LAGOS SEPTEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tributes have poured in for a “loving father” who di£d suddenly while playing football in Limerick. 30-year-old Lotanna, who was originally from Nigeria, was expecting his second child when he di£d on Thursday, September 18 in Limerick. A fundraiser has been launched for the family he left behind, including his fiancée Roisin, their son…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 14TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Lamine Yamal’s father has blasted Ousmane Dembele’s Ballon d’Or win, saying the result was “not theft but rather moral damage to a human being”. Dembele scooped the biggest individual award in football for the first time in his career on Monday, becoming the sixth Frenchman to win the prize. He joined the…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Manchester United legend Anderson has been ordered to serve prison time over failing to pay child maintenance. The 37-year-old former midfielder has been warned he can be held behind bars for 30 days unless he hands over the £142,000 he is said to owe. The decision was taken on September 3 by…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-With tears in his eyes, a young Kenyan athlete now captive in Ukraine pleads not to be sent back to Russia. “I will die there,” Evans Kibet says, waving his hands in the air towards the unseen interviewer on the video released on Wednesday by a Ukrainian army brigade. The 36-year-old…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Every year, grave diggers from around the world gather in Hungary to compete in the International Grave Digging Championship akin to the football World Cup where contestants compete for honours, regarding who can dig the deepest and most beautiful graves. In the Hungarian city of Sexard, not only an unusual, but also…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-LAGOS SEPTEMBER 21SDuring Friday’s press conference, Xabi Alonso delivered a stern warning to Kylian Mbappé, Real Madrid’s new superstar. At the start of this season, Kylian Mbappé has been stringing together top-class performances. However, his manager Xabi Alonso sought to temper expectations during the press conference. The Spanish tactician reminded everyone…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Victor Osimhen will play no part in Galatasaray’s Champions League opener against Eintracht Frankfurt on Thursday after failing to recover from injury, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. The Nigerian striker had been pushing to force his way into Okan Buruk’s squad despite not being fully fit, but the Turkish champions confirmed on Wednesday…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS0-The Athletics Federation of Nigeria, AFN, were put under the spotlight on Friday night, after Tobi Amusan uploaded a clip on her social media page. Amusan recorded a video of the kits she received from the AFN ahead of the 2025 World Athletics Championship in Tokyo, Japan. The World record holder and…