LAGOS MARCH 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lazio have reportedly fallen for an email scam and paid two million euros ($2.4m) of the final instalment for defender Stefan de Vrij’s transfer from Dutch club Feyenoord to fraudsters. Italian newspaper Il Tempo reported on Wednesday that hackers with knowledge of the deal tricked the Serie A club into paying the…
LAGOS MARCH 28TH (NESRANGERS)-Serbia striker Aleksandar Mitrovic scored a second-half double to earn a 2-0 World Cup warm-up win over Nigeria in a lively encounter in London on Tuesday. It was a much improved performance by the Serbians after Friday’s 2-1 defeat by Morocco, while Nigeria put in a turgid display following a 1-0 win…
LAGOS MARCH 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gernot Rohr has warned that the Nigeria senior national team are not World Cup favourites despite their 1-0 victory over Poland in Friday’s international friendly at the Municipal Stadium, Wroclaw. Adam Nawałka’s were punished for failing to convert their numerous scoring chances and bowed to the Africans who were without captain John…
By Amos Okioma,Yenagoa LAGOS MARCH 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-History was made in Bayelsa state as the management of Bayelsa Queen Football and Bayelsa United Football Club and the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria ( SWAN ) plan to build synergy on how the two clubs would use the media to gain promotion ahead of the NNL/NWFL 2017/2018…
LAGOS MARCH 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The upcoming international break presents an opportunity for the members of Nigeria’s 28-man squad to nail down a berth in the travelling party for the World Cup by impressing Gernot Rohr. However, those left out of this month’s selection face an anxious wait to see whether they can muscle into the coach’s…
LAGOS MARCH 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Manchester United were knocked out of the Champions League at the last-16 stage after an awful performance ended in a 2-1 home defeat by Sevilla. Substitute Wissam Ben Yedder was the match-winner for the Spanish side, stroking in from inside the area just two minutes after coming on and heading in at…
LAGOS MARCH 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Inter Milan midfielder, Joel Obi and two members of the squad that won the silver medal at the Morocco 2018 CHAN, Stephen Eze and Gabriel Okechukwu are among the 27 players invited to camp yesterday by Super Eagles’ Coach, Gernot Rohr for this month’s international friendly matches against Poland and Serbia….
LAGOS MARCH 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Government has reaffirmed its commitment to the successful hosting of Cycling Lagos 2018. Executive Chairman, Lagos State Sports Commission (LSSC), Dr. Kweku Tandoh who disclosed this in a statement in Lagos said the event was in line with the objective of the commission to promote healthy living and tourism…