{"id":198116,"date":"2026-03-30T18:31:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T17:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/ekeh-blames-officiating-for-rangers-defeat"},"modified":"2026-03-30T20:15:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T19:15:25","slug":"ekeh-blames-officiating-for-rangers-defeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/ekeh-blames-officiating-for-rangers-defeat","title":{"rendered":"Ekeh Blames Officiating for Rangers Defeat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Rangers assistant coach, Ekenedilichukwu Ekeh, has blamed officiating for his team\u2019s defeat to Shooting Stars.<\/p>\n<p>The Flying Antelopes suffered 3-1 defeat to Shooting Stars at the Lekan Salami Stadium in Ibadan on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Ekeh commended his players for playing to instructions despite the defeat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe did all we could, the tactics and everything we needed to do but it ended and we lost. We must accept the defeat,\u201d Ekeh told OyoSportsNews.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut it was not a fair and nice officiating, though it has come and gone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is football; you win some, you draw or lose. It has come and gone; we\u2019ll go back home and prepare for the next game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Rangers assistant coach, Ekenedilichukwu Ekeh, has blamed officiating for his team\u2019s defeat to Shooting Stars. The Flying Antelopes suffered 3-1 defeat to Shooting Stars at the Lekan Salami Stadium in Ibadan on Sunday. Ekeh commended his players for playing to instructions despite the defeat. \u201cWe did all we could, the tactics and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":198115,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,18],"tags":[254],"class_list":["post-198116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ekeh Blames Officiating for Rangers Defeat - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Rangers assistant coach, Ekenedilichukwu Ekeh, has blamed officiating for his team\u2019s defeat to Shooting Stars. 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