LAGOS NOVEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Alcoholic beverages will not be sold at the perimeters of the World Cup 2022 stadiums in Qatar, football governing body Fifa said on Friday, in a last-minute policy change. Set to start on Sunday, this year’s World Cup will be the first to be hosted by a Muslim-majority country where consumption of alcohol is strictly regulated. Fifa said in…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Normally when the World Cup comes around, Germans happily wave their country’s flag and enthusiastically back their team. Not this time. Anyone walking around Berlin this week will struggle to notice any signs of World Cup fervor. There are no flags, no signs, no public viewing events – no indication that the…
00 LAGOS NOVEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tragedy struck on Sunday at the University of Lagos, after a 100 level student of the Department of Social Work, Faculty of Social Science, Simon Adokwu, slumped and died while playing football on the premises of the school in Akoka, Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that Adokwu, after attending church service,…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s athletics federation says last week’s conviction of two of its athletes for their part in a fraud scheme uncovered by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is “sad and damaging” for the country. On 10 November, Emmanuel Ineh and Toluwani Adebakin were convicted for transferring tens of thousands of dollars to…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The ball punched in by Diego Maradona for his ”Hand of God” goal at the 1986 World Cup has been sold at auction for nearly $2.4 million by the referee who missed soccer’s most famous handball. Ali Bin Nasser, the Tunisian former match official who refereed the quarterfinal game between Argentina and…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya was arrested Wednesday at JFK Airport days after his UFC 281 loss to Alex Pereira. Adesanya was arrested for possession of metal knuckles, New York’s Port Authority Police Department (PAPD) spokesperson Lenis Valens told MMA Junkie on Wednesday. TMZ Sports was first to report the news….
LAGOS NOVEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Barcelona striker Robert Lewandowski’s suspension was increased to three games by the Spanish soccer federation on Wednesday. Lewandowski had received a one-game suspension when he was sent off with a second yellow card during Barcelona’s 2-1 comeback win at Osasuna on Nov. 8. The Spanish soccer federation’s competition committee has now added…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Athletic Bilbao forwards Iñaki and Nico Williams are set to become the latest brothers to play for different countries in a World Cup. Iñaki Williams was selected by Ghana on Monday, and his younger brother Nico Williams had been picked by Spain last week. They will be repeating the feat of the…
