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Leicester's march towards Champions League football hit another bump as Jamal Lewis scored the first league goal of his career to give Norwich an unlikely shot at survival. After Kelechi Iheanacho’s strike for the visitors early in the second half had been ruled out for handball by VAR, Lewis’ volley in the 70th minute meant Brendan Rodgers’ team have won only one of their last seven in the league, and also gone three games without a goal. Norwich are now only four points adrift of safety after scoring from open…

All roads lead to the Aba Township Stadium Sunday as Enyimba host Horoya AC of Guinea in the first leg Quarterfinals of the CAF Confederation Cup. The peoples Elephants who are currently the only Nigerian team still in contention following the exit of Rangers International will be hoping to post an impressive performance at home before heading for the return leg away to Conakry on March 8. Already Enyimba fans we gathered are being mobilised for massive turnout for the all-important Sunday clash. It is safe…

Sergio Ramos has revealed the secret to his success at Real Madrid as the capital club prepare for Sunday's Clasico meeting with Barcelona. The 33-year-old joined Real from Sevilla in 2005 and has gone on to lift four league titles in that time as well as a host of other domestic silverware. Ramos has also enjoyed success in European competition, lifting four Champions League trophies and three UEFA Super Cups. Real Madrid currently sit two points behind Barcelona in the race for the 2019-20 title heading into…

Arsenal could be forced to repay season-ticket holders a combined total of up to £4.5million as the club faces up to counting the cost of last night’s Europa League humiliation. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s acrobatic volley seven minutes from the end of extra-time appeared to have sealed a place in the last 16, only for Youssef El-Arabi to stun the home crowd with seconds remaining. Incredibly, there was still time for the Arsenal skipper to spurn gilt- edged chance to rescue his side but he fired wide from the edge…

Former Liverpool and England striker, Emile Heskey, has revealed that he was chased down the street in a racist incident as a teenager. Heskey, who was discussing racism at an event held ahead of the Carabao Cup final on Sunday, told how a man shouted abuse before running after him. A young Leicester City academy player at the time, Heskey was accosted outside of the stadium before the man unleashed a torrent of racist abuse. Ironically, Heskey tells of how the same man will likely have been cheering him on the…

Liverpool forward, Sadio Mane is simply focused on playing football that he is simply oblivious to the other things that happen around the game. An innocent Mane revealed that he never knew players whose team win the premier league title also get their own medal. "I heard yesterday that if we win the league, we will have a medal. I never knew that happened, but I don't care about medals," he told BBC World Service on Friday morning. Liverpool are just four wins away from Premier League glory. Victory against…

International Boxing Association (AIBA) has cancelled its European Continental Forum in Italy on Saturday (February 29) because of the coronavirus outbreak in the country. The decision was taken, AIBA claimed, in the "best interests of the delegates". The Forum in Assisi was due to be the third in a series of events held around the world following similar events for the Americas in Panama City and Oceania in Natadola in Fiji. More than 400 cases have been reported in Italy so far, making it the country worst…

Tokyo 2020 has released the first-ever moving pictograms for this year's Olympic and Paralympic Games. Fifty kinetic images have been released to cover all of the sports on both programmes. Organisers said that the idea "reflected the modern era" which is symbolised by the year 2020. They hope the moving pictograms will be used to enhance the experience of fans, both at the venues and at home. "The new kinetic sport pictograms honour the legacy of past Olympic and Paralympic Games, while emphasising that the…

Floyd Mayweather showed his extravagance once again by throwing himself a 43rd birthday over the weekend - featuring fake money and strippers. The Money Man, who turned 43 on Monday, lived up to his reputation by celebrating his imminent birthday at glitzy Hollywood nightclub Boulevard3. Mayweather opted to host a party which was attended by a host of celebrities including Snoop Dogg and French Montana. Video clips emerged from the event which showed strippers riding "Air Mayweather" planes up and down the nightclub…

Tottenham Hotspur footballer Son Heung-min will self-isolate for two weeks following his return from South Korea as the Premier League club looks to quell the ongoing threat of the coronavirus. The striker returned to his homeland earlier this month for an operation on his arm after breaking it against Aston Villa, with the South Korean wanting the same surgeon to work on the same arm he had surgery on three years ago. Son traveled back home before the government protocols were put in place regarding travel…