LAGOS JUNE 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A Benin-based Prophet, Tommy Yisa Aika is demanding N750,000, to pray for Nigeria to win the 2018 World Cup in Russia. The cleric stated that the Super Eagles will be the first African team to lift the trophy. According to Aika, God is interested in the Super Eagles conquering the world at…
LAGOS JUNE 21ST (NEWSRANGRS)-Fernando Santos had wanted to see more from his supporting cast but, well, while the Portugal manager has Cristiano Ronaldo, it is probably not essential. Ronaldo did what Ronaldo does. He got into dangerous areas, he scored and he was decisive. It did not matter that this was not a vintage Portugal…
LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspended former FIFA president Sepp Blatter has arrived in Moscow for a World Cup visit at the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Blatter posed for photographs with fans from Mexico and Portugal on his arrival Tuesday at a five-star downtown hotel. The 82-year-old Blatter is banned from official football duty until…
LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian football supporters have been left bemused by reports of a request to Russian officials to have live chickens taken into the World Cup venues as good-luck charms. It was reported last week, on various platforms, that Nigerian fans had been denied their requests to take chickens into the stadiums, but it’s…
LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Croatia sent one of its players home Monday after he refused to take the pitch during the team’s opening World Cup match. Head coach Zlatko Dalić confirmed forward Nikola Kalinić was sent packing from the team’s base camp in Roshchino, Russia. The drastic move comes after Kalinić apparently cited a back injury…
LAGOS JUNE 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-World Cup hosts Russia face an Egypt side buoyed by the likely return of star man Mohamed Salah on Tuesday knowing a win will all but guarantee a place in the last 16. Liverpool wizard Salah missed his team’s defeat to Uruguay on Friday as he struggles to recover from the shoulder…
LAGOS JUNE 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Saudi Arabia’s official team narrowly escaped death as their plane caught fire in midair while travelling to their next World Cup match. Flames were seen from the engine as the Russian Airlines Airbus was en route to Rostov where they take on Uruguay on Wednesday. An official statement from the football association…
LAGOS JUNE 18TH (NESRANGERS)-Head coach of the Super Eagles , Gernot Rohr has insisted that playing a three-man defence against Croatia was not the best decision. Gernot Rohr was reacting to criticisms surrounding his choice of 4-2-3-1 formation for the 2-0 defeat to the Europeans in their Group D opener on Saturday night. Former Nigeria…