LAGOS JUNE 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Paraguay president Santiago Pena has declared a national holiday after the national football team caused a massive World Cup upset by beating Germany in the last-32. The South Americans, who sneaked through to the knockouts after finishing as a best-placed third-place team, confined the Germans to their first-ever defeat in a…
LAGOS JUNE 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-France manager Didier Deschamps missed his team’s group stage match Friday against Norway at the 2026 World Cup due to the death of his mother. The French Football Federation intended to honor their absent manager’s mother by wearing black armbands during the match, but FIFA declined the request according to The Athletic’s…
LAGOS JUNE 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Soccer legend Lionel Messi was honored with an 85-foot statue in his home country of Argentina (in the small town of Cutral Có, in the country’s Patagonia region), marking the biggest Messi statue ever made. However, the pose that Messi is in for the statue is raising eyebrows, especially when combined with…
LAGOS JUNE 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Galatasaray have rejected a bid of €125 million for Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen, reaffirming their determination to hold onto the Nigerian forward despite mounting pressure from European clubs ahead of the summer transfer window, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. The offer, reported by Forza Cimbom, was immediately turned down by the Turkish…
LAGOS JUNE 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Argentina are through to the World Cup Round of 32 following their 2-0 win over Austria, in a match where Lionel Messi became the quadrennial tournament’s all-time leading scorer. The Inter Miami star came into this game level with Miroslav Klose as the World Cup’s joint-top scorer with 16 goals, and…
LAGOS JUNE 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A French appeals court on Friday confirmed that Moroccan football star Achraf Hakimi will face trial for the alleged rape of a woman in 2023, which the Paris Saint-Germain defender denies. In February 2023, a woman then aged 24 told police in the Val-de-Marne region southeast of Paris that Hakimi had raped…
LAGOS JUNE 22ND (NEWSRANGRS)-For the second straight World Cup game in Los Angeles, the pre-revolutionary Iranian flag was proudly displayed hours before kickoff. They fluttered above parking lots, draped across shoulders and tied around necks as makeshift capes. Some were folded neatly and tucked into back pockets as they entered the stadium. Others were hidden…
LAGOS JUNE 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Across Nigeria, the once-thriving football viewing centres that turned ordinary nights into communal celebrations are steadily fading into silence due to rising fuel prices, costly pay-TV subscriptions, and the growing shift to mobile streaming eroding patronage, AYOOLA OLASUPO reports Ten years ago, Jide Ojo’s football viewing centre was a lively hub where…
