LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Argentina’s national soccer team announced Wednesday it was canceling a friendly match against Israel’s national team amid political pressure and after facing death threats that the Argentine foreign minister said were “worse than ISIS.” The announcement brought bitter disappointment for some 30,000 Israeli fans who had purchased tickets to the highly anticipated…
LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria will go into the World Cup on a five-match winless streak after losing its final warmup game to Czech Republic 1-0 on Wednesday. Czech defender Tomas Kalas scored after 25 minutes, handing Nigeria another defeat four days after its 2-1 loss to England in London. Coach Gernot Rohr’s team has lost…
LAGOS JUNE 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria return to Wembley for the first time in nearly 24 years to face England in a high-profile friendly as the 2018 World Cup preparations nears an end for both sides. Back in 1994, we were coming off a World Cup in the United States where the debutant Super Eagles had caught…
LAGOS MAY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-After Nigeria’s 1-1 draw with the Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday, KweséESPN run the rule over the Super Eagles’ likely World Cup squad. Goalkeepers: For a third game in a row, Francis Uzoho started in goal, earning his fourth Nigeria cap. The Deportivo La Coruna shot stopper looked assured, which was…
LAGOS MAY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Super Eagles were held to a 1-1 draw in their pre-World Cup friendly match against Congo DR at the Adokiye Amiesimake Stadium on Monday evening. The home side were the first to score as defender William Troost-Ekong fire home his first international goal in the 14th minute. However, a rash…
LAGOS MAY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-MultiChoice Nigeria has promised football fans the best offerings on SuperSport, exclusively on DStv and GOtv. The company also announced that all 64 games of the FIFA World Cup in Russia will be available live in HD to DStv and GOtv viewers, with viewers getting the best of expert commentary and analyses….
LAGOS APRIL 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-World football governing body, FIFA, at the weekend warned that it would not consult with any of the parties battling for the leadership of the Nigeria Football Federation before throwing the country out of the game if it found that a third party has been meddling in the nation’s football affairs. The…
LAGOS APRIL 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Argentina coach, Jorge Sampaoli, has penciled down a 34-man list ahead of FIFA’s deadline for lists submission ahead of the Russia 2018 World Cup. Mauro Icardi’s name was however conspicuously missing on the list. The coach listed Sergio Romero, Franco Armani, Wilfredo Caballero, Nahuel Guzman, Agustín Marchesin, Fabricio Bustos, Gabriel Mercado, Nicolás…