LAGOS AUGUST 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lionel Messi’s time at Barcelona appears to be over. Barcelona announced Thursday that Messi will not stay with the club, saying that the Spanish league’s financial regulations made it impossible to sign the Argentina star to a new contract. He is leaving after 17 successful seasons in which he propelled the Catalan…
LAGOS AUGUST 4TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Former Super Eagles coach Samson Siasia says FIFA ran a foul of his constitutional rights after he was convicted of bribery. In a lawsuit filed Monday in New York federal court, the former Nigerian international claims only the US Government can charge him. The 53-year-old was initially sanctioned in 2019 by FIFA…
LAGOS AUGUST 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Blessing Oborududu gave Nigeria another medal-a silver as she was beaten 4-1 by American world No-1-ranked Mensah Stock Tamyra Mariama in the final of the Women’s Freestyle 68kg event on Tuesday evening. The American scored four technical points against Oborududu’s one in the final match that took place at the Makuhari Messe…
LAGOS JULY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Athletes and officials of Team Nigeria at the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games are reportedly at loggerheads over phones given to athletes from each participating country by Samsung. Samsung, who is one of the sponsors of the Olympics, gave a phone – Samsung S20+ 5G Olympics Games Athlete Edition – which costs…
LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The chances of Nigeria winning medals at the Tokyo Olympics has been dealt a big blow with the declaration of 10 of the country’s athletes as ineligible to compete. A statement on Wednesday from the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU), an independent body created by World Athletics that manages all integrity issues –…
LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Super Eagles defender Leon Balogun did not hold back when he spoke about the state of Nigeria’s national team in a recent interview. Balogun was on The Beautiful Game Podcast where he was asked about the state of the Super Eagles and put the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on blast over unpaid…
LAGOS JULY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A Ugandan athlete who fled during pre-Olympics training in western Japan last week has been found and is being interviewed by police, officials said Tuesday. Mie prefectural police in central Japan said 20-year-old weightlifter Julius Ssekitoleko was in the Yokkaichi city, 170 kilometers (105 miles) east of his host town in western…
LAGOS JULY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian Olympic delegate became the first visitor to the Tokyo Games admitted to hospital with COVID-19, broadcaster TV Asahi said on Friday, as Japan battles to stem rising local infections a week before the showpiece event starts. The individual, a non-athlete in their 60s, tested positive on Thursday evening at the…