LAGOS MAY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Less than a year after signing with Paris Saint-Germain – one of Qatar’s most prominent sportswashing projects – Lionel Messi is now the face of yet another oppressive Middle Eastern monarchy. The Argentinian was unveiled as the latest tourism ambassador for Saudi Arabia during a trip to Jeddah, a port city along…
LAGOS MAY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Brazil and Argentina lost their appeals to FIFA on Monday and will have to play the World Cup qualifying game that was abandoned last year in Sao Paulo amid chaos on the field caused by pandemic rule breaches. In one of the most bizarre scenes during the qualifying program for the World…
LAGOS MAY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Manchester United superstar, Cristiano Ronaldo was caught laughing as Brighton recorded a convincing 4-0 win over the Red Devils on Saturday. The pitchside cameras quickly caught a disbelieving Ronaldo who stood with outstretched arms, laughing and gesticulating in the middle of the pitch. Manchester United’s shambolic season reached a new low against…
LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former tennis star Boris Becker was on Friday jailed for two and a half years after being found guilty by a British court of charges relating to his 2017 bankruptcy. The six-time Grand Slam champion, 54, will serve half of the term having been convicted at Southwark Crown Court in London over…
LAGOS APRIL 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Gabriel Jesus scored four times as Manchester City crushed Watford 5-1 to move four points clear at the top of the Premier League on Saturday. Jesus stole the show at the Etihad Stadium with the first Premier League haul of three or more goals in his career. The Brazilian forward had netted…
LAGOS APRIL 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A former head coach of Nigeria, Gernot Rohr has dragged the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) before FIFA and is awaiting a ruling on a $1m compensation claim for unfair dismissal, BBC Africa reports. Rohr was fired in December, weeks for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon. The German is the…
LAGOS APRIL 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Paris Saint-Germain won 3-0 away at Angers on Wednesday but will have to wait a little longer to be confirmed as Ligue 1 champions after nearest challengers Marseille beat Nantes 3-2. PSG started the day 15 points clear with six games left and so knew they could clinch their eighth Ligue 1…
LAGOS APRIL 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Karim Benzema missed two penalties in seven minutes on Wednesday but Real Madrid still had enough to defeat Osasuna 3-1 as they continued their march towards the La Liga title. Benzema was looking for his 45th goal of the season but was twice denied by Osasuna goalkeeper Sergio Herrera, who both times…