LAGOS JUNE 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Team Nigeria’s quest for Tokyo Olympics tickets in both men’s 4x100m and women’s 4x400m relays could not materialise in Lagos yesterday. But the women’s 4x100m made up of Blessing Okagbare, Grace Nwokocha, Blessing Ogundare and Rosemary Chukwuma gave the spectators something to celebrate, as they ran 42.97 seconds to improve on their…
LAGOS JUNE 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Manchester City have made their move for Harry Kane, with a huge transfer fee of $138 million plus player deal put on the table to Tottenham. According to Fabrizio Romano from our partners at Sky Sport in Italy, the bid has arrived and Tottenham are expected to reject it as Daniel Levy…
LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Christian Eriksen surprised the Denmark team with a visit in the middle of a training session Friday and then gave everyone all a hug, his teammates said on Saturday. Eriksen was discharged from a Copenhagen hospital on Friday and immediately went to see his teammates at their European Championship base camp outside…
LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A coach in Uganda’s Olympic team tested positive for Covid-19 upon arrival in Tokyo on Saturday night, according to Japanese officials. Uganda Olympic Committee President Donald Rukare said the coach, who has not been named, has no symptoms. It’s not yet clear whether the coach, who is in a government facility, will…
LAGOS JUNE 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Super Eagles of Nigeria will lose their position as 3rd placed team on the African continent base on the FIFA Rankings when it is released for the month of May. Nigeria played two games against Cameroon during the international break losing 0-1 and drawling 0-0 in the games separated by a…
LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Musa and players from both sides had to take to their heels to take cover from angry fans. With Super Eagles captain Ahmed Musa on the pitch, Pillars were playing a goalless draw with visitors Akwa United when the referee ruled a goal offside in the 85th minute. The home fans at…
LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The midfielder’s representative says the player is in positive spirits after receiving treatment at hospital. Christian Eriksen’s agent Martin Schoots has delivered an update on the Inter and Denmark star’s condition following his cardiac arrest at Euro 2020. The football world was rocked to its core during Saturday’s Group B clash between Denmark…
LAGOS JUNE 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Christian Eriksen probably suffered a cardiac arrest but staged a remarkable recovery, according to his former cardiologist at Tottenham Hotspur. Professor Sanjay Sharma, who put the former Tottenham midfielder through an annual battery of tests between 2013 and 2020, said Eriksen had no known history of heart problems – but that no…
