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LEICESTER, United Kingdom (AFP) — Newcastle took a huge step towards securing their Premier League survival as Ayoze Perez sealed a 1-0 win against Leicester on Friday. Rafael Benitez’s side moved 10 points clear of the relegation zone thanks to Perez’s first half header at the King Power Stadium. Newcastle’s first away league win since December ended a run of four games without a victory which had threatened to drag them into the relegation dogfight. […]
Leicester announced the sacking of manager Claude Puel on Sunday following the struggling Premier League side’s sixth defeat in seven games. Saturday’s 4-1 loss to Crystal Palace saw the 2016 champions slip to 12th in the Premier League, only eight points above the relegation places. A statement released by the club said: “Leicester City Football Club has today (Sunday) parted company with Claude Puel, who leaves his position as first team manager with immediate effect.” […]
LONDRES, United Kingdom (AFP) — Three men were charged on Saturday over a fatal explosion in central England which left five people dead and demolished a building, police said. The suspects were charged with arson with intent to endanger life and five counts of manslaughter, Leicestershire Police said in a statement. The blast on February 25 in the city of Leicester destroyed a supermarket and a two-storey flat above it. The force of the explosion […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — British police responded to a “major incident” that critically injured at least four people on Sunday in Leicester, a central English city, after an explosion and building collapse, according to local authorities. “There has been a major incident…” local police wrote on Twitter. “All emergency services are currently dealing with this.” It advised people to avoid the area and added that local roads had been closed. The Fire and Rescue […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Leicester City midfielder Danny Drinkwater will serve a three-match ban after accepting a charge of violent conduct for elbowing Watford’s Valon Behrami, the Football Association announced on Thursday. England international Drinkwater, 26, struck Behrami in the face during the second half of Leicester’s 2-1 defeat at Watford last Saturday, which left the champions 14th in the Premier League table. Referee Neil Swarbrick took no action at the time of the […]
