LAGOS NOVEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Brazil have clinched their fourth Under-17 World Cup trophy in thrilling and controversial circumstances against Mexico. World Cup hosts Brazil triumphed 2-1 thanks to Lazaro Vinicius Marques’ 93rd-minute winner on Sunday at the Bezerrao. Mexico – winners of the showpiece tournament in 2005 and 2011 – looked on track to add a…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-FIFA has promised to take action, should there have been any case of wrongdoing, following lingering controversy regarding the outcome of the 2019 The Best Football Awards, even if this did not affect the result of the vote. In a press statement, the world football governing body said it would investigate and…
LAGOS AUGUST 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Manchester City are among the clubs interested in Nigeria Under-17 captain Adeleke Oluwatobi Babatunde. The 16-year-old is regarded as one of Africa’s hottest talents, with Napoli, RB Leipzig, Lille and Ajax also showing an interest in the No.10, as teams wait to sign him ahead of his 18th birthday due to FIFA…
LAGOS AUGUST 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Nigeria coach Samson Siasia has been banned for life and fined $50,000 by Fifa for agreeing to ‘the manipulation of matches.’ Siasia was coach of Nigeria between 2010-2011 and for a spell in 2016 but the time period when Fifa believes he committed his infractions is unclear. He has also served…
LAGOS JUNE 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s Super Falcons players have refused to leave the team hotel after their exit from the women’s World Cup on Saturday, demanding that the country’s soccer federation clears all of their outstanding bonus payments, ESPN reported. The players staged a sit-in protest shortly after Nigeria were beaten 3-0 by double champions Germany…
LAGOS JUNE 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Paul Aigbogun’s men were dumped out of the youth global showpiece by their West African neighbours on Monday. Emmanuel Babayaro has called on the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to launch an investigation into the exit of the Flying Eagles in the ongoing Fifa World Cup in Poland. Despite starting the tournament impressively…
LAGOS OCTOBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)- Former Ghana Football Association president Kwesi Nyantakyi was handed a life ban from all football-related activities by FIFA on Tuesday following various violations of the governing body’s ethics code, including bribery and corruption. Nyantakyi, a former member of FIFA’s General Council, was found guilty after being filmed by an investigative journalist…
LAGOS AUGUST 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidency on Monday said it recognised the Amaju Pinnick-led executives of the Nigerian Football Federation as the authentic executives of the federation. The Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Laolu Akande, disclosed this in a message he posted on his Twitter handle, @akandeoj. Akande said…