LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria will go into the World Cup on a five-match winless streak after losing its final warmup game to Czech Republic 1-0 on Wednesday. Czech defender Tomas Kalas scored after 25 minutes, handing Nigeria another defeat four days after its 2-1 loss to England in London. Coach Gernot Rohr’s team has lost…
LAGOS JUNE 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Francis Uzoho will continue in goal and Wilfred Ndidi will make a return for the Super Eagles in Wednesday’s international friendly against the Czech Republic in Vienna, Austria. Nigeria coach Gernot Rohr is expected to make several changes to his lineup after a shambolic first half display in Saturday night’s 2-1 loss…
LAGOS JUNE 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-It’s the World Cup’s most anticipated football kit. The queues snaked down London’s Regent’s Street on Friday as Nigeria fans waited to get their hands on the jersey. Some of the fans queued outside Nike’s flagship store for several hours in the morning to get into the store. Since Nike unveiled its…
LAGOS JUNE 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria return to Wembley for the first time in nearly 24 years to face England in a high-profile friendly as the 2018 World Cup preparations nears an end for both sides. Back in 1994, we were coming off a World Cup in the United States where the debutant Super Eagles had caught…
LAGOS MAY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr on Wednesday reduced his 30-man provisional squad for the Russia 2018 World Cup to 25 players. The German dropped domestic league top scorer Junior Lokosa, Standard Liege midfielder Uche Agbo, Lokomotiv Plovdiv defender Stephen Eze and Plateau United Dele Ajiboye. Twenty-three players will make the final squad….
LAGOS MAY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-After Nigeria’s 1-1 draw with the Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday, KweséESPN run the rule over the Super Eagles’ likely World Cup squad. Goalkeepers: For a third game in a row, Francis Uzoho started in goal, earning his fourth Nigeria cap. The Deportivo La Coruna shot stopper looked assured, which was…
LAGOS MAY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)– Mario Balotelli scored on his first Italy appearance in nearly four years on Monday as they beat Saudi Arabia 2-1 in a friendly to give new coach Roberto Mancini a winning start. Italy have missed out on the World Cup for the first time since 1958 and Mancini was starting the…
LAGOS MAY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two goals – one for each side ensured that the sixth meeting between Nigeria and Congo DR ended in a 1-1 stalemate. In the match, the Nigerian team featured a starting 11 with an average age of 24 and 194 caps between them. Debutant, Simeon Nwankwo rattled the crossbar in the third…
