LAGOS SEPTEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lionel Messi and Erling Haaland are among the leading contenders to win this year’s men’s Ballon d’Or, while Spain World Cup star Aitana Bonmati leads the nominees announced on Wednesday for the women’s prize. Messi, who recently left Paris Saint-Germain for Inter Miami, is in with a chance of succeeding Karim Benzema…
LAGOS JUNE 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Chinese football fan who stormed the pitch and hugged Lionel Messi during a friendly match between Australia and Argentina in Beijing on Thursday has been placed under “administrative detention,” according to police in the Chinese capital. The fan, who is 18 years old and identified by the police as “Di,” has…
LAGOS JUNE 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lionel Messi confirmed on Wednesday that he will be signing for Inter Miami on a free transfer this summer following the expiry of his contract at PSG, and he could be joined in America by two former Barcelona team-mates. Despite a return to Barcelona being a “dream”, Messi eventually settled on a…
LAGOS APRIL 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Lionel Messi could be in line for a sensational return to Barcelona after the Catalan club confirmed they were in talks with their former forward. Messi left Barcelona in the summer of 2021 due to the club’s financial crisis, which meant they could not afford to keep him despite numerous promises from…
LAGOS MARCH 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Barcelona president Joan Laporta has not ruled out a romantic return to the club for Lionel Messi, but says the relationship with the PSG forward needs to improve in order for that to happen. Messi left Barcelona for Paris in the summer of 2021 under a cloud as the Blaugrana could not…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Paris Saint-Germain are preparing for the exits of both Lionel Messi and Neymar following a breakdown in dressing room relations, it has been claimed. Neymar was involved in a heated dressing room clash on Saturday. PSG’s domestic slump of form continued with a limp 3-1 loss at Monaco in Ligue 1, leading…
LAGOS OCTOBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Real Madrid’s France forward Karim Benzema won the 2022 Ballon d’Or award for the best men’s player in the world on Monday, while Barcelona’s Spain midfielder Alexia Putellas won the women’s award for a second time. Benzema, who played a pivotal role in Real’s run to the Champions League title last season,…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-When Beyonce’s “Move” comes on from “Renaissance,” it is a musical indicator that things are about to turn up. The proverbial meaning of the song suggests that those who are making marks on this world need space to thrive and live out loud as their authentic selves. Well, French soccer player Kylian…