LAGOS FEBRUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGRS)-Super Eagles striker, Odion Jude Ighalo, has made history today Thursday, 27th February, 2020, by becoming the first Nigerian Footballer to score a goal for Manchester United Football Club at the famous Old Trafford ground, popular called the ‘Theatre of Dreams’ Playing in his first full start and debut European game for…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGRS)-Deontay Wilder admits he was “surprised” he lasted seven rounds against Tyson Fury to lose his WBC world heavyweight title. The American was knocked down twice before a seventh round stoppage in Las Vegas last weekend. Wilder rattled off a number of excuses for his first defeat of his career, but the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Youssef El-Arabi scored in the last minute of extra-time as Olympiakos knocked Arsenal out of the Europa League on Thursday on a night when four former European champions were eliminated. Ajax, Celtic, Benfica and Porto went out but Manchester United hardly broke sweat after Simon Deli of Brugge conceded a penalty and…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Deontay Wilder has blamed his heavyweight title defeat against Tyson Fury on the three-stone costume he wore to the ring to celebrate Black History Month. Confirming that he intends to activate his rematch clause against newly-crowned WBC heavyweight champion Fury, Wilder revealed that he had no energy left in his legs following…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Manchester United thrashed Watford 3-0 on Sunday in their English Premier League encounter. Ex-Super Eagles striker, Odion Ighalo, missed an opportunity to score his first goal in his new club. Though he successfully dribbled the goalkeeper, his shot was deflected by a Watford defender. Meanwhile, Bruno Fernandes opened his goalscoring account at…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Deontay Wilder was rushed to hospital after losing to Tyson Fury in their heavyweight title rematch amid concerns of a burst eardrum. After four rounds of Sunday morning’s mega Las Vegas contest, blood was seen coming out of the American’s left ear. Each break in the fight saw Wilder’s camp tend to…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Britain’s Tyson Fury became world heavyweight champion for the second time after stopping Deontay Wilder in a thrilling bout in Las Vegas this morning of Sunday, February 23, 2020. Fury knocked his opponent down in the third and fifth rounds before Wilder’s corner threw in the towel in the seventh. The Briton…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-World boxing champion Anthony Joshua is enjoying his stay in Nigeria, with a visit Thursday night to the Afrika Shrine in Ikeja Lagos, where he was hosted by the high priest, Femi Kuti. Joshua was a humble champion all over again, as he prostrated to Femi, in the typical Yoruba tradition of…