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…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former world champion boxer Ricky Hatton has died at the age of 46, just weeks after announcing a comeback to the sport. According to the Daily Mail, the Manchester native was found dead at his home in Greater Manchester on Sunday, September 14, with a police cordon currently in place around the…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Reacting to speculations that he’s interested in the NFF Presidency, Jay Jay Okocha said… “Hello everyone, I just want to use this opportunity to say that the news and posts that have been circulating are false. I have not said or spoken to anyone about Nigerian football or any interest in…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Junta leader Capt Ibrahim Traoré has portrayed himself as a champion of Pan-Africanism. Burkina Faso says it has removed visa fees for all African travellers, in an effort to facilitate the movement of people and goods into the country. “From now on, any citizen from an African country wishing to go to…