Enzo Maresca praised his Leicester players after a 3-0 home win over Preston saw the Foxes equal the best start to a Championship season.Two goals from Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall either side of a Kelechi Iheanacho strike were enough to see the Foxes back to the Championship summit.The victory lifted them above Ipswich, who had moved a point clear on Tuesday by beating Hull, and matched Sheffield Unit...Full Story »

Leicester reclaimed the Championship summit after two second-half goals from Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall either side of a Kelechi Iheanacho strike clinched a 3-0 win at home to promotion rivals Preston.The victory – the Foxes’ ninth in 10 Championship outings – lifted them back above Ipswich, who had moved a point clear on Tuesday by beating Hull.Referee Thomas Bramall took charge of...Full Story »

Manchester City struck twice late on to continue the winning start to their Champions League defence with a hard-fought 3-1 success at RB Leipzig.Julian Alvarez finally settled City’s nerves in Wednesday’s Group G encounter with a fine strike six minutes from at the Red Bull Arena before fellow substitute Jeremy Doku wrapped up the win.Phil Foden had opened the scoring midway through...Full Story »

Tommy Leigh’s penalty salvaged Accrington a 1-1 draw at Lancashire rivals Morecambe in League Two.Both goals came in the second half with Morecambe taking the lead in the 64th minute when on-loan Bristol Rovers defender James Connolly scored his first goal for the Shrimps as he diverted Jordan Slew’s shot past Jon McCracken from six yards.The lead lasted just five minutes however as ...Full Story »

Leicester manager Enzo Maresca described the 4-1 win at Blackburn as his side’s “most important” this season.The Foxes returned to the Championship summit after a hard-fought victory, during which Maresca’s men were given a stern examination from their high-pressing opponents.Wout Faes headed Leicester into a fourth-minute lead but Blackburn’s pressing yielded rewar...Full Story »

Leicester returned to the top of the Sky Bet Championship with an impressive 4-1 win at Blackburn.In the first ever meeting between two former Premier League winners in the second tier, it was Enzo Maresca’s pace-setters who prevailed.Wout Faes gave the Foxes an early lead and although they were soon pegged back through Rovers’ top scorer Sammie Szmodics, Jamie Vardy restored the lea...Full Story »

Greg Leigh’s birthday brace ensured Oxford United earned a fourth successive away league win with a 3-1 victory at Stevenage.The on-song Us kept the pressure on league leaders Portsmouth with their impressive victory at the Lamex, coming from behind to secure all three points.Captain Elliott Moore had already cleared Carl Piergianni’s header off the line before Stevenage’s in-f...Full Story »

La Liga champions Barcelona may be set to buy a player from a second division team. The Catalan giants are often shopping at the top end of the sport for new talent, such as Robert Lewandowski. However, Sport in Spain claims that Leicester City star Wilfried Ndidi is a target for manager Xavi. The source states that Barca are sniffing around in the Championship for the anchorman. The Niger...Full Story »

Dominik Szoboszlai’s superb strike helped Liverpool into the fourth round of the Carabao Cup as they came from behind to beat Championship Leicester 3-1.The hosts were stunned when Kasey McAteer fired the Foxes in front in only the third minute.But sustained pressure from Jurgen Klopp’s side eventually told as Cody Gakpo levelled before Szoboszlai came off the bench to put them in fr...Full Story »

Bromley remained hot on the heels of the National League frontrunners after a 1-0 win at home to Eastleigh.The hosts’ five-game winning run had ended at the weekend when they drew with Solihull, but they returned to winning ways on Tuesday.Chin Okoli scored the game’s only goal 33 minutes in, crashing in a header from Lewis Leigh’s cross.Grant Smith made some fine saves to keep...Full Story »

Bristol City manager Nigel Pearson believes Jamie Vardy’s winning mentality at the latter stages of his career is something that should be recognised.Vardy, 36, made sure there would be no celebration for Pearson, who made his first return to Leicester City since being sacked in 2015.The Leicester striker scored from the penalty spot in the 67th minute, after Wilfred Ndidi had been brought...Full Story »

Bristol City manager Nigel Pearson’s first return to Leicester City since leaving the club in 2015 ended in defeat with a 1-0 victory for his former team who moved back to the top of the Championship.The match-winning goal came from Jamie Vardy, a player Pearson brought to the King Power Stadium 11 years ago.When Pearson was in charge, for his second spell at the club, he kept Leicester up...Full Story »

Two Paul McCallum headers helped Eastleigh come from behind to win 2-1 at home to Kidderminster.McCallum struck twice in the first half following Gerry McDonagh’s early penalty against his old club.The game kicked off 15 minutes late after Kidderminster were delayed arriving, but the visitors, who have won just once in the National League this season, needed little time to get going as the...Full Story »

Leicester manager Enzo Maresca was impressed with the way his side coped with a stern challenge as they edged to a 2-0 win at Norwich to maintain their excellent start to the Championship season.Maresca’s team have now won six of their seven league games to lie second in the embryonic table but they were made to work hard for their success by a home side who had won all their games at Carr...Full Story »

Leicester moved back into the top two of the Championship with a hard-fought 2-0 win at Norwich.The Canaries had won all three of their previous games at Carrow Road this season and proved to be spirited opponents on a miserable evening in Norfolk.But the visitors turned in a disciplined display to take all three points, with a Kelechi Iheanacho penalty on the stroke of half-time and a late tap-...Full Story »

Oxford City produced a fine late fightback to earn a 2-2 draw at Eastleigh in the National League.Scott Quigley bagged a brace to put Eastleigh 2-0 up with 15 minutes left before Lewis Coyle reduced the arrears and Latrell Humphrey-Ewers struck an 88th-minute equaliser.Eastleigh, thumped 6-0 by Gateshead in their previous home match, took the lead in the 16th minute when Quigley was able to run ...Full Story »

Tommy Leigh scored a double in a 4-1 win for Accrington as Sutton fell to a seventh successive League Two loss to remain in the bottom two.Sutton were on the front foot in the first half but struggled to test Reds keeper Toby Savin.Stanley took the lead in the first minute of first-half added time when Shaun Whalley was judged to have been brought down by Craig Clay in the area and Leigh sent fo...Full Story »

Southampton manager Russell Martin insists Leicester should be criticised as much as his side despite winning 4-1 at St Mary’s.Saints conceded after 21 seconds to a thumping Jamie Vardy finish before Kasey McAteer, Wilfred Ndidi and Stephy Mavididi also netted as the Foxes ran riot.But Martin, who saw Sam Edozie pull one back and Kamaldeen Sulemana sent off late on, thinks the result did n...Full Story »

Jamie Vardy grabbed his first Championship goal of the season as Leicester climbed to the top of the table with a 4-1 thrashing of Southampton.Vardy needed just 21 seconds to open the scoring before Kasey McAteer, Wilfred Ndidi and Stephy Mavididi made things dominant for the Foxes despite Sam Edozie’s goal.Leicester and Southampton were the Championship’s favourites for promotion af...Full Story »

Manchester United are facing a fight on their hands to sign a transfer target. The Red Devils will have to go head to head with RB Leipzig over the signing of a highly-rated teenage striker. Per The Mail, young forward Dino Klapija from NK Kustosija is one who both clubs want to sign. He is also emerging as an option for the likes of AC Milan, Barcelona, Chelsea and Juventus. However, Unit...Full Story »