LAGOS JUNE 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Deontay Wilder and Zhilei Zhang engaged in a thrilling heavyweight boxing match on Saturday evening. Wilder fought hard but lost in the fifth round round after Zhang brutally knocked him out. Of course, the jarring end to the fight has social media in a daze. Zhilei Zhang gave a near-perfect counter to…
LAGOS MAY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-World champion N’Golo Kante will make a surprise return to international football as France coach Didier Deschamps announced Thursday the 25 players that will make up the French squad at Euro 2024. Kante left English side Chelsea last summer to join Saudi club Al Ittihad and has not represented France since June…
LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Bola Tinubu was forced to travel to Saudi Arabia on a charter flight at the weekend for the ongoing World Economic Forum in Riyadh from the Netherlands, according to the Peoples Gazette. It was learnt that his main private jet was undergoing rehabilitation and a second aircraft he was travelling on…
LAGOS MARCH 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Anthony Joshua knocked out Francis Ngannou with a devastating second-round finish to shatter any prospect of a sensational upset and continue his march towards becoming a three-time world champion on Friday. Joshua floored a shell-shocked Ngannou with a vicious right hand in the opening round before knocking down the former UFC heavyweight…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 5TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-The former governor of Yobe State, Bukar Abba Ibrahim has died. He died in Saudi Arabia after a protracted illness, a source told SaharaReporters on Sunday. He was 73 years old. Another source close to the family posted on his Facebook page: “Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi rajiun. “Sen. Bukar Abba Ibrahim…
LAGOS DECEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The old Anthony Joshus is back but whatever is left of Deontay Wilder has disappeared into the Alabama wilderness from which he came. By the time AJ came to the ring in Ryadh the bottom had dropped out of the hundred million dollars superfight planned for March 9 back in the Arabian…
LAGOS OCTOBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tyson Fury was forced to get up off the canvas as he claimed an incredibly controversial split decision victory over former UFC champion Francis Ngannou in Saudi Arabia. Ngannou, making his professional boxing debut, took Fury the distance and put his opponent on the canvas in round three after connecting with a…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Captain of the senior national team of Nigeria Ahmed Musa is back in the Super Eagles squad for the upcoming friendly game against Saudi Arabia and also the World Cup 2026 qualifiers against Lesotho, OwnGoalNigeria.com can exclusively reveal. Already talks have been concluded for a friendly game against Saudi Arabia on the…