LAGOS JANUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lionel Messi and Paris Saint-Germain will play a friendly against a select side made up of players from Cristiano Ronaldo’s new club Al Nassr and their Saudi rivals Al Hilal in Riyadh on January 19, the French champions announced on Monday. Qatar-owned PSG will travel to Doha on January 17 before moving…
LAGOS DECEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-After the talismanic forward guided Argentina to their first World Cup win since 1986 in Mexico, Messi has been at the centre of discussions to have his face put onto a new 1,000 peso bill. According to newspaper El Financiero, the Central Bank of the Republic of Argentina are eager to mark the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-I’m not watching football but here is something I found very interesting about Messi. Let’s know some unknown facts about Messi today Those who love football and keep regular updates on football must know Messi. Messi is the best footballer in the football world. But we don’t know everything about it. Messi…
LAGOS DECEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Messi is the world’s highest-paid athlete.Getty/Franck Fife According to Forbes, Messi took home an astonishing $75 million in on-field earnings over the last year – more than any other sportsperson on the planet. His Paris Saint-Germain salary alone is worth $35 million annually, which means he earns $738,000 a week, or $105,000…
LAGOS DECEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS0-The Lionel Messi-Diego Maradona debate has never been all that rational. It has reappeared ahead of Sunday’s 2022 World Cup final, with Messi one step away from clearing the hurdle that Maradona memorably did in 1986. And if the debate were a rational one, the current framing would be this: Messi could…
LAGOS MAY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-According to Lionel Messi, there is “no doubt” that Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema deserves to win his first Ballon d’Or award this year. Messi has won a record seven Ballon d’Or awards as the world’s best player, but saw his new club Paris Saint-Germain eliminated by Madrid in the round of…
LAGOS MAY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Less than a year after signing with Paris Saint-Germain – one of Qatar’s most prominent sportswashing projects – Lionel Messi is now the face of yet another oppressive Middle Eastern monarchy. The Argentinian was unveiled as the latest tourism ambassador for Saudi Arabia during a trip to Jeddah, a port city along…
LAGOS MARCH 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lionel Messi scored on his return to the national team as Argentina stretched their world-leading unbeaten run to 30 matches with a routine 3-0 World Cup qualifying win over Venezuela on Friday. Goals from Nicolas Gonzalez and Angel Di Maria, both created by Rodrigo De Paul, also kept a packed Bombonera stadium…