LAGOS JANUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-With the 2026 World Cup in mind, Inter Miami’s Lionel Messi could be loaned back to former club Barcelona in a sensational move. The Argentinian will celebrate his 39th birthday during a tournament which could be expected to herald his retirement from the game, so one last hurrah at the club which…
LAGOS JANUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Barcelona came from an early goal down to beat Real Madrid 5-2 in a thrilling Spanish Super Cup final on Sunday, January 12. Playing at Jeddah, Barcelona secured their 15th title in the competition’s history. Despite being reduced to 10 men following a red card for goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny in the 56th…
LAGOS JANUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-After another long suspense, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), on Tuesday, January 7, announced the appointment of Eric Sekou Chelle, as the substantive coach of the senior national team, the Super Eagles. The former African champions have been without a manager since Finidi George threw in the towel in June last year…
LAGOS JANUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There seem to be trouble following the announcement of Eric Chelle as the new Super Eagles coach on Tuesday. The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) is under fire as MC Oran of Algeria has revealed that the newly appointed Super Eagles coach Eric Chelle is still under contract with the club. Despite having…
LAGOS JANUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Real Madrid winger Vinicius Junior was banned for two La Liga matches on Tuesday after his red card last week against Valencia. The Brazilian winger shoved goalkeeper Stole Dimitrievski in the back of the neck after he had been pushed by the Los Che stopper. Spanish champions Real Madrid came from behind…
LAGOS JANUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has officially announced the appointment of Eric Sékou Chelle as the new Head Coach of Nigeria’s senior men’s national football team, the Super Eagles. The decision was ratified by the NFF Executive Committee following the recommendation of its Technical and Development Sub-Committee. Chelle, a former Malian international…
LAGOS JANUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford reportedly turned down an approach from Turkish giants Galatasaray this week. Rashford has fallen out of favour under Ruben Amorim, who recently left him out of four consecutive matchday squads for “training and selection reasons.” Although Rashford was reinstated for the 2-0 loss to Newcastle last week,…
LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-According to La Repubblica, Victor Osimhen infuriated Napoli by refusing to leave Galatasaray in January, even with Manchester United making an approach. The striker had signed a new contract in December 2023 with the express intention of leaving six months later for his €120m release clause. However, when no club went anywhere…