Cardi B may have found a new love in the City of Love, months on from her split from NFL star Stefon Diggs.
The rapper, who broke up with Diggs just before the Super Bowl in February, appears to have already moved on with another sporting star.
The 33-year-old was spotted attending a Paris Fashion Week event with Nigerian soccer goalkeeper Maduka Okoye.
The soccer star was captured accompanying the Bodak Yellow hitmaker to the front row before chivalrously helping her into her seat.
Cardi turned heads in a skin-tight zebra-print catsuit that hugged her curves and towering black platform boots to attend the Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture show.
Meanwhile, Okoye, 26, cut a more demure figure in a khaki green sleeveless utilitarian-style vest and pants in a similar shade.
Cardi B may have found a new love in the City of Love after being spotted with Maduka Okoye
The rapper was captured chatting and laughing with Nigerian goalkeeper Okoye in Paris
The pair were also spotted enjoying each other’s company on a terrace in the French capital as they continued to spend time together.
The six-foot-six shot-stopper leaned against the stone railing while Cardi gazed up at him adoringly, laughing and smiling throughout the conversation.
On this occasion, the Grammy Award winner flaunted her curves once again in a fitted strapless snakeskin garment – a custom gown by designer David Koma.
Okoye has managed to become a viral sensation of this summer’s World Cup without even playing in the tournament in the United States.
The Nigerian goalie and his countrymen are watching the tournament at home after falling short in their bid to qualify for the first time since the 2018 Cup in Russia, where they didn’t make it out of the group stage.
However, the online buzz about Okoye has been so intense, fans could be excused for thinking he’s one of the biggest attractions at the tournament – thanks to his good looks.
The keeper, who currently plays for Udinese in Italy’s Serie A competition, has rocketed to 1.3 million followers on Instagram and almost 870,000 on TikTok thanks in part to the tsunami of clicks he’s been attracting recently.
Meanwhile, his outing with Cardi comes around five months after she split from former New England Patriots wide receiver Diggs.
They also attended the Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture show together where the Bodak Yellow hitmaker turned heads in a skin-tight zebra-print catsuit
The six-foot-six shot-stopper leaned against the stone railing while Cardi gazed up at him
The soccer star was seen listening intently to the Grammy Award winner in the French capital
Diggs and Cardi had been linked since early last year and went public with their relationship in May 2025 when they were spotted courtside together at a New York Knicks game.
The couple welcomed a baby boy together in November 2025 before going their separate ways just months later, with the relationship appearing to end acrimoniously.
The rapper was supporting her man in the buildup to the game but then wiped references to him on social media and unfollowed the former New England Patriots wide receiver shortly after his team lost.
The rapper previously filed for divorce from her former husband Offset in July 2024 and shares three children with him: Kulture, 7, Wave, 4, and one-year-old Blossom.
Cardi and Diggs sparked reconciliation rumors in recent months following reports that she was willing to give him a ‘second chance’ amid multiple public appearances.
However, their second shot at love appears to have come to another crashing end with Cardi seemingly turning her attentions elsewhere.
Born in Düsseldorf, Germany to a Nigerian father and German-French mother, Okoye stands 198cm tall, or six foot six.
He made his professional debut for Fortuna Düsseldorf in 2017 and went on to play for Sparta Rotterdam before moving to English football with Watford.
The Nigerian star and rapper appeared to be enjoying drinks in the romantic Parisian setting
Okoye has managed to become a viral sensation of the World Cup without even playing
The sighting comes five months after Cardi split from her NFL star ex Stefon Diggs (right)
Okoye has been with Udinese since 2023, racking up 76 appearances, and he first represented Nigeria’s Super Eagles national team in 2019.
Last July he was hit with a two-month suspension for deliberately getting a yellow card during a match, after the incident triggered a betting plunge.
He had been accused of match-fixing but was cleared of that charge by Italy’s Federal National Court.
On his website, the goalie describes himself as an official ambassador for Enugu State in Nigeria, a big fan of anime, and a man with a ‘passion for outdoor moments’.
Last year he told vlogger Ayodele Olu Ibidapo how he deals with the attention from women that comes with his standing in the game – and his viral good looks.
‘I think you have to, as a professional, keep things apart,’ he said.
‘You cannot combine sport with women … it has always been part of me, because they [women] were always a little bit crazy about me.’
