Balotelli to immortalise his statuesque pose Defiant ... Mario Balotelli strikes his memorable celebratory pose. Photo: Reuters League's poster-boy jinx strikes again ... Mariners misfire on continental stage ... SBW debut up in the air ... Lockdown in Hyderabad ... AFL players blow the whistle ... Tahs stumble in opener. Questions by team representatives regarding sexual orientation to collegiate players hoping for a multimillion-dollar National Football League career have prompted an investigation by the league, reports AFP. The NFL statement said it would look into reports prospects were asked improper questions at the NFL Scouting Combine, four days of physical tests and interviews that ended on Tuesday in Indianapolis. University of Colorado tight-end Nick Kasa first raised the issue in a radio interview with ESPN on Tuesday. "[Teams] ask you, like, 'Do you have a girlfriend?', 'Are you married?', 'Do you like girls?', those kinds of things," Kasa said. It was just kind of weird, but they would ask you with a straight face. University of Michigan standout Denard Robinson and Michigan State running back Le'veon Bell made similar claims on Thursday in radio interviews. The NFL warned that any team asking about the sexual orientation of any player faces punishment from the league. Pass the Sugar's most regular entrant is back again with perhaps his most vain off-field episode. Mario Balotelli commissioned a local artist, Livio Scarpella to create a life-size sculpture of himself to stand inside his Brescia home. Italian media reported the artwork will be based on his famous goal celebration against Germany in the last European Championships. Balotelli rarely celebrates scoring a goal and once said: "Does a postman celebrate when he delivers a letter? I'm just doing my job. Why should I celebrate? However, it now appears that he will immortalise the one moment when he did. Scarpella said: "I presented several drawings but Mario wanted to be immortalised in a pose that shows him having scored a goal, highlighting his muscles and with an expression of defiance. I have imagined him as an athlete from ancient times and the statue will be a mix of classical and pop style in platinum and coloured bronze with the eyes made of stones. Copper Blue, Sugar. Recorded more than 20 years ago, this album just doesn't stand the test of time - it spits in its face, pours kerosene over it and then drops a smouldering Cohiba on top. @EarsMcEvoy The US has been looking to ease political tensions with North Korea and may have just discovered who can accomplish this difficult task: Dennis Rodman. The controversial former NBA star completed a three-day tour of Pyongyang and spent his final day hanging out with leader Kim Jong-un. The dictator is an avid basketball fan and he sat with the former Chicago Bulls player while watching a local game. The two were very chummy as they watched a 110-110 draw and Rodman declared their new-found friendship in front of a crowd of thousands. "You have a friend for life," Rodman said. Turkish club Galatasaray caught the attention of football fans across the globe by splashing the cash on two of the game's biggest stars, Didier Drogba and Wesley Sneijder. Though, it appears that it would've been wiser to open their chequebooks for a new goalkeeper and a defender after a calamitous own goal. Uruguayan goalkeeper Fernando Muslera fired a stinging punt straight into the back of his teammate, Selcuk Inan, and to his misfortune, the ball ricocheted straight into the empty net. Search: Galatasaray own goal. The coach of a Canadian youth ice hockey team and father of one of the players has been sentenced to 15 days in jail for deliberately tripping up an opposition player during a post-match handshake. Martin Trembley was caught on camera kicking out at a 13-year-old after the match, and the footage went viral online, causing an outrage in Canada.