LAGOS FEBRUARY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr has revealed that the team’s last AFCON qualifier against Lesotho next month will be played at the refurbished National Stadium in Lagos. The match is fixed for March 30, 2021. Nigeria won the first leg in Lesotho 4-2 in 2019. This will be first time in many…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Super Eagles of Nigeria have dropped three places from 29th to 32nd in the latest FIFA rankings released yesterday by the world football governing body. The Three-time African champions who had poor outings against the Leone Stars of Sierra Leone in the ongoing 2022 AFCON qualifiers also dropped in the continental ranking…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria will resist the temptation to sack under-fire coach Gernot Rohr despite a worrying winless run, national team chiefs insisted Friday. Sports minister Sunday Dare has questioned the competence of the German coach after the Super Eagles failed to win a match this year, drawing three times and losing once. “Nigerian football…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President of the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Pinnick, has summoned Gernot Rohr and his technical crew to a meeting on Saturday (today) after the Super Eagles lethargic display against Sierra Leone at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin City, Edo State on Friday. This was revealed in a statement by the media…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-After hovering below the 30th position in the last seven years, the Super Eagles of Nigeria have finally cracked into the top 30 countries in the monthly FIFA Rankings. In the latest edition of the rankings released Thursday by the world football governing body, the Super Eagles were ranked the 29th best…
LAGOS JULY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Multiple reports from Italy, Nigeria and France Wednesday said Nigerian international and Lille FC of France forward, Victor Osimhen has finalized all paperwork with SSC Napoli of Italy and signed a contract that will see him play him in the Italian League next season. The five-year-deal according to the reports will see…
LAGOS JUNE 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Manchester United forward, Odion Ighalo, has said he is open to returning to the national soccer team, the Super Eagles. Ighalo, who just extended his loan contract at Manchester told Brila FM: “I am still in contact with Gernot Rohr and Amaju Pinnick, and they congratulated me on my loan deal. I…
LAGOS APRIL 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr says it will be difficult for Odion Ighalo to return to the national team despite playing for English giants Manchester United. Ighalo called it quits with the national team after the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt, where he emerged as tournament’s top scorer as Nigeria…
