Leicester City “The Foxes’ were crowned Premier League champions on Monday, when nearest rivals Tottenham drew 2-2 at Chelsea.
It marked the culmination of an incredible run for the East Midlands club, who were only spared relegation last season thanks to a brilliant sequence of results over their final nine games.
Leicester started the campaign as 5,000-1 outsiders for the title.
Leicester are set to make £150m next season from prize money, Champions League participation cash, and increased match-day revenues from ticket and hospitality sales.
#gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: [...]Man Utd Anthony Martial scored in the eighth minute, and Leicester’s Wes Morgan responded with a goal in the 17th. Leicester would have clinched the Premier League with a win Sunday.
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Louis van Gaal’s typical behaviour resurfaced after Manchester United drew with Leicester in the Premier League as he pulled a reporter’s hair and talked about masochistic sex.
Van Gaal had been asked about by Sky Sports reporter Patrick Davison about an incident involving Marouane Fellaini and Foxes defender Robert Huth in the first-half.
German centre half Huth grabbed Fellaini’s hair and the Belgian retaliated by elbowing Huth. The [...]
Manchester City, unbeaten in five matches, is making its debut in a Champions League semifinal match, while Real Madrid, currently on a five-match win streak, makes its 27th appearance at this stage.
Manchester City play in the last four of the Champions League for the first time on Tuesday but find 10-time winners Real Madrid standing between them and a place in the final.
Manuel Pellegrini’s preference would have been to play the first leg of their tie with the Spanish side at the Bernabeu but must make do with a home match instead.
The teams’ only previous competitive meetings were in the group stage of the 2012/13 competition, with City leading [...]
Liverpool hosted Dortmund tonight at Anfield in the Europa League 2nd leg. The German side started very well and scored twice in 10 minutes with Henrik Mkhitaryan and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
First half ended 2-0 and after break Jurgen Klopp’s side scored with Origi to make it 2-1 after a great assist from Emre Can.
In the 57th minute Marco Reus silenced the home fans with a goal and when it looked like everything is over Klopp’s side started the comeback with a great goal from Philipe Coutinho to make it 3-2.
Mamadou Sakho equalised in the 77th minuted with a tap-in header and then in the added time Dejan Lovren completed the comeback and send [...]