While English Premier League leader Leicester City will be thoroughly elated with its massive 3-1 win against Manchester City on Saturday, the club also announced positive news regarding Jamie Vardy’s future at King Power Stadium.
Leicester confirmed on Saturday the 29-year-old Vardy has signed a three-and-a-half-year deal with the club, keeping the Englishman with the team until June 2019. This season, Vardy has notched a league-leading 18 goals and three assists for the Foxes. (REPORT)
Ezequiel Lavezzi is reportedly set to leave Ligue 1 leader Paris Saint-Germain, completing a move to Chinese Super League side Shanghai Greenland Shenhua. The 30-year-old has been left out of Paris Saint-Germain’s squad ahead of Sunday’s meeting with Marseille. (REPORT)
Liverpool supporters protested the team’s new £77 ticket pricing structure for next season, leaving the team’s game against Sunderland at the 77th minute. An estimated 10,000 fans left the match prior to Sunderland comeback to force a 2-2 tie. (REPORT)
Sevilla attacker Gael Kakuta has completed a move to Chinese Super League club Hebei China Fortune. The 24-year-old had only played 47 minutes this season for the La Liga side. (REPORT)
Atletico Madrid striker Fernando Torres recorded his 100th goal for the club on Saturday, which ensured his side’s 3-1 win over Eibar. (REPORT)
Here are the results from today’s top leagues and competitions:
ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE
- Manchester City 1-3 Leicester City
- Aston Villa 2-0 Norwich City
- Liverpool 2-2 Sunderland
- Newcastle United 1-0 West Bromwich Albion
- Stoke City 0-3 Everton
- Swansea City 1-1 Crystal Palace
- Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Watford
- Southampton 1-0 West Ham United
SPANISH LA LIGA
- Atletico Madrid 3-1 Eibar
- Rayo Vallecano 2-0 Las Palmas
- Athletic Bilbao 0-0 Villareal
- Sporting Gijon 1-1 Deportivo La Coruña
GERMAN BUNDESLIGA
- Eintracht Frankfurt 2-4 Stuttgart
- FC Ingolstadt 04 2-1 FC Augsburg
- Hanover 96 0-1 Mainz
- Hertha Berlin 0-0 Borussia Dortmund
- Schalke 04 3-0 VfL Wolfsburg
- Bayer Leverkusen 0-0 Bayern Munich
ITALIAN SERIE A
- Bologna 1-1 Fiorentina
- Genoa 0-0 Lazio
FRENCH LIGUE 1
- AS Monaco 1-0 Nice
- Angers 0-3 Lyon
- Bastia 2-0 Troyes
- Caen 0-2 Stade de Reims
- GFC Ajaccio 0-0 Guingamp
- Lorient 1-1 Montpellier
- Toulouse 0-0 Nantes
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What do you think of Vardy’s new deal at Leicester? Can the Foxes win the Premier League? Is Lavezzi’s move to China a proper fit for the attacker?
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This Leicester season just keeps defying belief. I thought the collapse was imminent after the villa draw, but they turn around and thrash Liverpool and city… Surely the coach turns back into a pumpkin at some point, right? If they win the league, it has to be up there as one of the greatest surprises in professional sports history.