LAGOS OCTOBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The final voting tallies for the top-10 finishers in this year’s Ballon d’Or have been revealed by France Football. And they serve to showcase just how close Real Madrid star Kylian Mbappé came to topping the pile… Frontman Mbappé was of course left disappointed for the latest occasion at the ‘Golden…
LAGOS OCTOBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Cristiano Ronaldo is in Portugal’s preliminary squad for next month’s Nations League matches, opening the door to an international return after his fallout with coach Jorge Jesus, a federation source told AFP on Tuesday. The 41-year-old abruptly left the Portugal camp on September 30 during the opening qualifiers for the Nations League,…
LAGOS OCTOBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Bureau of the FIFA Council has approved the appointment of a normalisation committee to manage the affairs of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) pending fresh elections into its executive committee. The NFF disclosed this in a statement issued by its Communications Department on Thursday, citing a letter signed by FIFA…
LAGOS OCTOBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Cristiano Ronaldo has been given a 30-day suspension and fined 255 euros (£215) by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) after leaving his country’s international camp last month. The 41-year-old captain walked out of Portugal’s Nations League squad in September after being an unused substitute against Norway and then finding out he would…
LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Confederation Of African Football (CAF) has sent an official apology to the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) over the poor playing surface, where they lost 0-3 to Guinea-Bissau in the 2027 AFCON qualifiers, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports. Nigeria played the game at the Estádio Nacional 24 de Setembro in Guinea-Bissau, a pitch which can easily…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-France edged Turkiye in what was Zinédine Zidane’s first game as manager of the France national team (1-0). It is a game that will be remembered in history as the first of the Zidane era rather than for what his side produced on the pitch. While they missed their share of…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Senegal’s squad originally brandished the Cup of Nations trophy following their 1-0 win over Morocco at the Stade Prince Moulay Abdellah in Rabat on 18 January 2026. They start their campaign for next year’s tournament against Mozambique in Maputo in Group J on Friday. But Morocco, who begin against Gabon in Group…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 17TH(NEWSRANGERS)-Kylian Mbappé and Vinícius Júnior refused to display a message of support for a Spanish exclave affected by a major migration crisis. Real Madrid’s 3-2 La Liga win at Elche on Tuesday night was preceded by both sets of players sporting T-shirts expressing solidarity with Ceuta, a Spanish territory which shares a border…
