Incredible Injera

The International Rugby Board (IRB) may have had other intentions when awarding the ‘Player of the Year’ award, but it remains without a shadow of a doubt that the most outstanding player during the 2008/9 IRB Sevens Circuit was Collins Injera. With 42 tries to his name (including tries over IRB 7’s Circuit “Player of the Year” Ollie Phillips’ England team), Collins Injera stood out like a colossus.
Without meaning to disrespect Ollie Phillips in anyway, there’s no logical reason as to why he beat Injera to the award. If anything, the award should’ve had gone to Renfred Dazel of South Africa who was in fettle form as he spearheaded the southern African nation to the overall 2009 title. Injera, on the other hand, was simply incredible. The speedy Mwamba RFC winger (who is fabled to have ran the 100m dash in 10.1 seconds while still in high school), led Kenya’s remarkable and often spellbinding performance during this season’s campaign. Injera was a joy to watch, if you could catch him, and simply a refreshing addition to the championship.
If the IRB is serious about getting 7’s rugby into the Olympics, then they need to style up and give their awards in a fair and open manner. The only way 7’s rugby is going to be considered as an Olympic Games sport is if it shows its global diversity. Overlooking the sterling performance of an emerging rugby nation like Kenya is simply killing the Olympic dream for 7’s rugby.
That said, the IRB can keep their award; Collo, you’re number one in our book! Keep lighting up the rugby pitches across the world.

Kelis To Divorce Nas

Nas may rule the world, but it’s going to be one that Kelis isn’t in. According to media reports in the States, the 'Milkshake' singer - who is currently seven months pregnant with Nas’ child - cited irreconcilable differences on the divorce petition, which was filed last week.Kelis' representative said: "I can confirm that she has filed for divorce. We request the media to respect her privacy during this very difficult time."Kelis is believed to be requesting spousal and child support.The news of the couple's split comes weeks after Nas spoke about how much he was looking forward to the birth of their first child, a son.He said at the time: "She's great, man. She's doing good. We are deciding between a few baby names. It's kind of hard. I've been thinking about kind of putting something online - 'Choose his name.' You get a couple stacks for that. We take care of you for that. You win something real. But we're thinking now."Kelis, 29, and Nas, 35, met at an after-party hosted by P. Diddy for the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards.They got engaged a year later and married in Atlanta in 2005.