LAGOS NOVEMBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-World Cup legend Diego Maradona was hospitalized in his native Argentina on Monday, according to multiple media reports out of the South American country. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, the 1986 World Cup winner was admitted to a hospital in the city of La Plata, where…
LAGOS AUGUST 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-FC Barcelona and Argentina captain Lionel Messi has been banned from international football for three months by the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) following his claim that Copa America was corrupt. The 32-year-old forward was sent off during Argentina’s 2-1 third-place play-off defeat of Chile and he later said the competition was…
LAGOS JULY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Super Eagles’ skipper, John Mikel Obi, has revealed that the news of the kidnap of his dad, Pa Michael Obi, was broken to him two hours before their final World Cup Group D game against Argentina. Speaking after his dad’s release from the kidnappers den on Monday, Obi revealed that he was…
LAGOS JUNE 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria are out of the World Cup after failing to overcome Argentina in their Group D clash at the St Petersburg Stadium. Nigeria needed a win or a draw to progress, and came into the game with three points against Argentina’s one. Victory would have guaranteed progress regardless of the outcome of…
LAGOS JUNE 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria bounced back from their opening-game defeat and boosted their chances of qualifying for the knockout stages of the World Cup, as well as Argentina’s, with a 2-0 win over Iceland in Volgograd. Two delightful goals from the impressive Ahmed Musa secured Nigeria a first victory of the tournament and diminished Iceland’s…
LAGOS JUNE 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Croatia on Thursday defeated highly rated Argentina 3-0 in a Group D match at the ongoing World Cup in Russia. Croatia had in the first group match defeated Nigeria 2-0. Goals by Croatia in the match against Argentina were scored by Rebic, Modric and Raktic. The win by Croatia leaves the Super…
ARGENTINA FIFA world ranking: 5 Last World Cup: 2014 Best World Cup finish: Champions, 1978, 1986 How qualified: Finished third in South American qualifying tournament. Key players: F Lionel Messi, MF Angel Di Maria, F Sergio Aguero It’s a fact: Argentina has been held scoreless for 217 consecutive minutes in its last three World Cup…
LAGOS MAY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Head coach of Super Eagles, Gernot Rohr, has admitted that he does not have a lot of star players in his squad. However, Rohr says with team and tactical discipline, Nigeria can go far at the 2018 World Cup in Russia. “In the team we are working on improving all segments of…
