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Leicester City stumbled on their march towards the Premier League title when they drew 2-2 with West Ham United and had goalscorer Jamie Vardy sent off at the King Power Stadium on Sunday. Vardy put Leicester ahead after a lightning counter-attack in the 18th minute with a left-foot shot into the corner of the net before picking up his first ...

Aston Villa’s long-expected relegation from the Premier League was finally confirmed with a 1-0 loss away to Manchester United on Saturday as teenage rising star Marcus Rashford scored his seventh goal in 12 games. The 18-year-old striker, also on target in United’s FA Cup quarterfinal replay win over West Ham United in midweek, struck in the 32nd minute when he ...

Real Madrid moved to within a point of La Liga leaders Barcelona after five of their leading attacking lights got on the scoresheet in a 5-1 thrashing at struggling Getafe on Saturday. Karim Benzema, Isco, Gareth Bale, James Rodriguez and Cristiano Ronaldo all scored as Madrid moved on to 75 points and provisionally ahead of city rivals Atletico, who play ...

Zesco United play their second league match of the season when they host Nkwazi on Saturday at Levy Mwanawasa Stadium in Ndola. The defending champions have a backlog of four matches due to their ongoing commitments in the 2016 Caf Champions League. And Zesco, who won 2-1 away to Power Dynamos in their first league game of the season, host ...

A repeat of the 2014 Champions League final between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid is still possible after Friday’s semifinal draw. Real, who won that game 4-1 after extra-time, will play first-time semifinalists Manchester City, with the first leg in north-west England. Atletico, who beat holders Barcelona in the last eight, host Bayern Munich in their first leg. Bayern manager ...

A repeat of the 2014 Champions League final between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid is still possible after Friday’s semifinal draw. Real, who won that game 4-1 after extra-time, will play first-time semifinalists Manchester City, with the first leg in north-west England. Atletico, who beat holders Barcelona in the last eight, host Bayern Munich in their first leg. Bayern manager ...

Manchester City are into the semi-finals of the Champions League for the first time after Kevin de Bruyne’s late strike sealed a thrilling win over Paris St-Germain. After a 2-2 first-leg draw in Paris last week, the tie remained in the balance in Manchester thanks to Sergio Aguero’s missed penalty for City in the first half. The home side had ...

Lusaka Dynamos coach Perry Mutapa is upbeat over prospects for the 2016 Faz Super League season after making an improved start to the campaign. Dynamos are 12th and have 4 points from as many matches with a game in hand to better their start in the 2015 season when they were promoted back to the Faz Super League when they ...

Atletico Madrid striker Fernando Torres said on Tuesday he was wrongly dismissed in last week’s Champions League quarter final first leg with Barcelona. The striker is suspended from Wednesday’s second leg for getting sent off in the 35th minute at the Nou Camp for a double booking, shortly after giving Atletico the lead. Barcelona took advantage of having an extra ...

Football’s world governing body Fifa issued a warning to Nigeria on Monday to either reinstate its sacked Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) officials or face a suspension. It follows last week’s regional high court ruling that Chris Giwa should be installed as the NFF’s President and that the Fifa-recognised head, Amaju Pinnick, be sacked. Fifa warned that the country could face ...