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

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AIS S3E9 - Ike Diogu | Pioneering the Golden Age of Nigerian Basketball

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.

AIS S3E8 - Francis Okoro | Upbringing in Nigeria, Abuse in the US, Basketball as a Way Out

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.

AIS S3E6 - Ngozi Onwumere | Making Olympic History and Her Growing Music Career

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/

AIS S3E6 - Danny Uchechi | Growing Up In Nigeria, Navigating a Pro Career and Representing Nigeria

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

AIS S3E5 - Seye Ogunlewe | Jollof Gold, Competing at the Olympics and Representing Nigeria

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

AIS S3E4 - Toks Pedro | Pioneering the Game of Golf in West Africa

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.

AIS S3E3 - Denzel '2sharp' Bentley | Ghanian Roots, Boxing Career, and Staying Out of Trouble

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

AIS S3E2 - Izu Ugonoh | Facing Racism as a Nigerian in Poland and His Passion for Fighting

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

AIS S3E1 - Seyi Olofinjana | Polygamous Home, Representing Nigeria and the Business of Football

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/

Blessing Awodibu | Nigerian Bodybuilder is Working To Bring Humor Into The Sport | AIS

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/

Akwasi Frimpong | Ghanaian Skeleton Racer Teaches The Importance of Never Giving Up | AIS

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/

Bismack Biyombo | Congolese NBA Star Knows His Talents Are Bigger Than Just Basketball | AIS

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

AIS Podcast S2E7 - Ropapa Mensah | Former Ghana U23 Forward Reminds Us That Anything Is Possible

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

AIS Podcast S2E6 - We Dive Into Rosalyn Gold-Onwude's Basketball Days and Life As A Broadcaster

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

AIS Podcast S2E5 - Lindo Mfeka Talks Culture Back in SA and Adjusting to Life In The US

Africans in Sports is on a mission to show the world what makes African Athletes so unique. We travel around the globe and sit down with the best and most influential athletes to come out of the continent of Africa. Our goal is to celebrate these men and women and tell their stories in hopes of inspiring the continent’s youth to never give up on their dreams.

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