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Floyd Mayweather’s finale match against Andre Berto will broadcast live on SuperSport. Mayweather will defend his WBC and WBA welterweight titles on 13 September 2015. Berto, a 31-year-old from Florida, faces a man who has not been beaten in 49 professional fights and is regarded as the best boxer of his era. If the 38-year-old Mayweather wins, he will equal the record set by Rocky Marciano, who retired undefeated as heavyweight world champion in 1956 after winning 49 bouts.

Bernie Bismarck, the local promoter of the Toni Braxton – Babyface concert set for the Borrowdale Race Course on Friday night, has no say in the artiste’s itinerary in Zimbabwe, according to a report by Nehanda Radio , a Zimbabwean radio station. Bismark’s BD Promotions is co-organising the multiple Grammy award-winning duo’s concert with Canoc Live from South Africa. The sources told the Daily News that the tours of Chitungwiza and Victoria Falls announced by BD Promotions on the eve of Braxton’s arrival in Harare were unlikely to go ahead at the insistence of Canoc Live. Report Further states:

Can you all imagine Kim Kardashian as your First Lady? I mean a First Lady who always poses nude and not to forget has a well publicized seks tape. Kim’s husband Kanye West announced moments ago that he is running for US President in 2020. The controversial rapper made the shocking revelation during his Michael Jaackson Vanguard Award acceptance speech. “I have decided in 2020 to run for president,” the 38-year-old father-of-one told the audience.

Good news to Instagrammers… The photo blogging social platform , which only allowed square imagery, is finally letting users to share photos and videos in both landscape and portrait orientations. With the latest version (7.5) users will now have an added benefit of different formats. This will sure give photographers a good mood to have no limits in cropping details out of their shots and so is to video bloggers. Here is the statement announced by the platform:

D’Banj the Koko Master is arguably one of the most prolific music makers in Nigeria this year. Considering the not so distant past where many fans and critics have voiced out their feelings of his music being under par, 2015 has seen a vast upgrade as he has begun to assemble hits after hits. He informed the public of his intention to release a visual EP which would consist of 7 videos that would be released weekly, due to the nature of this project there were many reservations on whether such a project could be pulled off.

The highly influential comedian and activist Russell Brand has announced he’s quitting social media and broadcasting his YouTube show ‘The Trews’. Brand has built a niche audience and earned a reputation for unbridled candour since arriving on the scene, although he’s so polarising the other half would call him a brainless tool.

O ver the years, I’ve come to fully accept that any successful partnership in life must ride on compromise—personal relationships need this essential ingredient even more than business relations. Compromise remains the quintessential tough ingredient in relationships and undermining this would obviously create unexpected romantic chaos—it’s either you would be slaughtered in your sleep or you would one day face a box full of resentment from that partner. Even if you are lucky to survive because your partner benevolently chooses the latter, you would have to go to Mars and back to be able to settle things and that is if your other half is determined to fix things or has a reasonable mind of his or her own. There are a lot people must compromise on before a relationship can pull through the many faces—the honeymoon period is pretty easy as the Ice creams and trips to cities like Paris take the lead. But eventually, when reality hits in—that is when the need to pay attention to the com

Source: Goal.com Nigeria midfielder Michael Babatunde has signed a three-year deal with last season’s Europa League finalists Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk after canceling his contract with Volyn. The 22-year-old, who has spent five years in Ukraine, will wear the jersey No.9. Babatunde who turned down top teams that failed to meet his valuation disclosed that the conversation he had with manager Bohgdanovych Markevych swung the decision for him. “There were discussions with nearly all the top clubs,” Babatunde said.

The 2015 range will consist of the Nike Air Force 1 High, Nike Air Max 1, Nike Air Max 90, Nike Air Max 95 and the Nike Air Tech Challenge III. Suede has been utilized on the upper construction throughout the range, as the kicks welcome accompanying touches of beige and brown detailing. The Nike Sportswear’s Fall 2015 “Wheat” pack is expected to release instores in November. Check out the range photos, Let us know on the comment section, is it worth the BUY or NOT?

source: Goal.com Peter Odemwingie will miss Stoke City's clash away to Tottenham Hotspurs at White Hart Lane on Saturday after sustaining a hamstring injury in training, manager Mark Hughes revealed in his pre-match press conference. The Nigerian, who came on for the last ten minutes as his side lost 1-0 to Liverpool last weekend, could be out for up to a month according to his manager. “Unfortunately Peter has got a hamstring strain and is likely to miss the next couple of weeks,” Hughes said.

In other news , AKA admits to slapping Cassper Nyovest! Last week Cassper Nyovest alleged that AKA walked up to him and slapped him at a club . But AKA then took to Twitter and denied it all . And to our surprise AKA just confirmed with a tweet that he indeed slapped Cassper Nyovest. “At the end of the day, there are people doing their utmost to damage my reputation. Ok yes, I did smack Nyovest …. But this is crazy.”

Real Madrid target David de Gea appears to have edged closer to an Old Trafford exit after Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal revealed the unsettled goalkeeper does not want to play while his future remains unclear. Goal revealed in July that United were resigned to losing De Gea after the Spain international informed them that he wants to join Madrid this summer and the 24-year-old missed Saturday's 1-0 win over Tottenham, with Van Gaal claiming his goalkeeper lacked the necessary focus. Summer signing Sergio Romero kept a clean sheet in De Gea's absence and Van Gaal has now revealed for the first time that the Spaniard has explicitly told United staff he does not want to play for the club.

The former Fugees member will make her appearance in Naija four months after she failed to perform at an earlier booked show, due to travel arrangements. Lauryn Hill will perform live in Lagos on Sunday, 30 August at Eko Hotels along with her 20-man live band.

She may not be a full Kardashian but she has every bit of a Kardashian in her—from attention to style. Kim Kardashian’s younger sister-Kylie Jenner has stated in the past that, her style is massively influenced by Kim—and now, she even rocks the Bikini just like Kim would do. Kylie who celebrated her 18th birthday on Monday jetted to Joe Francis’ private estate Casa Aramara in Mexico to continue the festivities with some beach and poolside frolics. Kylie was photographed wearing a high-cut bikini which showed off her ample curves.

Source: Goal.com Anthony Ujah scored a fantastic brace in pre-season as Werder Bremen claimed a 2-1 victory over West Ham United at Upton Park. Die Werderaner came from behind following Diafra Sakho’s 19th minute strike; Ujah responded swiftly as Hammers shot-stopper Adrian could not handle the 24-year-old’s shot from 25 yards. The goal that proved to be the winner just after the hour mark was a classic as the inspirational Ujah took a touch from James Tomkins and placed the ball past Adrian into the net.

South African R&B and Afro-soul singer Zonke will be launching her new single ‘Reach It’ on Friday, 14 August, off the upcoming album titled Work of ‘Heart’ scheduled for release on 11 Sep 2015. The single ‘Reach It’ showcases Zonke at her best – it is the work of a grown, assured singer-songwriter and producer, undoubtedly one of the reigning queens of Afro-soul, Zonke is an R&B star in the full flower of her abilities. An instinctive writer, Zonke’s compositions flow and carry with them the collective experiences she effortlessly puts to music. Zonke’s strength and resilience through life’s turbulent waves has allowed her to emerge into an even better, stronger, a more talented, more spectacular version of herself.

The allegations of s*xual assault continue to pour in against the once much loved by now universally repulsed Bill Cosby. Over forty women has accused the comedian of drugging and raping them. The frequency of the allegations has abated for a while but it seems a new set is now in, including a former actress of the Cosby show. The three women organised a press conference on Wednesday, represented by Gloria Allred. The celebrity attorney represents over twenty of the women who has stepped forward with allegations so far.

Naija superstar D’banj seems to have dumped current girlfriend, Bonang Matheba, to return to ex-girlfriend Adama Indimi; the daughter of oil billionaire Mohammed Indimi, the 37th richest man in Africa. On Wednesday Adama was celebrating her birthday and D’banj took to his Instagram to suggest that he still had feelings for her. D’banj posted a picture of her and captioned it: “Happy Birthday to this very beautiful and extraordinary woman, She’s 1 in a life time..my best friend, my closest and best ally, my beautiful princess the Queen of my heart @presido have a blast my dear. I love you very much babe. Muah!”

One month after unveiling its new streaming-music service, Apple has locked in 11 million trial members, USA TODAY reports. The report further explains, Apple Music, which launched June 30, costs $9.99 a month for individual access to 30 million songs as well as human-curation playlists and a live radio station. There’s an initial free trial period of three months. Assuming all the trial memberships are converted into paying customers come October, Apple would already boast half the paid memberships of reigning streaming champ Spotify, which launched nearly a decade ago.

Drake’s on top of the world right now. The Toronto born rapper has just crushed Meek Mill’s feeble attempt at a beef, whilst releasing a couple of hit tracks in the process. In more good news, ‘If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late’ has just gone platinum, selling over one million copies to cross that most venerable of industry benchmarks.

The news have been sketchy for sometime now about the sequels of Bad Boys…But now it has all been set and confirmed its finally happening. Sony Pictures has officially announced they’re working on sequels of Bad Boys 3 and 4. The last release of Bad Boy 2 saw a release in 2003 under the directing of Michael Bay. Bad Boys 3 will release in cinemas on 17 February 2017 while Bad Boys 4 will release on 03 July 2019. Fans who are excited to see the witty duo of Will Smith and Martin Lawrence will have to wait for the studio’s confirmation if both actors will reprise their roles for the film installments in the Bad Boy franchise.

The one series that introduced most of us on this side of the pond to serialised television, Prison Break remains the king of all shows. Which is why I believe this is great news. Fox network has announced work is in progress for a new season of the highly popular show to return. Fox CEO Dana Walden told reporters at a Television Critics Association event. The new series would star Dominic Purcell and Wentworth Miller, reprising their original roles of half brothers Michael Scofield and Lincoln Burrows. Walden said also making a return would be everyone’s favourite T-Bag.

Congratulations are certainly in order for Flavour and Anna Banner Ebiere. Nigerian Afro-pop crooner Flavour and his girlfriend Anna Banner have welcomed a baby girl. Anna Banner, former Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria gave birth to a baby girl last week in the US, Stella Dimoko Korkus Blog has revealed. Flavour also has a daughter with his sidechick, Sandra Okagbue.

Nike continues to spend more and more money on partnerships with athletes, leagues, and teams. But one might be wondering how much really goes into those deals….Well here is an in-depth look at how Nike has been spending its money on endorsements since 2002  ,  figures from Sports Business Daily .

Wizkid has given the strongest hint that his hotly anticipated third studio album will drop soon. The 25-year-old took to his Twitter account to give fresh details on his yet-untitled upcoming album. “September the month of revelation! The new Wizkid Album is coming!” the ‘Caro’ hitmaker revealed. he also has a warning for his rivals (hello Davido). “Pls be afraid! To the world my people! To the world!” he added.

Chris Brown might be feeling the heat a bit as his baby mama seems to be a formidable opponent in the fight for custody of his little Royalty. Guzman filed for limited custody for Brown as she was scared of leaving her alone with him , because reasons. In response, the singer asked for a second paternity test to be conducted on the child he had earlier wholeheartedly accepted as his.

50 might have been breezing through his bankruptcy proceedings so far, but in the biggest indication yet of how deep down he’s gone, the rapper has put his huge Connecticut estate up for rent. The mansion, with 21 bedrooms, 9 kitchens, and a casino, is on the market for rent as 50 tries to raise some cash. The mansion is so expensive, it costs $72,000 a month just to maintain! Apparently it’s accursed too, as its two previous owners, including Iron Mike Tyson, went bankrupt whilst living there. According to TMZ :

It was a night of high profile celebs with glitz, glamour and lots of champagne at T’bo Touch’s fragrance launch in Sandton City on Thursday night. T’bo Touch was launching his Touch Femme at Stuttafords store, with international singer/songwriter , Trey Songz attending. Other celebs who were present includes Malusi Gigaba, Bonang Matheba, Somizi, Terry Pheto, Danny K, Pearl Thusi and the face behind the fragrance , Melissa Alves.

She reigns supreme in the South African entertainment industry. Now she reigns supreme on the roads too. JamAfrique joins Bonang Matheba for a day to find out more about her five-star, VIP lifestyle. And what better way to travel around Jo’burg than in the ultra-luxurious, chaffeur-driven Mercedes-Maybach S 500. Here are the photos

More heat firing between Cassper’s and AKA’s beef….And this time it seems to be a bit of a mess. According to Cassper Nyovest, last night AKA walked up to his table at Cantare, Monte Casino and slapped him for no reason. In a statement the rapper wrote; ‘So @akaworldwide comes up to my table in a club and slaps me. You’ll probably deny this like you always do but its fine. Just want you to know this. You can slap me all you want my brother but you can never take my joy. God bless you and I love you.’

Source: Goal.com Jose Mourinho has admitted that Diego Costa 's continual hamstring problems are becoming a concern for Chelsea . The striker missed Sunday's Community Shield loss to Arsenal before sitting out Wednesday's home defeat to Fiorentina as the Premier League champions pre-season preparations ended with a whimper. Costa made just seven league outings from February onwards after suffering niggling setbacks to a long-standing injury, but Mourinho has revealed even scans do not show any damage.

Source: Goal.com Sunday’s Community Shield was a light aperitif; dispensed with, focus inevitably turns to the Premier League season in store, and the narratives set to be explored and unfurled in the current weeks and months. One of the chief questions, from the standpoint of the Super Eagles, is in what capacity the lavish talents of Kelechi Iheanacho are to be utilized. For the second preseason in a row, the youngster has put hardly a foot wrong. The caveat last time around was Manchester City’s inability to snag him a work permit, an inconvenience that has now been corrected. With Stevan Jovetic off to Inter, and a move to Roma seemingly inevitable for Edin Dzeko, Iheanacho may very well be third in the Citizens’ striking pecking order going into the season.

Source: Goal.com Ahmed Musa was the hero for CSKA Moscow who came from two goals down to defeat hosts Sparta Prague 3-2 in the second leg third qualifying round of the Uefa Champions League. Leonid Slutsky’s men had played out a 2-2 draw in the first leg at the Arena Khimki – and needed a win away to secure a spot to the next round of the qualifying stage. Ladislav Krejci put the hosts ahead in the sixth minute before Kehinde Fatai added the second for Sparta ten minutes later.

AFRICA NEWS NETWORK revealed a blockbuster addition to an already hot line-up for this year’s annual #SATY2015 taking place on the 17 October 2015 at the Ticket Pro Dome, Johannesburg. US Pop singer, songwriter and dancer Jason Derulo will be performing at the highly anticipated ANN7 South African of the Year 2015 Awards.

Khloe Kardashian has gracefully covered September issue of Women’s Health Magazine —and in the magazine, the 31-year-old TV star talks about what she looks for in a man, how she treats herself, when she started working out and more. Check out the excerpts from the magazine below…

Joe Jackson, the father of Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson, was admitted to a Brazilian hospital after suffering a stroke late last month in Brazil —and it was emerged today, he suffered stroke after taking three viagras. The question is; what is 87 year-old man doing with viagras? According to MailOnline ,

With just weeks left before US artist Pharrell Williams touches down in SA for the Woolworths campaign, things seems to be taking another turn. As announced in April , WoolWorths will be bringing Pharrell to perform 2 public concert , Cape Town on 21st September at Grand Arena, GrandWest then 24th September at Ticketpro Dome. According to reports, the star will face protests during his tour in Mzansi from a pro-Palestinian group that opposes his partnership with Woolworths, a major retailer in the country that has trade ties with Israel, Reuters reports .

Source: Goal.com Lionel Messi's return to action with Barcelona could not come soon enough. Afforded a break after his exertions on international duty this summer, the 28-year-old is back in the frame for the Gamper Trophy clash with Roma on Wednesday, having suffered bitter disappointment and a fresh wave of criticism following Argentina's failure to beat Chile in the Copa America final.

Source:Goal.com Left back Elderson Echiejile is on the verge of a loan move away from AS Monaco , Goal has exclusively gathered. The Nigerian defender, who is desperate for more first team action this season, is being linked with French side Lille and two other unnamed Spanish sides. With new Nigeria coach Sunday Oliseh insisting that only regular starters would be called up to his side, the left back is keen to impress.

Naija Superstar ; WizKid is currently in studio working on his third project set to release late in September. Yesterday the naija rapper announced a collabo with mzansi songbird – Bucie. Via his instagram Wizkid posted ‘@bucienqwiliso came thru with the vocals!! Album sounding insane! ‘ Other recent announced collabos include Drake, Davido & more.

Kim Kardashian boasts a whopping 41 million Instagram followers yet her much publicized Selfie book, ‘Selfish’ only sold a paltry 32,000 copies in its first three months of release. Radar Online reveals: But reps for Nielsen Bookscan told Radar exclusively that so far, it has only sold 32,000 copies. That represents just 0.8% of Kardashian’s Instagram fans. (*Nielsen BookScan’s U.S. Consumer Market Panel currently covers approximately 85% of the print book market and continues to grow.)

It seems like a sketch out of an outrageous comedy plot but it is something that is really happening. The Sukarno Education Foundation in Indonesia has chosen the North Korean leader as the recipient for this year’s global statesman prize for his ‘fight against neo-colonialist imperialism’. For context, this is an award that has been won by Aung San Suu Kyi and Mahatma Gandhi in the past.

Really, what are people so desperate to escape that they are willing to take all these insane risks? I mean things are bad but braving the seas in little, overcrowded boats and dying in suitcases, these are just insane. A Moroccan migrant who was being smuggled to Spain in a suitcase by his brother suffocated to death inside the suitcase. He was inside the suitcase, which was in the boot of his brother’s car as they crossed a ferry from Spain’s North African enclave of Melilla to the mainland Spanish city of Almeria.

Curtis Jackson surprisingly filed for bankruptcy in the middle of last month, leading to lots of speculation over what his motives might be for the move. Whilst for most people they just heard the news and moved on, for 50 there is a lot of legal proceedings to go through to determine how his assets and liabilities would be handled. And documents from the proceedings show his woes. According to TMZ :

Source:Goal.com Nigeria youth international, Kelechi Iheanacho has revealed that he had a ‘very good’ pre-season with Manchester City . The 18-year-old was on target for City in their 4-2 defeat to Stuttgart on Saturday at the Mercedes-Benz Arena. And he has exuded sureness in his performance in the pre-season where he featured in five games and also provided two goals and two assists.

Tyga really must have a ‘sue me’ magnet, because the suits just keep coming and coming. After a couple of rent suits, he has been hit with one concerning his work. A promoter in Vegas is suing him because he performed at another club before performing for them despite a clear clause in his contract forbidding that. He also skipped a performance last November, and the promoter is suing for $100,000. According to TMZ :

Human beings got no chill at all. For the second time after a Houston death, the picture of the corpse in the casket is being shopped around for bidders. According to TMZ , the casket pic of Bobbi Kristina has been sold to a media outlet, after a fierce bidding war that passed the $100,000 mark. Bobby Brown and some members of the family were worried that this might happen, and took precautions, but someone managed to snap the picture anyway.

Always being given what I call the ‘Beyonce-Jay Z’ treatment, Will and Jada Pinkett are no stranger to divorce rumours. RadarOnline reported a purported scoop yesterday, claiming “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” alum and the “Gotham” star were “exhausted from trying to maintain the façade of a happy union.” The site said the couple had reached a confidential divorce agreement to protect their $240-million fortune.

The good doctor let his fans know that his first album in sixteen years would be released this Friday, August 7. Dre made the announcement on his Beats 1 radio show, ‘The Pharmacy’. According to the iconic rapper-producer extraordinaire, the album, ‘Compton, A Soundtrack by Dr Dre’, would be his ‘grand finale’ And Dre said his new album, his first since 1999’s critically acclaimed ‘2001’, was inspired by the upcoming biopic ‘Straight Outta Compton’, which chronicles the struggles of the N.W.A, the group Dre co-founded and which was one of pioneers of the art form that is hip hop.

American R&B and soul singer/songwriter ; Syleena Johnson is headed to SA this month. As part of her ‘The Couples Therapy Tour’ , the singer will headline the Annual Women of Note music concert to be held at Bloemfontein, Vista Arena on 21 August. The concert will also see performances from Thandiswa Mazwai, LIRA, Donald , Ayanda Jiya and more.