LAGOS AUGUST 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-France set up an Olympic men’s football semi-final with Egypt after beating Argentina 1-0 in a hostile quarter-final marred by ugly scenes at the final whistle. Players and coaches from both sides clashed on the pitch at the end as the hosts booked their last-four spot. Crystal Palace striker Jean-Philippe Mateta got…
LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Labour Party Presidential Candidate in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi has expressed concerns at the growing tendency of some people to sow seeds of disunity in the country. Writing against the backdrop of some persons threatening genocide against the Igbo in Lagos, Obi said such divisive acts should be thoroughly…
LAGOS JULY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian boxer Cynthia Ogunsemilore was removed from the Paris Olympics women’s tournament after testing positive for a banned doping substance, the International Testing Agency said Saturday. The 22-year-old African Games lightweight champion tested positive for the diuretic furosemide in a sample taken Thursday, the ITA said. Furosemide is a masking agent that…
LAGOS JULY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Olympic Games organizers said they “deeply apologize” for introducing South Korea’s athletes as North Korea during the opening ceremony in Paris. As the South Korean athletes waved their nation’s flag on a boat floating down the Seine River on Friday evening, they were announced in both French and English as the Democratic…
LAGOS JULY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Carrying backpacks and small children, hundreds of people sleeping on the streets of Paris climbed aboard buses surrounded by armed police on Thursday, the latest group of migrants and homeless people to be driven out of the city ahead of the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympics. The group of largely African…
LAGOS JULY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria women’s basketball team wasn’t allowed to board the delegation’s boat for the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics, said a person familiar with the situation. The person spoke to The Associated Press on Friday condition of anonymity because the Nigeria delegation has not publicly commented. Once the team made it…
LAGOS JULY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-France’s high-speed rail network was hit Friday with widespread and “criminal” acts of vandalism including arson attacks, paralyzing travel to Paris from across the rest of France and Europe only hours before the grand opening ceremony of the Olympics. French officials described the attacks as “criminal actions” and said they were investigating…
LAGOS JULY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Israel’s national anthem was loudly jeered before its soccer team kicked off play at the Paris Olympics against Mali on Wednesday night. The game began with a massive security presence outside the stadium amid an increasingly strained international climate that has Paris’ safety efforts squarely in the spotlight. The Israel team arrived under a heavy police…