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Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon questions Celtic’s Dubai trip
Agence France-Presse Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has questioned Celtic’s decision to jet off for a mid-season training camp in Dubai as the country struggles with tough coronavirus restrictions. The Premiership club insisted on Monday that they had received Scottish government approval for the trip. However, Sturgeon indicated the go-ahead was given in November, before tougher Covid-19 measures were put in place. “The rules have been — and they may need to change given the changing nature of the pandemic — that elite sports can go overseas for training camps if that’s important in the context of their training for competitions,” Sturgeon said at a media briefing on Tuesday. “I’ve seen a comment from the club that said it’s more for R (rest) and R (relaxation) than it is for tra...
National park trains 1,200 officers on combat readiness
Dr. Ibrahim Goni, the Conservator-General of the National Park Service, says the agency has trained 1,200 officers on basic combat readiness paramilitary by the Nigeria Army. Goni, who disclosed this at a news conference on Tuesday in Abuja, said that the training was to help the officers and men to meet the current and future conservation requirements. “Training and re-training of officers is key to achieving success in the implementation of the service mandate. “Therefore, manpower development as a human capital function is responsible for developing the skills, knowledge and competence of the service,” he said. Goni said that the agency would focus more on manpower development to help the officers and men achieve the mandate of the service. He said that in spite of its limited resources...
Rangers seek winning start in Port-Harcourt
File Photo Technical adviser of Rangers International F.C., Coach Salisu Yusuf has assured the club’s teaming supporters of a winning start in the match Day 1 fixture of 2020/2021 NPFL season as he leads his wards on a visit to Port-Harcourt for a date with Rivers United. Coach Salisu who monitored his wards as they rounded off training in the morning of Christmas Day 2020 inside the main-bowl of Nnamdi Azikiwe stadium, was optimistic of getting a good result against continental campaigners, Rivers United in the opening day fixture. The former Super Eagles coach in a chat, said, “My immediate task is always to win and we have worked so hard and I believe we will have a good result there.” On the result achieved by the ‘Pride of Rivers’ in the CAF Confederations cup giving them an edge in t...
Predicted Rangers Starting Lineup vs Hibernian
Rangers host Hibernian in the Scottish Premiership this weekend and they will be looking to continue their impressive run of form with another win at home. Steven Gerrard’s team are unbeaten in the Scottish League so far and they will be firm favourites heading into this game. These two teams faced each other in September and Hibernian managed to take two points off Rangers back then. It will be interesting to see if they can pull off an upset this week. Hibernian are third in the Scottish Premiership standings and they are coming into this game on the back of six unbeaten League games. The away side have also managed to keep seven clean sheets in their last nine away games and the Rangers attack will have to be at their best here. Rangers cannot afford to underestimate the visitors and th...
Predicted Rangers XI v St Johnstone: Gerrard to make one change, 23-yr-old to start
Rangers travel to St Johnstone for their next Scottish Premiership game and they will be hoping to pull further clear at the top of the table with a win. Steven Gerrard’s team have been in spectacular form this season and they have managed to win 16 of their 18 league games so far. The other two have ended in a draw and Rangers are yet to be beaten in the League this season. Rangers are coming into this game on the back of a 3-1 win over Motherwell in the Scottish Premiership and they will be confident of picking up all three points once again. Rangers have been outstanding at the back this season and they have conceded just five goals in 18 League games. It will be interesting to see if they can keep the Saint Johnstone attack in check later today. The home side have scored just 17 ...
6 goals this season: Rangers linked with a move for highly talented winger
Rangers have been linked with a move for the Reims youngster Bilal Brahimi. The former Middlesbrough winger is highly rated around Europe and he is expected to develop into a quality player in future. The Championship outfit failed to keep him at the club because of his desire to move closer to his family in France and it will be interesting to see if the player is open to a move to Rangers in future. According to Footmercato, Lens and Stuttgart are interested in signing the 20-year-old winger as well and it will be interesting to see where he ends up. Rangers have done well to nurture a young winger like Ryan Kent since his move from Liverpool and they could help Brahimi fulfil his potential as well. Rangers could certainly use more quality in the wide areas and the youngster is likely to...
Joe Aribo helps Rangers extend Scottish Premiership unbeaten run
Joe Aribo provided an assist to help Rangers extend their unbeaten run in the Scottish Premiership following a 3-1 victory over Motherwell on Saturday. The midfielder was handed his 11th league appearance as a second-half substitute and made a vital contribution for his side. Rangers started the game unimpressively, allowing their visitors to open the scoring as early as the sixth minute of the encounter through Callum Lang. The Gers struggled to level proceedings as Motherwell frustrated their efforts before respite eventually came their way when Kemar Roofe found the back of the net in the 73rd minute. Eight minutes before full-time, Cedric Itten handed Steven Gerrard’s men the lead for the first time in the game after benefitting from Ianis Hagi’s assist. Aribo then set up Roofe to scor...
Rangers to assess Leon Balogun’s head injury
Rangers will monitor the progress of Nigeria defender Leon Balogun after he was forced off with a head knock in the League Cup defeat at St Mirren on Wednesday night. Balogun was caught by Jon Obika during the closing stages of the game. The Nigeria international is now doubtful for the Scottish Premiership clash against Motherwell this weekend. “He’s a bit dizzy. So we will analyse him over the next couple of days and take advice from the medical staff,” Rangers manager Steven Gerrard told Glasgow Times. “Hopefully he can pull through. If not, we have Fil available again.” Get more stories like this on Twitter You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, c...
Europa League Round of 32 Draw Announced
The first knockout round fixtures for the Europa League have been revealed. The top two sides from each of the 12 groups progressed to the knockout round, and are joined by the eight third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage. Premier League leaders Tottenham Hotspur were drawn against Austrian side Wolfsberger, while North London rivals Arsenal will face Benfica. The most exciting tie of the draw came when Spanish club Real Sociedad were drawn against English giants Manchester United. Serie A table toppers AC Milan will travel to Serbia to face Red Star Belgrade, while Rangers clash with Royal Antwerp. Leicester City were the final British side out of the draw, facing Slavia Prague. The first legs will be played on the 18th of February, and the second legs will be on the 25 ...
Report: Celtic join Rangers in race for French winger as Nick Hammond goes scouting
According to The Scottish Sun, Celtic have joined Rangers and a couple of English clubs in the race for Airdrie winger Thomas Robert, and a move could be on the cards when the winter transfer window opens in January. The Frenchman, 20, moved to the Scottish League One side in the summer, rejecting a new deal with Ligue 1 side Montpellier and also turning down the chance to join English clubs. Plenty of impressive performances from Robert have attracted Rangers, Celtic, Dundee United, Hibs, Hearts, and Airdie are bracing themselves for bids ahead of the January transfer window. Celtic head of recruitment Nick Hammond watched the young winger against East Fife last week, and the Scottish Premiership giants’ scout Tosh McKinlay also ran the rule over him during yesterday’s 1-0 loss to Montros...
Predicted Rangers XI vs Lech Poznan: Steven Gerrard to make two changes to his lineup
Rangers take on Lech Poznan in the Europa League later tonight and they will be hoping to finish their Europa League group campaign with a win. Steven Gerrard’s side have been in outstanding form domestically and in Europe this season. They will fancy their chances of getting all three points tonight. Rangers have already qualified for the knockout rounds of the competition after picking up 11 points from five matches but Benfica have the same number of points as well and the Scottish outfit will have to win here in order to go through as the group winners. They will be hoping to secure a favourable draw in the next round of the competition and therefore it is important for them to win their group. The last time these two sides met in October, Rangers managed to pick up a 1-0 win at home. ...
Benfica Join Premier League Quintet in Hunting Rangers Star
Benfica have become the latest club to begin tracking Rangers midfielder Glen Kamara, as reported by TEAMtalk. Kamara joined Rangers in January 2019 after a short spell at Dundee. He has since become an influential figure in Steven Gerrard’s side, helping them to the top of the table and into the knockout rounds of the Europa League. Gerrard wants Kamara to stay The form of the Finland international has attracted a lot of attention, especially from the Premier League, with Everton, Newcastle United, Southampton, Crystal Palace, and Sheffield United all reportedly interested in the midfielder. And now Portuguese side Benfica are also believed to be interested in securing his signature, according to TEAMtalk. The Lisbon side were seemingly impressed by the Finnish midfielder when they came u...
