Nigerian star leaves Italian league

Ex super eagles' star, Christian Obodo joins Dynamo Minsk in Belarus for a 18- month contract which expires june 2014. He had previously played with Perugia, Udinese, Torino and Lecce, all in the italian seria A league. It will be recalled that Obodo was kidnapped last year by armed men in Warri during his summer vacation in Nigeria.

Elsewhere, Mohammed Sissoko of the Malian national team will be officially presented by his new club Fiorentina of Italy today at 13.15 local time at the press room of " Franchi" stadium in Florence -Italy. Yesterday after successfully undergoing the medical test, he trained with his new colleagues and is likely to be in the starting eleven when Fiorentina plays InterMilan on sunday in an italian seria A league encounter. Sissoko had played with Psg, Juventus, Liverpool and Valencia. When accosted, Momo as he is popularly called said that he is very happy to join Fiorentina and that he will work hard to be a regular and win trophies for his new clubside.