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Rangers Returns To Champions League, Beats PSV In Crucial Qualifier

 

Scottish champions Rangers Wednesday night ended their long wait for Champions League football since the 2010/2011 with a 1-0 win over PSV Eindhoven.

England youth international of Nigerian descent Noni Muoneke was nlt part of the PSV swaus Tuesday as he recovers from the injury setback he suffered.

The team managed by former Dutch star Giovanni van Bronckhorst held the visitors to a 2- 2 draw save from the flrst leg last week 

Antonio Colak was the target man as he scored his fifth goal in the last six games to secure the coveted spot in the group stages for the first time in 12 years.

The 1-0 victory in the Netherlands puts Rangers through with a 3-2 aggregate and will be in the pots for Thursday’s group stage draw.

Izuchukwu Okosi

Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc. In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio. He worked there for 13 years until October 2017. Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch. He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations. Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line. Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.

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