Mikel Obi pays $4,000 to save Olympic football team from embarrasment at Brazil hotel

Chelsea star Mikel Obi has had to shell 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 .

Players and officials of the Dream Team VI, were held to ransom in Sao Paulo, over unpaid bills incurred by additional officals.
Organizers of the Games, insisted on a team of 25 players – 18 players and seven officials.

A source confirms that it was the responsibility of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), to offset the bills of the extra five officials.

Chelsea billionaire owner Abramovich reportedly rejects £35m bid from Monaco for Jose Mourinho -How happy is Jose Mourinho?

The Portuguese is under immense pressure having lost over 60% of games played this season and is a target for the French principality club, but Abramovich has reportedly rejected a mammoth bid for his coach's services and wants Mourinho to stay on for a while despite the poor run.

Guess Who? Who knew Sunday Oliseh had such a cute son? (photo)

And a lovely daughter. Oliseh's son and daughter pictured with sports correspondent, Oma Akatugba.

Iker Casillas breaks down in tears as he bids farewell to Real Madrid [More Photos]

Goal keeping and Real Madrid legend Iker Casillas broke down in tears yesterday Sunday July 12th as he said goodbye to Real Madrid fans during a farewell press conference. After 25 years at Real Madrid (he joined Real's youth academy in 1990), the 35 year old is moving to Porto

Serena Williams stuns at Wimbledon' Champions dinner-Lovely Dress

The 33yr old sports legend stunned in a peach-coloured floor-length gown at last night's Wimbledon Winners dinner. After beating Garbine Muguruza on Saturday, Serena became the oldest ever Wimbledon Champion and now holds the titles for the world's four major tournaments in one year.

Floyd Mayweather's entourage involved in car crash with a bike [See Photos]

One of the SUVs in Floyd Mayweather entourage crashed into a guy on a motorcycle on Saturday night when he and his crew were on their way home from a nightclub. This happened around 3 am. It's unclear if Floyd was riding in the SUV involved in the accident but in video obtained by TMZ Sports, you can see Mayweather at the crash scene while people attend to the fallen biker. Emergency personnel raced to help but the biker's condition is unknown. One witness at the scene said it looked as if the motorcycle clipped the back end of the SUV and the guy was ejected from his bike.

Serena Williams is officially a sports legend

What an amazing feat! Phenomenal woman!

Caitlyn Jenner ditches her dresses, steps out in jeans & sweater

The world's most popular transgender, Caitlyn Jenner, was spotted puffing on her cigarette as she stood next to her Porsche 911 GT3 RS sports car in LA over the weekend. The 65 year old reality star ditched her dresses for jeans and a black sweater as she took her fast car for a spin. See more photos after the cut...

Adorable Serena Williams Named as The Chief Sporting Officer For Aston Martin

World number 1 tennis player Serena William has landed herself a new job as the Chief Sports Officer for British manufacturer of luxury sports cars and grand tourers, Aston Martin.