LAGOS MAY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Paris Saint-Germain will suspend Lionel Messi for two weeks after the Argentine superstar skipped training to travel to Saudi Arabia, and won’t extend the Argentine superstar’s contract beyond this season, according to multiple reports Tuesday. The punishment, and Messi’s unauthorized trip to the Gulf one day after a dispiriting 3-1 loss to…
LAGOS MAY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Confederation of African Football, CAF, has kicked South Sudan out of the U-17 Nations Cup holding in Algeria over age falsification after five players in the Bright Star Juniors squad failed the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) tests. The Confederation of African Football (CAF) had recently amended regulations regarding MRI. The part…
LAGOS May 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria began a quest for a third U-17 Africa Cup of Nations title in Algeria on Sunday evening with a 1-0 win over Zambia. The Eaglets attacked early in the game and swarmed on the Zambian but Abubakar Abdullahi who went to the ground in the second minute of the match…
LAGOS APRIL 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Barcelona brought on 15-year-old forward Lamine Yamal in their 4-0 win over Real Betis on Saturday to make him their youngest ever player in La Liga. The Catalan club said he was their second youngest player of all time, behind Albert Almasque in 1902 who played in the Macaya cup at 13…
LAGOS APRIL 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bayern Munich have proposed a swap deal involving Sadio Mane joining Napoli in exchange for Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen. This is according to Sky Sport reporter, Florian Plettenberg. Osimhen has been in sensational form for Napoli who are on the verge of landing a first Serie A title since 1990. The…
LAGOS APRIL 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A plane carrying the Arsenal women’s team back from their Champions League semi-final first leg with Wolfsburg burst into flames on the runway on Sunday evening. The incident occurred at the Braunschweig Wolfsburg Airport after a bird flew into the engine shortly before it was due to take off, causing a loud…
LAGOS APRIL 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Following his victory over Ciryl Gane at UFC 270, Francis Ngannou officially announced that he’s stepping away from MMA, rejecting a contract from Dana White which would make him the highest paid heavyweight in UFC history. Now a free agent, Ngannou is free to pursue his boxing dreams that he has long…
LAGOS APRIL 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Real Madrid’s pursuit of a 15th European Cup marches on. Chelsea, meanwhile, does not know when it will compete on this elite stage again. Madrid’s 2-0 win at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday completed a 4-0 aggregate victory and saw the Spanish giants advance to the Champions League semifinals for the 11th time…