LAGOS DECEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)- French champions Paris Saint-Germain are poised to win Group H of the UEFA Champions League Dif they beat Istanbul Basaksehir in their last group game next Tuesday. The Parisians have the head-to-head advantage over United courtesy of their 3-1 victory at Old Trafford on Wednesday night. Brazilian superstar Neymar got an…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Hey, it clearly worked. Mike Tyson wasn’t shy when asked whether he smoked marijuana just ahead of his exhibition bout with Roy Jones Jr. on Saturday night at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. “Absolutely, yes,” he responded to the question, via USA Today. Tyson, 54, stepped back into the ring for…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Police in Argentina raided the home and offices of Leopoldo Luque, Diego Maradona’s personal doctor, on Sunday as part of an investigation into the soccer legend’s death. Maradona, 60, died of a heart attack at his Buenos Aires-area home on Nov. 25, just weeks after undergoing surgery to relieve bleeding on his…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Diego Maradona’s tormented private life, with its tangled relationships and paternity suits, suggests distributing his inheritance will be a complex task for lawyers bracing for claims from a slew of children — those he recognized and those he didn’t. “There’s going to be a big fight. He didn’t leave a will,” according…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Super Eagles of Nigeria have dropped three places from 29th to 32nd in the latest FIFA rankings released yesterday by the world football governing body. The Three-time African champions who had poor outings against the Leone Stars of Sierra Leone in the ongoing 2022 AFCON qualifiers also dropped in the continental ranking…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Barcelona and Cameroon great led some of the continent’s stars to pay respect to the Argentine football icon who passed away on Wednesday. Samuel Eto’o, Yaya Toure, Didier Drogba and a host of other African football figures have paid tribute to late Diego Maradona. The 1986 Fifa World Cup winner passed…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Impatient fans were confronting police as thousands lined up to say goodbye to Diego Maradona on Thursday at the Argentine presidential mansion staging the funeral of one of football’s greatest stars. Fans threw bottles and metal fences at police near the Casa Rosada in the heart of Buenos Aires. Open visitation started…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Marseille manager, Andres Villas-Boas, has called on the world football governing body FIFA, to retire the no.10 shirt in honour of the late Diego Maradona. Maradona, who is widely considered the greatest footballer of all-time, died on Wednesday afternoon at the age of 60. His health has been in decline in the…