LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ahmed Musa’s move from Leicester City to Al-Nassr FC appears to have gone down well with the club’s fans, who gave the Nigeria international an outrageous reaction upon his arrival in Saudi Arabia. In a video shared on his @AhmedMusa718 Twitter handle, the former CSKA Moscow forward is seem being mobbed by…
LAGOS JULY 17TH (NESRANGER)-Exactly $400 million will be dished out by FIFA in prize money to the 32 teams who competed in the 2018 World Cup, which is a $42 million increase from the tournament in 2014. With the winners getting $38 million and the runners up $28 million, the four semifinalists were the big…
LAGOS 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Celebrations went global for France’s World Cup victory on Sunday. France clinched its second FIFA World Cup title after beating Croatia 4-2 in the finals on Sunday, as Fox News reported — in the highest-scoring final since 1966. The win marked the second time in 20 years that France has won. “We’re happy….
LAGOS JULY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-FIFA President, Gianni Infantino, says the world football ruling body recognises only Amaju Pinnick as President of the Nigeria Football Federation. FIFA equally said it will not accept any outside interference in the affairs of the NFF as headed by Amaju Pinnick. Infantino, while responding to questions at a press conference in…
LAGOS JULY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Super Eagles’ skipper, John Mikel Obi, has revealed that the news of the kidnap of his dad, Pa Michael Obi, was broken to him two hours before their final World Cup Group D game against Argentina. Speaking after his dad’s release from the kidnappers den on Monday, Obi revealed that he was…
LAGOS JUNE 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Captain of the Super Eagles of Nigeria, John Obi Mikel has vowed that the team will put in their best when they take on Argentina in the last game of the group in the 2018 World Cup. Mikel expressed confidence that they will be the third team to stop Barcelona superstar, Lionel…
LAGOS JUNE 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Willy Caballero should not be anywhere near a World Cup field. He should not be Argentina’s starting goalkeeper. But he is. And for the second straight game, he cost Argentina. This time, against Croatia, he did so in embarrassing fashion. With the two Group D favorites locked in a tense stalemate early…
LAGOS JUNE 21ST (NEWSRANGRS)-Fernando Santos had wanted to see more from his supporting cast but, well, while the Portugal manager has Cristiano Ronaldo, it is probably not essential. Ronaldo did what Ronaldo does. He got into dangerous areas, he scored and he was decisive. It did not matter that this was not a vintage Portugal…