LAGOS JUNE 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Manchester City’s long quest to win the Champions League finally ended in triumph against Inter Milan in Istanbul as Pep Guardiola’s side completed the Treble. After winning the Premier League and FA Cup, City emulated Manchester United’s triple trophy haul in 1999 as they became only the second English club to achieve…
LAGOS JUNE 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lionel Messi confirmed on Wednesday that he will be signing for Inter Miami on a free transfer this summer following the expiry of his contract at PSG, and he could be joined in America by two former Barcelona team-mates. Despite a return to Barcelona being a “dream”, Messi eventually settled on a…
LAGOS JUNE 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It’s almost been a week since Manchester City lifted the FA Cup trophy following their win against Rivals Manchester United. With the attention now turning to the Champions League final this weekend, a new analysis reveals whether The Blues are on track to take home the Treble this weekend. In order to…
LAGOS JUNE 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Italy have reached the FIFA Under-20 World Cup final for the first time, as they beat Asian side, Korea Republic 2-1 in the semi-final. Italy will now play Uruguay in the final of the tournament ongoing in Argentina on Sunday. None of the sides had ever won the FIFA Under-20 World Cup….
LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The internet recently buzzed with the bizarre claim that Sweden had declared sex a sport and was organizing a tournament. International media fell for the gag and reported it as truth. DW delves deep into the issue. There is no official Swedish sex championshipImage: Christophe Gateau/dpa/picture alliance A headline on the website…
LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Lionel Messi will join Major League Soccer club Inter Miami, according to the BBC, turning down a deal from Saudi Arabia that would have paid him $400 million annually. The Argentine superstar is being offered a profit-sharing agreement with Adidas and Apple, The Athletic reported, citing people familiar with the transaction. Apple…
LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Saudi Arabia is hoping to lure a swathe of world-famous footballers including Luka Modric and Hugo Lloris, a source close to the negotiations has told AFP, after snagging Cristiano Ronaldo and launching bids for Lionel Messi and Karim Benzema. “More than 10” seasoned players including N’Golo Kante and Roberto Firmino have been…
LAGOS JUNE 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A game of few chances saw South Korea emerge victorious over Nigeria courtesy of a header from Choi Seok-Hyun five minutes into the first half of extra time. It was South Korea’s first and only shot on target in the third time Nigeria has lost out in the quarterfinal in extra time—2007,…