LAGOS FEBRUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Senegal’s President Macky Sall declared Monday a public holiday to celebrate the national football team’s first ever African Cup of Nations crown following their victory against Egypt, public television announced. Sall, who had been due to visit Comoros at the end of a trip that took in Egypt and Ethiopia, cancelled the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe both scored as Paris Saint-Germain stretched their mammoth lead at the top of Ligue 1 to 13 points with a 5-1 thrashing of defending champions Lille on Sunday. Mauricio Pochettino’s men were given a helping hand by a nightmarish display from Lille goalkeeper Ivo Grbic at the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Sadio Mané finally delivered a first African Cup for Senegal, and Liverpool teammate Mohamed Salah could do nothing about it but stand and watch. Mané drilled the decisive penalty in a shootout into the bottom left corner to beat Salah and Egypt in Sunday’s final in Cameroon and make up for missing…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ten-man Barcelona moved into fourth place in LaLiga following an action-packed 4-2 win over Atletico Madrid on Sunday. Dani Alves set up his side’s equaliser for Jordi Alba, scored himself and was later sent off in a game which also saw former Arsenal striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang make his debut at Camp Nou….
LAGOS FEBRUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A viral video had surfaced showing Cameroun fans invading the pitch and beating the players to stupor after the painful lost to Egypt in AFCON semi-final. A Cameroun player was seen in the viral video being treated with blood gushing from his mouth and nose. Egypt beat Cameroun 3-1 in penalty shoot…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-After Cameroon’s semi-final defeat to Egypt at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon, violence erupted on the streets of Olembe, Yaounde, which almost escalated into physical brawls amongst fans of the hosts side, Saturday PUNCH reports. The Pharaohs booked their place in Sunday’s final against Senegal after goalkeeper Mohamed Abou…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Super Eagles technical director Austin Eguavoen has asked Nigerians to beg the leader of the INRI Evangelical Church, Oke Afa, Lagos, Primate Babatunde Elijah Ayodele. Primate Babatunde Elijah Ayodele in a video, monitored by SportsRation gave Nigeria certain conditions to follow for Super Eagles to be victorious against Ghana. Nigeria and Ghana…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Egypt called on Africa Cup of Nations organisers to delay this weekend’s final against Senegal to give them more time to prepare after overcoming hosts Cameroon on penalties in Thursday’s semi-final. “I want to state to all CAF authorities that Senegal have one extra day to train and therefore maybe we should…
