with a financially unstable man, he requires all the support he can get from you as such you need to be sure you can handle the situation.

Money is known to have been the cause of cheating in 50% of Nigerian girls.
Remember it is your choice to be in love with him.

These factors to consider include:

Friend battled in vain to save hero nightclub fire victim by dousing flames with bare hands

A heroic nightclub worker spent his final moments trying save people from a huge fire at one of the UK's most famous venues , it has emerged.

Tomas Ceidukas, 28, died in hospital yesterday as a result of injuries he suffered when a blaze broke out at Ibiza-style mega-club Studio 338, in Greenwich, south east London, on Monday.

As tributes poured in for the victim, it emerged Tomas had been helping people leave the venue before he was engulfed in black smoke.

And friend Max Maxi, told how he battled in vain to save his friend by putting out the flames with his bare hands.

On a Facebook tribute page for Tomas, he posted an image of his burn injuries adding: "Just got back from the hospital after seeing my dear Friend , Brother, Son, Tomas on his bed.

Donald Trump says nobody thought he was suggesting people should shoot Hillary Clinton

Donald Trump attempted to clarify a controversial statementthat he made in reference to Hillary Clinton at a campaign rally in North Carolina on Tuesday.

Trump's remarks seemed to suggest that proponents of the Second Amendment could take violent action to prevent his Democratic rival from selecting new justices to sit on the US Supreme Court.

In making the suggestion, Trump alluded to his claim that Clinton would appoint judges who back policies meant to "take [Americans'] guns away."

"Hillary wants to abolish, essentially abolish, the Second Amendment," Trump said. "By the way, and if she gets to pick — if she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks. Although the Second Amendment people, maybe there is, I don't know."

Serena Williams crashes out of women's singles and the diving pool turns green - What you missed last night at Rio 2016

Six things you missed overnight 

1. Michael Phelps wins his 20th and 21st Olympic gold medals

The American - already by a distance the most decorated Olympian of all time - stormed to 200m butterfly victory and held off the challenge of South African Chad le Clos, who could only finish fourth.

Less than an hour later - after shedding tears on the podium while being awarded his 20th Olympic gold medal - Phelps anchored the USA to 4x200m freestyle relay glory.

Chinese tourist loses wallet and becomes refugee in Germany for two weeks by mistake

AChinese tourist who lost his wallet unwittingly became a refugee in Germany for two weeks.

The 31-year-old backpacker, who spoke neither German nor English, reported that he "needed help" after arriving at Stuttgart airport on July 4.

The man, who was described as "smartly dressed" and had apparently travelled to Europe for a walking holiday in Italy, was taken to a reception centre in the nearby town of Heidelberg.

Instead of signing a stolen item form for his wallet at the local police station, the man, known as Mr L, unwittingly filled out an asylum request form.

Jamaican swimmer Alia Atkinson becomes first black woman to win world title

Alia Atkinson of Jamaica

Alia Atkinson became the first black woman to win a world swimming title when she triumphed in the 100m breaststroke at the world short-course championships in Doha on Saturday as more records tumbled.

Jamaican Atkinson, 25, claimed the title and equalled Ruta Meilutyte's world record of 1min 02.36sec in the process - although under governing body FINA rules this still equates to a new record.

Meilutyte appeared on course for a successful defence of her title only for her rival to move on to the Lithuanian's shoulder at the final turn.

Atkinson then clawed her way down the final length before out-touching the 17-year-old by 0.10sec.

She was completely unaware of what she had done, staring up at the scoreboard with an air of resignation before it gradually dawned

'I'm going to have a baby with my sister and we couldn't be more excited about it'

The idea that families come in all shapes and sizes has never been more true with adoption, same-sex relationships and the introduction of new ways to conceive.

Writer Samuel Leighton-Dore, 25, spoke to Mirror Online about his decision for his sister to have his child - and has opened up about the negative response it has received.

Samuel, from Sydney, is in a relationship with photographer and designer Bradley Tennant but doesn't want to miss out on their baby having both of their family's genes.

As a compromise, his sister Bronte has agreed to donate her eggs so that the couple can have the family they've always wanted.

Samuel told Mirror Online: "It's not too strange when you break it down. We'll be using IVF. It'll be my sister's egg and my partner's sperm with a third-party surrogate, preferably someone who already has a family of their own.