LAGOS JUNE 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-After a three-month absence, the Premier League will restart on Wednesday. Aston Villa host Sheffield United to get things off and running before Manchester City welcome Arsenal to the Etihad Stadium for a fixture that was postponed on March 11 after Gunners boss Mikel Arteta tested positive for COVID-19. Those games precede a full…
LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-World football governing body, FIFA, has again showered encomiums on the wonder goal scored by former Nigerian skipper Sunday Oliseh against Spain at the France 1998 World Cup. Recalling Oliseh’s strike on its 22nd year-anniversary, FIFA shared a clip of the goal on the Federation’s Twitter handle with these words: “Sunday Oliseh…
LAGOS JUNE 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-World heavyweight champions Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury have agreed to a two-fight deal, according to promoter Eddie Hearn. Speculation about a blockbuster bout between the British pair has been steadily building since Fury dethroned Deontay Wilder to become WBC heavyweight champion, with Joshua regaining his WBA, IBF and WBO titles by…
LAGOS JUNE 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Brazil has pulled out of the race to host the 2023 Fifa Women’s World Cup just two weeks before the successful bid is announced. The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), the country’s national soccer body, said its government did not want to sign guarantees required to hold the event owing to Covid-19. Brazil…
LAGOS JUNE 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerians have continued to celebrate the Super Eagles iconic figure Stephen Okechukwu Keshi even after death but the latest picture of his grave is causing an online debate among the keen followers of the round leather game in Nigeria. Former Super Eagles Coach, Stephen Keshi, died before he arrived Faith Mediplex, the…
LAGOS JUNE 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-John Obi Mikel has been surprised by the Liverpool star Mohamed Salah’s development since they played together at Chelsea. The pair spent two years together at Chelsea after Salah moved to Stamford Bridge from Basel in 2014. But in February 2015 the Egypt star was loaned to Fiorentina before spending the 2015-16…
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A frequent target of racist abuse and often surrounded in controversy, Mario Balotelli’s nomadic career has taken another radical turn. The former Italy striker was reportedly fired by his hometown club for failing to report to training as the Italian soccer league prepares to resume from a three-month break amid the coronavirus…
LAGOS JUNE 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Cristiano Ronaldo hit another first this week as the first team player to earn more than $1 billion in his career, Forbes reported. The Juventus star earned $105 million before taxes over the past year, per Forbes, placing him No. 4 on the list of the world’s highest-paid celebrities. He sits behind…