LAGOS SEPTEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Kylian Mbappe went off with a suspected ankle injury as Paris St-Germain returned to winning ways in Ligue 1 with an easy victory over Marseille. PSG’s star forward tried to carry on after an early challenge with Leonardo Balerdi but went off before half-time. Mbappe could be a doubt when the French…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Pope Francis on Saturday urged European governments to welcome migrants instead of viewing them as invaders, striding into in a hugely sensitive political debate again inflamed by mass arrivals on the second day of his visit to France’s Mediterranean port of Marseille. The pontiff made the comments hours before he leads a…
LAGOS AUGUST 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bordeaux striker Samuel Kalu collapsed on the pitch in a French Ligue 1 game at Marseille on Sunday where temperatures hit a sweltering 30 degrees. The 23-year-old Nigerian international fainted and slumped to the Stade Velodrome surface in the early stages of the match. Worried teammates gathered around the stricken Kalu and…
LAGOS JUNE 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Ligue 1 giants are rebuilding ahead of the 2021/22 season and have identified one of Nigeria’s precocious talents as being crucial to that effort Olympique de Marseille have reportedly made contact with Villarreal towards signing exciting Nigerian forward Samuel Chukwueze. It would be a massive coup for the French side to…
LAGOS MAY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Atletico Madrid has won the Europa League for the third time in eight years, thanks to a 3-0 win over Marseille at the Groupama Stadium in Lyon. A goal completely against the run of play a quarter of the way through from Antoine Griezmann gave the 2010 and 2012 winners something to…
