Nigerian Samuel Peter bt Oleg Maskaev of Russia in a WBC World Champion heavyweight in Cancun, Mexico on March 8, 2008, to become the 1st Nigerian and African World Heavyweight Champion. Peter bt Oleg Maskaev by sixth-round stoppage by a technical knockout.

The man known as the Nigerian Nightmare unleashed a flurry of punches from the  first round..... Read more

Defending champions Egypt won a record sixth Africa Cup of Nations final with a well-deserved victory over Cameroon on Sunday in Accra

Egypt’s Pharaohs set a new continental record with a sixth African Cup of Nations victory against Cameroon. Although the final did not see as many goals as expected both teams ended the tournament with a beautiful display of quality football and technical skill..... Read more

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga is the unseeded Frenchman who made a tennis history in the Australian open. He is one of the few un-seeded player to reach the final of a Grand Slam. The previously little known Tsonga punched his way through the draw in Melbourne, upsetting the likes of Andy Murray, Richard Gasquet and Mikhail Youzhny along the way

Tsonga's semi-final success over number two seed Nadal was in a different league though, as he ripped the Spaniard to pieces during a brutal 6-2 6-3 6-2 straight sets victory to book a place in the final of the Australian Open. Read more

The little known John McBeth, accused African (Black Nations) football associations of corruption and greed. The Scottish Football Association out going President, who will step in as the British Vice President of Fifa, was quoted by a Scottish newspaper as lashing out on "Poor nations", Africans and Caribbean’s national football associations. "By and large the four British countries know what fair play is and when we're stepping out of line. But as soon as you hit Africa it's a slightly different kettle of fish. Read more