LAGOS APRIL 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Real Madrid moved top of La Liga with victory over Barcelona in an El Clasico played in torrential rain at the Alfredo Di Stefano Stadium. Karim Benzema broke the deadlock with a sublime near-post flick – his ninth goal in his past seven La Liga games, reports the BBC. Real doubled their…
LAGOS MARCH 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Africa Cup of Nations qualifier between Ivory Coast and Ethiopia was called-off with around ten minutes remaining after Ghana’s referee Charles Bulu collapsed on the pitch and was stretched to the hospital. The fourth official, who is reported to be an Ivorian, was unable to take his place and the match was…
The Super Eagles of Nigeria has qualified for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) scheduled for Cameroon, ahead of their Match Day 5 fixture, after beating Republic of Benin 1-0. The Eagles had already qualified before then with Sierra Leone’s goalless draw with Lesotho on Saturday, March 27. Lesotho hosted Sierra Leone in the…
LAGOS MARCH 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former first choice striker of the senior national team of Nigeria Odion Ighalo paid a surprise visit to the team earlier on Thursday at their AFCON 2022 training camp. Olakanlo Tosin who is with the team at their Lagos camp posted a picture of the former Manchester United striker who retired from…
LAGOS MARCH 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Ex-Super Eagles midfielder, Barnabas Imenger, is dead. His death was confirmed by Lobi Stars’ Media Officer, Austin Tyowua on Monday. According to Tyowua, Imenger passed away at the National Hospital in Abuja on Monday morning, after battling a protracted illness. He was Lobi Stars’ team manager until his demise. Imenger was reportedly…
LAGOS MARCH 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Cristiano Ronaldo acclaimed himself to be “top of the World’s goalscoring list” after getting a hat trick on Sunday, while Brazilian soccer great Pelé congratulated the Juventus forward for surpassing his official tally of goals. The 36-year-old Ronaldo hit a hat trick for Juventus in a 3-1 win over Cagliari in Serie…
LAGOS MARCH 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The current World Boxing Federation, WBF, International Super Featherweight Champion, Ridwan Oyekola popularly known as Scorpion, has survived an alleged attempt on his life by unknown gunmen. It was gathered that the Oyekola was attacked by the gunmen shortly after receiving a cheque of 10 million from the Oyo state governor, Seyi Makinde…
LAGOS MARCH 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lawyers to President Muhammadu Buhari’s daughter; Mrs. Zahra Buhari-Indimi have ordered publishers of Sahara Reporters to make a retraction of their story in which the President’s daughter was said to have received the sum of N2.5billion out of N51billion allegedly defrauded Nigerian Government by a chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC) and…
