LAGOS APRIL 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian-born British boxer Anthony Joshua has added the WBO belt to his collection of titles with a win over Joseph Parker. For the first time Joshua was forced to go the distance – but was unanimously declared the winner with a wide margin on the judges’ scorecards: 118-110 twice and 119-109. After…
LAGOS MARCH 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Germany will stay top of the new FIFA World Ranking following March’s round of international fixtures, despite losing 1-0 to second-placed Brazil on Tuesday. Gabriel Jesus scored the only goal of the game in Berlin but it won’t be enough for Tite’s side to leapfrog the reigning world champions at the top…
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…