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From troubled past and problems with police to Premier League glory, life hasn’t been easy on Leicester City sensation Jamie Vardy.
Taking a look at the Premier League top scorers’ list one could hardly resist feeling surprised to see Jamie Vardy leading the way with the likes of Sergio Aguero, Alexis Sanchez and the rest of the Premier League’s household names trailing behind him.
Leicester City’s striker has been in scintillating from this term, blazing through the league with ten goals to his name.
Impressively enough, the 28-year-old English forward has become the 8th player to have scored in seven consecutive games, only the sixth player to do so in the last 20 years, join…
Diego Forlan is confident Uruguay will perform well at the FIFA World Cup and has tipped team-mate Luis Suarez to win the 2014 Ballon d Or.
The 34-year-old striker, who recently joined Japanese outfit Cerezo Osaka, is in line to feature in his third World Cup later this year, with Oscar Tabarez s side hoping to improve on their run to the semi-finals at the 2010 tournament.
Uruguay face a stiff challenge in order to progress to the knockout rounds again after being grouped with England, Italy and Costa Rica in Group D.
However, former Manchester United and Atletico Madrid forward Forlan, who is likely to play second fiddle to Suarez and Paris Saint-Germain striker Edinson Cavani in attack, believes Uruguay have the ability to progress.
No doubt it s a very good a…
Thiago Alcantara will be out for several weeks after Bayern Munich confirmed the severity of the ankle injury he sustained on Tuesday.
A foul by Bjorn Schlottke forced Thiago off in the 75th minute of Bayern s 2-1 victory over Rodinghausen in the DFB-Pokal second round.
The former Barcelona midfielder is set for a prolonged spell out of action and will miss Der Klassiker against Bundesliga leaders Borussia Dortmund on November 10.
A Bayern statement read: Thiago faces several weeks on the sidelines. The Spain international tore the lateral collateral ligament and the articular capsule in his right ankle in the DFB-Pokal tie against Rodinghausen.
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Thiago was ruled out for almost three mo…
Dusan Vlahovic says the Juventus players are firmly behind Massimiliano Allegri after they stopped the rot with a 1-0 Derby della Mole win at Torino.
Head coach Allegri has come under increasing pressure after Juve were beaten 2-0 by Maccabi Haifa this week on the back of a Serie A defeat at Milan.
Bianconeri president Andrea Agnelli came out in support of Allegri following the midweek loss to Maccabi, which left the Turin giants surely facing a Champions League exit.
Allegri ordered his players in for a training retreat ahead of the clash with Torino, putting them through double sessions.
Juve responded with a derby victory on Saturday, Vlahovic scoring the only goal at the game in the second half at the Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino.
And the Ser…
Liverpool Women defender Gilly Flaherty has revealed her heartbreak at being targeted for abuse on social media by disgruntled Reds fans, saying it hits on another level .
The former Arsenal, Chelsea and West Ham player, who also played for the England national team earlier in her career, moved to Liverpool in July.
Flaherty, 31, says she has been slaughtered on social media after matches in the Women s Super League by fans of her own team.
Her comments drew a largely sympathetic response, with some Liverpool supporters insisting such critics were in the minority.
Flaherty wrote on Twitter after Liverpool s 1-0 defeat at Tottenham on Sunday: Joining a new team is hard in the first place but to not be approved of by the fans to just get slaughtered on soci…
Egyptian Cup winners Zamalek will be in buoyant mood ahead of their vital CAF Champions League clash against Group A leaders TP Mazembe.
Mido s side sit bottom of the group after three games, three points adrift of Sunday s visitors, but enter the match filled with confidence after they won their 23rd Egyptian Cup title last weekend, beating Smouha 1-0.
The victory led to coach Mido withdrawing the resignation that he tendered after his team lost the league title to fierce rivals Al Ahly, suffering defeat to Smouha in the Championship Round.
After the triumph, Zamalek club chairman Mortada Mansour claimed that he had always supported his 31-year-old coach.
To those who were criticising the board for failing to win the league, I would like to say that our…
Paris Saint-Germain defender Gregory van der Wiel is the most notable absentee in the Netherlands provisional FIFA World Cup squad.
Despite starting his country s most recent international match, a friendly against France on March 5, Van Der Wiel has been left out by coach Louis van Gaal.
The 26-year-old has been troubled by a knee complaint in recent weeks, a potential factor in Van Gaal s decision, and Daryl Janmaat and Paul Verhaegh of Feyenoord and Augsburg respectively have been preferred.
There is also no room for Fulham defender John Heitinga or Manchester United full-back Alexander Buttner in a 30-man party that will be shorn of seven players prior to the tournament.
Uncapped Feyenoord youngster Terence Kongolo has been handed a chance to impress, while t…
Roma have splashed out €10million to bring Lorenzo Pellegrini back to the Stadio Olimpico from Sassuolo.
Pellegrini emerged from Roma s academy before leaving for Sassuolo in 2015, where he has since scored 11 goals in 54 appearances across all competitions for the Serie A side, earning a maiden Italy call-up this season.
Having made his Azzurri bow against Liechtenstein in June, Pellegrini also helped Italy s Under-21s to the semi-finals of the European Championships, where they were beaten by Spain.
Having penned a five-year deal with Roma, Pellegrini is determined to leave his mark on the Giallorossi in his second spell, where he will link up again with former Sassuolo coach Eusebio di Francesco.
It is an incredible feeling to come back, Pellegrini …
Augsburg have announced the signing of midfielder Rani Khedira on a free transfer.
The 23-year-old, who is the younger brother of Juventus star Sami Khedira, has signed a four-year deal at Augsburg Arena after his contract with RB Leipzig came to an end.
FCA managed to stay up after an exciting end to the season. Now I want to help the club to continue to establish itself in the Bundesliga and take the next steps in my career, Khedira told the club s official website.
Sporting director Stefan Reuter added: In Rani Khedira, we have signed a young talent with a huge amount of potential.
We re certain that, with his quality, he can help the team over the next few years.
Khedira made just 10 appearances for Leipzig in the 2016-17 Bundesliga season,…
Fernando Santos is well aware of the threats possessed by Germany but insists Portugal will not go into Saturday s clash just looking to negate their opponents strengths.
Portugal began their Euro 2020 defence with a 3-0 win over Hungary on Tuesday though it arguably was not as clear-cut as the scoreline suggested, with all three goals coming in the final 10 minutes a European Championship first.
Nevertheless, it was a vital late flurry given matches against Germany and France await in Group F, their meeting with Die Mannschaft on Saturday practically a must-win for Joachim Low s men after their 1-0 defeat to Les Bleus.
France s set-up against the Germans seemed to raise eyebrows due to the level of their pragmatism – their average starting position of 32.8 met…