Leicester City’s Hamza Choudhury spoken to by club after ‘from the river to the sea’ post Live! Footballer says he had "unfortunately been misinterpreted. It was and is not my intention to cause offence".
£880,000 fine for Leicester City confirmed by watchdog outcome The Competition and Markets Authority has confirmed the sanctions it has imposed on Championship club Leicester City and JD Sports as part of a case relating to shirt restrictions. A fine of £880,000 has been imposed on the 2015-16 Premier League champions while JD’s decision to report the conduct to the CMA sees them benefit [...]
Leicester City to be fined £880,000 after ‘colluding’ with JD Sports update Premier League football club Leicester City are to be fined £880,000 by the Competition and markets Authority (CMA) over collusion with JD Sports. The statement of objections issued by the CMA sets out provisional assessments of the case. The Premier League club and retail outlet admitted to breaking competition law over three seasons. The report [...]
Everton thrash Brighton to boost Premier League survival hopes, Fulham topple Leicester May 8, 2023 Everton today climbed out of the Premier League relegation zone with an impressive 5-1 win away to Brighton and Hove Albion. The victory offers Sean Dyche’s Toffees a survival lifeline as they climb from 19th to two points clear of the drop. Abdoulaye Doucoure opened the scoring for the travelling side inside 40 seconds before [...]
Dominant English football clubs eye rare clean sweep of all three European trophies April 27, 2022 English clubs can complete a clean sweep of three European club trophies – Champions League, Europa League and Europa Conference League – this season, a feat not seen for more than 30 years, writes Frank Dalleres. Vienna, May 1990: Frank Rijkaard darts on to a pass round the corner from Marco van Basten, sprints clear [...]
Leicester City and JD Sports probed by watchdog over merchandise September 30, 2021 The Premier League’s Leicester City and retailer JD Sports are being investigated by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) over suspected anti-competitive behaviour relating to merchandise. The watchdog said in its case that it has “reasonable grounds to suspect one or more breaches of competition law” and that the CMA “has not yet reached a [...]
Leicester City title hero Christian Fuchs explains why he is auctioning his viral video of the team’s Premier League celebrations as an NFT May 28, 2021 Former Leicester City player Christian Fuchs is auctioning his viral video clip of the team celebrating the Premier League title as part of an NFT (non-fungible token). Fuchs shot the clip of the moment Leicester became champions on his mobile phone and shared it on Twitter, where it has received 12m views. The defender is [...]
Leicester City’s Champions League deja vu casts Brendan Rodgers as the nearly man yet again May 24, 2021 This has, on the whole, been another outstanding season for Leicester and their manager, Brendan Rodgers. Although the pain of having a Champions League place wrenched from their grasp on the last day of the season will still be acute, any Leicester fan would surely have taken fifth place in the Premier League and a [...]
Premier League and the race for European places: Which teams can still qualify for the Champions League, Europa League and Europa Conference League? May 17, 2021 The Premier League title and relegation may have been decided, but with two rounds of games to go one important question remains: who will qualify for Europe? Champions League, Europa League and Europa Conference League places are still up for grabs ahead of Gameweek 37, which begins on Tuesday 18 May. That means Leicester City, [...]
Why are English clubs playing Champions League and Europa League matches at neutral venues? February 16, 2021 Liverpool, Manchester City and Chelsea are all playing Champions League fixtures at neutral venues this month. The same is true for Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal in the Europa League. So why is it happening? Why have both legs of Arsenal’s tie been moved? Why is Leicester’s trip to Prague unaffected? And what does [...]