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Sexy R&B star Rihanna has sparked rumors of a love match with British boxer Dudley O’Shaughnessy after they were seen enjoying a night out together in London.

The Bajan beauty took her Loud tour to the U.K. this week and spent Thursday night partying with the sportsman and model after reportedly handpicking him to appear in the video for her new single We Found Love.

Sources claim sparks flew between the young stars on the set of the promo, which was shot on an Irish farm last month, and they reunited in the U.K. capital following Rihanna’s gig at the O2 Arena.

According to British newspaper the Daily Mail, Rihanna and O’Shaughnessy shared drinks at popular nightclub Mahiki before they were snapped leaving the venue together in the early hours of Friday.

Rihanna has been largely single since splitting from Los Angeles Dodgers baseball star Matt Kemp last December.

The ‘S&M’ singer is reportedly pursuing the squeaky clean pop star – famed for wearing a purity ring – by sending him suggestive messages.

A source says: “They met when Joe did a song with Rihanna’s ex Chris Brown and recently she’s been bombarding him with raunchy text messages.

“She keeps laughing to her friends that she wants to take him one the wildest ride of his life.”

Joe, 21, has been out with a number of beautiful women, including ‘Twilight’ star Ashley Greene, Demi Lovato and Taylor Swift, but recently revealed he is single and is “always looking for the right person”.

Rihanna, 23, makes no secret of her sexual urges, and recently said she likes to be “dominated” in the bedroom.
She said: “I play a very dominant role in my life, in every aspect of it. And I like to feel like a lady still, at some point.

“I feel like that’s the time when a guy really gets to be a man, and I get to be a woman. And if I’m being a man in the bedroom too, there’s nothing really in it for me.”

The ‘What’s My Name’ hitmaker is single at the moment, but has this year been romantically linked to rapper Drake, baseball player Matt Kemp and also rumoured to have rekindled her romance with her first boyfriend Negus Sealy.

The Bajan beauty, who was recently romantically linked to Drake, was spotted enjoying some “hot and heavy” dancing with her former flame – who she dated in 2006 before shooting to fame as a singer – at the Kadooment Day festival in her home nation of Barbados.

A friend said: “Negus has hardly left her side. He was her first true love. The ladies here all love him – they call him the Love God.

“They’ve hooked up in the past when she’s been back in Barbados but now things have progressed into a proper relationship again.”

A fellow onlooker added to The Sun newspaper: “They were all over each other and their dancing got very hot and heavy.”

Negus – who provided Rihanna with a shoulder to cry on when she split with ex-boyfriend Chris Brown after he assaulted her in 2009 – has been spending time at the ‘California King Bed’ hitmaker’s villa on the Sandy Lane estate.

The 23-year-old singer is also still “good friends” with ex-boyfriend Matt Kemp – who she split with last December following an 11-month romance – who recently explained the pair still get on well.

He said: “She’s a good friend of mine. We’re good.

“There’s no bad blood between us. We’ve all got busy lives and we’re working on our careers and concentrating on our careers. Like I said, I wish her all the best of luck and she wishes me all the best of luck.”

The ‘California King Bed’ singer has been signed up by the Italian fashion house to appear campaigns for Emporio Armani Underwear and Armani Jeans.

Rihanna – who will appear in ads for the fall-winter 2011-2012 collections, which were shot in New York City and debut in September – follows in the footsteps David and Victoria Beckham, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Megan Fox in representing the brand.

Earlier this year, Rihanna was named as spokesmodel for Nivea.

The cosmetics brand teamed up with the ‘What’s My Name’ hitmaker to celebrate their 100th anniversary and released a photo of her posing seductively and apparently naked.

A representative for the brand, Markus Pinger, said: “We are excited to have Rihanna supporting us in our celebration and building a new generation of fans.”

The 23-year-old star has previously revealed she likes to shock people with her fashion choices.

Talking about her future look, the 22-year-old star said: “I probably see a lot of menswear, or something extremely, extremely feminine. But I like to play with both. It would have to be so extreme that it’s a look, because I don’t usually like typical ladylike, girly-girly stuff. It would be a look if I were to do it. I always like something that’s a little off, so it’s just not typical or expected.”