Category: SPORT

Table-topping Rangers International F.C, the ‘Flying Antelopes’ maintained their stay at the top spot of the 20-team NPFL 2023/2024 log despite being denied any point from their match day 36 fixture against old foes, 3SC of Ibadan inside the Lekan Salami Sports Complex after a 1-0 loss. Christian Pyagbara was the hero for the host as he jumped the highest to head home an Ayobami Abiodun’ corner-kick 13 minutes after he was left unmarked in the game of two halves seen by a capacity crowd in Ibadan on Wednesday, June…

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Nigeria Premier Football League defending champions, Enyimba FC of Aba have been fined a total of ₦10, 000, 000.00 (ten million naira) and deducted three points and three goals after they abandoned their match-day 35 match against Rangers International F.C of Enugu in Enugu on Sunday. The match which attracted about 40,000 spectators who came to watch the encounter was disrupted at 95 minute and later abandoned after Enyimba players protested against the penalty awarded against them. Enyimba refused to continue the game which also led to their fans invading…

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By Tony Adibe About 50,000 football fans were said to have attended the much-anticipated game in the Nigeria Professional Football League between Enugu Rangers International and Enyimba Football Club of Aba as the match ended suddenly with angry fans disrupting it. Had the match not ended like that, and the game allowed to continue, the police wouldn’t be able to control the intimidating crowd that doubled the official 25,000 capacity of the stadium, NewsBits learnt. It was gathered that trouble began in the last minute of the game when a…

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Napoli have appointed former Chelsea and Tottenham manager Antonio Conte as the new head coach of the Serie A side. Conte’s appointment was announced by Napoli on Wednesday as the deposed Serie A champions try to bounce back from their disastrous league title defence. “Welcome Antonio,” the club’s president and owner Aurelio De Laurentiis wrote on X. Conte, who has also coached Juventus and Inter Milan, signed a three-year deal which according to Italian media is worth eight million euros ($8.7 million) per season. “I can promise you one thing.…

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Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) table-topping side and 7-time Nigeria champions, Rangers Inter F.C of Enugu on Sunday forced Sporting Lagos FC to a goalless draw in week 34 of the ongoing league season. With the point earned from the encounter played at the Mobola Johnson Arena, Onikan Stadium, Lagos, the flying Antelopes still topped the league table with 61 points. The flying Antelopes arrived in Lagos on Saturday via a commercial Airline for the game with full optimism to display their potential of ending the season on impressive state.…

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Manchester United’s participation in next season’s Europa League is under threat, despite their recent FA Cup triumph over Manchester City. The 2-1 victory at Wembley over the weekend secured a spot in the European tournament for Erik Ten Hag’s team. However, United’s place in the Europa League is jeopardised due to UEFA’s multi-club ownership rules, which could see them banned from the competition. UEFA’s multi-club ownership rules prohibit two teams owned by the same organisation from competing in the same tournament. Both Manchester United and Nice share the same ownership…

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By NewsBits The ‘Flying Antelopes’, Rangers International F.C of Enugu took visiting Bayelsa United F.C of Yenagoa to the cleaners with an emphatic 3-0 bashing in a match day 33, NPFL 2023/2024 encounter which happened before an appreciable number of fans inside Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium, Enugu, Sunday, May 26, 2024. The wards of Fidelis Ilechukwu never allowed the visiting side handled by coach Meremu Okara to settle down into their game as the attacking duo of Okorie Chiedozie and Godwin Obaje got a lot of supplies from the midfield quartet…

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Manchester United secured their 13th FA Cup title after first-half goals from Alejandro Garnacho and Kobbie Mainoo fired the Red Devils to an impressive 2-1 victory over rivals Manchester City in what could be Erik ten Hag’s final game in charge. By this victory, United which finished 8th in the Premier League now get a pass to play in the Europa League. Having conceded inside 13 seconds in last year’s showpiece, United avoided a similar fate at a sun-drenched Wembley, with Garnacho seeing a sharp early effort thwarted by Stefan…

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By NewsBits The Management of 7-time Nigeria league champions, Rangers International Football Club, Enugu has concluded arrangements for the official launch of its newest baby,  Rangers Foundation, on Monday, May 27, 2024. A statement by the Media Officer of Rangers Football Club, Norbert Okolie made available yesterday to newsmen, stated, “The G.M/CEO of the club, Barrister Amobi Ezeaku after interfacing with the chairman of the foundation, Ebere Amaraizu CSP, at the club’s corporate headquarters, Tuesday, fixed the date for the launch of the foundation which will be the first of…

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Mikel Arteta says Arsenal must cling to the belief that they can pip Manchester City to the Premier League title as he prepares his men to face faltering Manchester United today Sunday May 12. The Gunners are two points behind City, but a win against United will see the Gunners go back to the top of the league with one game to the end of the league. Arsenal have a terrible record at Old Trafford — they have won just once there in the league since 2006 — but they…

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