Africans In Sports

On this episode of Africans in Sports, we take you to Pheonix, Arizona home of D'Tigers captain Ike Diogu. In the documentary-style interview, we discuss growing up as a Nigerian-American, learning the game of basketball, the highs, and lows of the basketball behind the scenes, and how he influenced what many are calling the golden age of Nigerian basketball. VISIT: https://www.africansinsports.com/ FOLLOW: https://instagram.com/africans_in_sports FOLLOW: https://twitter.com/africansinsport LIKE: https://www.facebook.com/africansinsp... Video Features: Ike Diogu - Professional Basketball Player and Captian of the Nigerian National Basketball Team #Basketball #Nigeria #D'Tigers #Afrobaskets2015

The AIS team takes you to Euguene, Oregon home of the Oregon Ducks. We sit down with now SLU Basketball player Francis Okoro and learn about his traumatic life surviving violence in Nigeria, neglect, and abuse in the US but finding strength in God and basketball.

The AIS team is in Dallas, Texas, to sit down with one of three women who pioneered the historic Nigerian Olympic Bobsledding Team, Ngozi Onwumere. We talk about life after the Olympics, her Nigerian roots, and the rollercoaster ride that brought her to the Olympic stage.

On this episode, we take you to just outside of London to sit down with a former Nigerian International, Danny Uchechi. We talk about life after football, raising Nigerian children abroad, and the highs and lows of a professional football career. VISIT: https://www.africansinsports.com/ FOLLOW: https://instagram.com/africans_in_sports FOLLOW: https://twitter.com/africansinsport LIKE: https://www.facebook.com/africansinsport/

We are back in London, England! This time, with Olympic sprinter and Nigeria's fastest man, Seye Ogunlewe. Seye talks about moving to Ireland and adjusting to a life without Jollof rice and running his way onto an Olympic stage. VISIT: https://www.africansinsports.com/ FOLLOW: https://instagram.com/africans_in_sports FOLLOW: https://twitter.com/africansinsport LIKE: https://www.facebook.com/africansinsport/ Video Features: Seye Ogunlewe - Olympic Sprinter #Nigeria #Sprinter #100m #African #Olympics

We take you to the home of Disney World, Orlando, Florida, to sit down with a pioneer of golf, Toks Pedro. He's the first Nigerian to play Division 1 Golf and compete on the PGA Tour. He discusses leaving Nigeria at a young age to pursue golf and how he uses his platform to inspire other young African golf hopefuls. VISIT: https://www.africansinsports.com/ FOLLOW: https://instagram.com/africans_in_sports FOLLOW: https://twitter.com/africansinsport LIKE: https://www.facebook.com/africansinsport/ Video Features: Toks Pedro - Professional Golfer #PGA #Nigeria #Golf #ToksPedro #African #Sports

We bring you to the famous Peacock Gym in London, England to sit down with a Ghanian boxer on the rise, Denzel '2Sharp' Bentley. We discuss his Ghanian roots and how his warrior blood plays a crucial part in his boxing career.

We hope you brought your coat because on this episode we bring you to cold and snowy Poland to sit down with Nigerian kickboxing, boxing and soon to be UFC fighter Izu Ugonoh. We discuss the adversity he faced as a black man in Poland and how fighting not only kept him alive but allowed him to thrive. VISIT: https://www.africansinsports.com/ FOLLOW: https://instagram.com/africans_in_sports FOLLOW: https://twitter.com/africansinsport LIKE: https://www.facebook.com/africansinsport/ Video Features: Izu Ugonoh - Professional Fighter #Nigeria #Poland #IzuUgonoh #Boxing #Kickboxing #MMA #African #Sports

The AIS team is back! On this episode, we are taking you to Wolverhampton to sit down with a Nigerian football legend, Seyi Olofinjana. COSeezy and Seyi discuss growing up in Nigeria in a polygamous household, the emotions of representing your country, and the state of football both in Africa and abroad. VISIT: https://www.africansinsports.com/ FOLLOW: https://instagram.com/africans_in_sports FOLLOW: https://twitter.com/africansinsport LIKE: https://www.facebook.com/africansinsport/ Video Features: Seyi Olofinjana - Former Nigerian Super Eagle #Nigeria #Football #SuperEagles #African #Sports

Down in Boca Raton, Florida is a larger than life Nigerian bodybuilder who has taken an unconventional approach to the sport. Leading first with his impressive physique and reeling you in with his personality, Blessing Awodibu has taken the sport by storm. His wildly popular Instagram account pokes fun at bodybuilding culture while inspiring the next generation of bodybuilders. VISIT: https://www.africansinsports.com/ FOLLOW: https://instagram.com/africans_in_sports FOLLOW: https://twitter.com/africansinsport LIKE: https://www.facebook.com/africansinsport/

Welcome to snowy Salt Lake City, Utah. The AIS team sits down with Ghanaian Winter Olympian Akwasi Frimpong and learn more about his journey from the hot streets of Ghana to the icy slopes of Pyeongchang, China. VISIT: https://www.africansinsports.com/ FOLLOW: https://instagram.com/africans_in_sports FOLLOW: https://twitter.com/africansinsport LIKE: https://www.facebook.com/africansinsport/

ur pursuit to find out what makes African athletes so amazing takes us to Charlotte, North Carolina home of the Hornets to sit down with larger than life Congolese NBA player, Bismack Biyombo. VISIT: https://www.africansinsports.com/ FOLLOW: https://instagram.com/africans_in_sports FOLLOW: https://twitter.com/africansinsport LIKE: https://www.facebook.com/africansinsport/

We take you to the music city, Nashville, Tennessee, to sit down with a former Ghana U23 football player turned USL soccer star to learn about life growing up in Ghana and how he's taking advantage of his opportunity to play soccer in the USA. VISIT: www.africansinsports.com/ FOLLOW: instagram.com/africans_in_sports FOLLOW: twitter.com/africansinsport LIKE: www.facebook.com/africansinsports

COSeezy sits down with longtime friend Rosalyn Gold-Onwude in the city of Angles, Los Angeles, California. They chop it up about growing up in a mixed-race household, discovering basketball, and representing her father's country as a member of the Nigerian National Basketball Team. VISIT: https://www.africansinsports.com/ FOLLOW: https://instagram.com/africans_in_sports FOLLOW: https://twitter.com/africansinsport LIKE: https://www.facebook.com/africansinsport Video Features: Rosalyn Gold-Onwude - Sports Analyst and Former D'Tigress Point Guard #Basketball #Nigeria #African #Broadcasting

Africans In Sports takes you to the biggest little city, Reno, Nevada, to sit down with former South Africa U17 Midfielder Lindo Mfeka. Lindo and COSeezy talk about football culture in South Africa, getting adopted by a family in the US to pursue soccer and life as a professional in the USL. VISIT: https://www.africansinsports.com/ FOLLOW: https://instagram.com/africans_in_sports FOLLOW: https://twitter.com/africansinsport LIKE: https://www.facebook.com/africansinsport/ Video Features: Lindo Mfeka - Professional Soccer Player #Soccer #SouthAfrica #USL #African #Reno1868

The Africans In Sports team takes you to Sacramento, California to sit down with second Nigerian after Hakeem to win an NBA title, Festus Ezeli. Festus talks about life back in Nigeria, the greatest vacation ever taken, and his goals outside of basketball. VISIT: https://www.africansinsports.com/ FOLLOW: https://instagram.com/africans_in_sports FOLLOW: https://twitter.com/africansinsport LIKE: https://www.facebook.com/africansinsport/ Video Features: Festus Ezeli - Professional Basketball Player #Basketball #Nigeria #NBA #African #Warriors

Bolu grew up in Lagos, Nigeria. Like most kids, he played football on the streets with no shoes. Now he's in the US living out his dream as a professional soccer player. VISIT: https://www.africansinsports.com/ FOLLOW: https://instagram.com/africans_in_sports FOLLOW: https://twitter.com/africansinsport LIKE: https://www.facebook.com/africansinsport/ Video Features: Bolu Akinyode - Professional Soccer Player #Football #Nigeria #Soccer #African #Sports

The Africans in Sports team travels to Indianapolis, Indiana to sit down with All-Star Nigerian basketball player Victor Oladipo to learn how his Nigerian roots impact his NBA Career. VISIT: https://www.africansinsports.com/ FOLLOW: https://instagram.com/africans_in_sports FOLLOW: https://twitter.com/africansinsport LIKE: https://www.facebook.com/africansinsport/ Features: Victor Oladipo - All-Star NBA Player

On this episode of Africans in Sports, we take you to Kansas City, Missouri to sit down with a larger than life Nigerian running back and find out how he went from a track and field star to the Nigerian Nightmare. VISIT: https://www.africansinsports.com/ FOLLOW: https://instagram.com/africans_in_sports FOLLOW: https://twitter.com/africansinsport LIKE: https://www.facebook.com/africansinsport/ Features: Christian Okoye - Former All-Pro NFL Running Back #NFL #Nigeria #Runningback #All-Pro #KansasCity

In Chicago, Wale Ogunleye was a one-man wrecking crew. We sit down with him in Miami, Florida to talk about growing up a Nigerian Prince in New York to his rise to NFL stardom. Make sure to follow @africansinsports on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter to stay up to date on all your African sports news and travel with us around the world as we sit down with your favorite Africans in Sports.

We travel to Houston, Texas to sit down with the first-ever summer and winter olympian from the continent of African, Seun Adigun. Find out how she went from running in the streets of Chicago to hurdling her way into the record books and how she inspired a nation and made history by founding the Nigerian National Bobsledding team.  Make sure to follow @africansinsports on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter to stay up to date on all your African sports news and travel with us around the world as we sit down with your favorite Africans in Sports.

Our team travels to Portland, Oregon to sit down with then Portland Trailblazer Al-Farouq Aminu to talk about growing up in America with a Nigerian father, using basketball as a motivation to focus more in school, playing for the Nigerian National Team, and his mission to bridge basketball and education in Nigeria.

2x Super Champion Osi Umenyiora sits down with the African In Sports team in London, England to discuss coming to America from Nigeria and becoming an NFL legend. Make sure to follow @africansinsports to stay up to date on all your African sports news and travel with us around the world as we sit down with your favorite African athletes.