LAGOS AUGUST 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The nominees for the Ballon d’Or were released Friday and two of the biggest names is soccer didn’t make the cut. Lionel Messi and Neymar Jr. were not among the 30 nominees to win the award. For Messi, it marks the first time since 2005 he was not nominated for the award….
LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Thousands of fans turned out to welcome home Luis Suarez on Sunday as the star striker joined Nacional, the club where he began his storied career 17 years ago. Suarez, 35, admitted he was “nervous” and “emotional” after touching down at Montevideo’s international airport just before 11:00 am (1400 GMT) where he…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe both scored as Paris Saint-Germain stretched their mammoth lead at the top of Ligue 1 to 13 points with a 5-1 thrashing of defending champions Lille on Sunday. Mauricio Pochettino’s men were given a helping hand by a nightmarish display from Lille goalkeeper Ivo Grbic at the…
LAGOS AUGUST 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Cristiano Ronaldo is now the fifth highest paid footballer after his return to Manchester United. Messi, six-time Ballon d’Or winner who joined PSG as a free agent, tops the list as he will be going home with a whopping €35m annually. Messi’s teammate Neymar is second on the list grossing €30m while…
LAGOS JANUARY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Its no secret that every club have made one or two bad decision in the past but on Barcelona’s case, they’ve made a bad situation that could ruin the club. According to Spanish paper El Mundo, Barcelona’s former president Josep Maria Bartomeu agreed to pay Lionel Messi €555,237,619 (US$673,919,105) in four years…
LAGOS JANUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lionel Messi was sent off for the first time in his Barcelona career as his side were beaten 3-2 after extra time by Athletic Bilbao in the Spanish Super Cup final. The Argentinian was pulled up by VAR for lashing out at Asier Villalibre in the final minutes of the additional 30,…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The new Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) season has been confirmed to kick off on December 6, 2020, with the fixtures, also made available. Still, in the preparatory mood for the 2020/2021 season, the Sai Masu Gida side were given terrible news after one of their youngsters, Ibrahim Hassan was attacked by…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bayern Munich striker, Robert Lewandowski has beaten Lionel Messi and Kevin De Bruyne to be named the best player in world football. The 32-year-old Polish star had a remarkable 2019-2020 season as he scored an incredible 55 times in 47 matches for the reigning German champions. And Lewandowski, who was widely tipped…
