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London (AFP) – Jamie Vardy, a pivotal figure in Leicester’s fairytale 2015/2016 Premier League title-winning campaign, extended his contract with the Foxes on Saturday until 2024.
The 35-year-old former England international says he feels “like part of the furniture” at the club who he joined in 2012 from then non-league Fleetwood.
He has scored 133 Premier League goals in 272 appearances including 24 in the 2015/16 season when under Claudio Ranieri they defied the traditional powerhouses to lift the league trophy.
“I’m obviously over the moon,” said Vardy, who has scored 164 goals in 387 appearances in all competitions.
“Once I heard it was something the club was looking at, there was only one thing that was going to happen, and I was going to sign it. The decision was easy.”
Vardy’s contract was due to expire in 2023 and he had been linked with ailing giants Manchester United during the transfer window.
“I’ve been here long enough now that I feel like part of the furniture,” said Vardy.
“My legs are still feeling great so I’ll carry on helping the Club as much as I can, whether that’s scoring or assisting, that’s what I’m here to do.”
Vardy — who also enjoyed FA Cup success with Leicester in 2021 — won the Premier League golden boot in&nbsp;2019-20 with 23 goals&nbsp;and scored seven times in 26 appearances for England.

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Leicester icon Vardy extends contract with Foxes

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London (AFP) – Footballers’ wives Coleen Rooney and Rebekah Vardy faced each other in the High Court Tuesday at the opening of their “Wagatha Christie” libel trial over a social media post.&nbsp;
The online spat between the high-profile wives of former Manchester United star Wayne Rooney and Leicester City player Jamie Vardy has escalated into a High Court battle involving top-name lawyers with costs estimated to run into millions of pounds.
Dressed in a dark suit and wearing a foot brace, Coleen Rooney arrived at the Royal Courts of Justice in London 20 minutes before the hearing began, accompanied by her husband Wayne Rooney in a grey tweed jacket and dark trousers.
Minutes later, Rebekah Vardy stepped out of a car at the kerb wearing sunglasses and a navy blue dress and strode inside, running the gamut of a scrum of photographers. Neither party commented.&nbsp;
Their entrances were filmed for a documentary, while both women are reportedly set to give their side of the story in media deals.
Journalists packed into a courtroom to follow the case as lawyer Hugh Tomlinson gave opening remarks in support of Vardy’s case as she sues Rooney for defamation.
“There’s going to be very little legal argument in this case,” he told the judge,&nbsp;Karen Steyn.
Both women have carefully curated social media accounts in their names, featuring pictures of their children.&nbsp;
The case centres on Twitter and Instagram posts from October 5th 2019 where Rooney alleged that someone she trusted had leaked stories to The Sun tabloid.
She said that she blocked followers of her Instagram Stories except for Vardy’s account and posted fake stories that she said made their way into the tabloid.
She alleged that “just one person” viewed the stories, adding: “It’s…… Rebekah Vardy’s account”.
The post went viral with more than 300,000 likes on Twitter and 193,000 on Instagram, Vardy’s lawyer told the court.
It became known as the “Wag Wars” and the Wagatha Christie case, he said.
He said his client had faced horrific online abuse calling her “rat-faced” and saying her baby should be incinerated.
“She had no choice but to bring this libel action,” he said.
“She needs to be able to clear her name through this court so she can move on.”
Vardy’s lawyer argued Rooney would have been aware that more than one person could have access to Vardy’s social media accounts and could not have been sure that she was the one leaking stories.
David Sherborne, the lawyer for Rooney, &nbsp;said in a written submission the case would centre on whether Vardy knew that her PR agent was leaking stories and condoned this or was unaware of this.
A London judge gave initial backing to Vardy in November.
The trial, due to run till next Wednesday, will see both women give evidence in court.

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Burnley (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Leicester dented Burnley’s bid to avoid relegation from the Premier League as Jamie Vardy returned from injury to inspire a 2-0 win at Turf Moor on Tuesday.
Brendan Rodgers’ side stole the points with two goals in the last eight minutes as Vardy set up James Maddison and then netted himself.
Burnley remain in the relegation zone, one point below Everton, after their three-game unbeaten run came to an end in painful fashion.
A win or draw would have taken Burnley out of the bottom three for the first time since November.
But instead they will have to get over a gut punch of a defeat that keeps their top-flight status in severe peril.
For Leicester, it was a welcome first league win in six matches since they beat Liverpool on December 28.
Ahead of a fixture rearranged after a coronavirus postponement in January, both teams warmed up in yellow ‘Football Stands Together’ t-shirts in solidarity with Ukraine over Russia’s invasion.
Leicester were first to threaten when Youri Tielemans stole possession from Dwight McNeil and tried his luck with a long-range blast that cleared the bar.
Ricardo Pereira was much closer with a snap-shot from just inside the area that forced a fine save from Burnley goalkeeper Nick Pope.
Burnley’s Maxwel Cornet slotted home at the far post from Aaron Lennon’s cross, but his celebrations were halted by an offside flag.
With Burnley defender Ben Mee forced off with an injury before the interval, the hosts were vulnerable and Pope had to come to their rescue again.
Leicester forward Harvey Barnes cut inside and unleashed a powerful strike, but Pope was able to palm it away at full stretch.
Connor Roberts drew a good stop from Leicester keeper Kasper Schmeichel early in the second half.
Cornet was inches away from breaking the deadlock when he prodded just wide from McNeil’s pass.
Jamie Vardy came off the bench for Leicester in the 72nd minute as the striker made his first appearance since suffering a hamstring injury in December.
In Vardy’s two-month absence, Leicester had failed to win any of their five league games.
He immediately had a sight of goal, but hooked his volley well over.
Barnes’ thunderous effort was repelled by Pope, but Maddison finally ended the Burnley keeper’s resistence in the 82nd minute.
Vardy controlled Schmeichel’s long punt forward and laid the ball into the path of Maddison, who curled a superb strike past Pope from the edge of the area.
Home striker Wout Weghorst was agonisingly close to turning in Ashley Westwood’s low cross.
But Vardy wrapped up the points in stoppage time with a close-range header from Barnes’ cross.

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