LAGOS MARCH 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Super Eagles’ goalkeeper, Francis Uzoho is out of the next Super Eagles’ Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match against Sierra Leone in June. This is sequel to the yellow card he got in 90+2 minute of the game with Guinea Bissau on Monday. The Moroccan referee of the match gave Uzoho the…
LAGOS MARCH 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former soccer star Robinho was ordered to hand over his passport while Brazilian judicial authorities determine whether he should serve his nine-year sentence for rape in Brazil. Robinho was convicted in Italy in 2017 for his part in the group sexual assault in Milan that took place four years previously, when he…
LAGOS MARCH 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Barcelona president Joan Laporta has not ruled out a romantic return to the club for Lionel Messi, but says the relationship with the PSG forward needs to improve in order for that to happen. Messi left Barcelona for Paris in the summer of 2021 under a cloud as the Blaugrana could not…
LAGOS MARCH 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Anthony Joshua has insisted he remains among the world’s leading heavyweights ahead of his return to the ring next weekend. The British boxer will be back in action on Saturday when he faces Jermaine Franklin of the United States at London’s 02 Arena. The 33-year-old will be bidding for his first win…
LAGOS MARCH 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Morocco stunned Brazil 2-1 in a friendly international on Saturday as the north African side recorded a first ever win over the five-time world champions. Midfielder Sofiane Boufal, a former Southampton star, but now playing with Al Rayyan in Qatar, gave Morocco the lead after 29 minutes, scoring with a powerful turn…
LAGOS MARCH 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Everton midfielder Alex Iwobi promised that Nigeria will bounce back after suffering a shock 1-0 home loss to Guinea-Bissau on Friday in Africa Cup of Nations qualifying. It was one of the biggest upsets in the history of the competition as Mama Balde scored for the Wild Dogs, who are 81 places…
LAGOS MARCH 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria lost 1-0 at home to Guinea-Bissau on Friday in one of the biggest shocks in Africa Cup of Nations qualifying history. Mama Balde, who plays for French top-tier club Troyes, scored on 30 minutes in Abuja to take the Djurtus (Wild Dogs) to the top of Group A. Guinea-Bissau, ranked a…
LAGOS MARCH 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A retired boxing coach, Scott Eguabor, has punched his brother-in-law, Sunday Okoro, to death in Benin, the Edo State capital. The incident happened when the ex-boxer was attempting to resolve a marital problem between his younger sister, a judoka, and her husband. Eguabor is in charge of boxing in the state sports…