Bangkok (AFP) – The duty-free billionaire behind Leicester City's Premier League title is a hit with fans and royalty alike — and he now stands to cash in on one of football's greatest fairytales. Polo-loving Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, 58, rubs shoulders with celebrities and his surname, meaning "light of progressive glory" was bestowed by Thailand's revered King […]

Madrid (AFP) – A year ago as Gareth Bale sneaked out the side exit to Real Madrid's Santiago Bernabeu stadium he was engulfed by cat calls and insults by his own fans. They were infuriated at his inability to take a slew of chances as Madrid bowed out of the Champions League semi-finals to Juventus. […]

London (AFP) – Leicester winger Marc Albrighton says the secret to his side's astonishing Premier League title triumph was their bloody minded refusal to accept defeat. Claudio Ranieri's team were crowned English champions on Monday after Tottenham's 2-2 draw against Chelsea completed one of the most unlikely sporting success stories of all time. Just 12 months ago, […]

London (AFP) – Britain's broadsheets and red tops displayed an uncustomary blue on Tuesday, the team colours of Leicester City, the club whose improbable success in winning the Premier League was hailed as a miracle. The outsiders dubbed the Foxes bounced back from near relegation last season to league champions in an achievement hailed as […]

London (AFP) – Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri hailed his players' "determination" and "spirit" after their improbable Premier League title triumph was confirmed. "I'm so proud," Ranieri said, in comments published on the Leicester website. "I'm happy for my players, for the chairman, for the staff at Leicester City, all our fans and the Leicester […]

London (AFP) – Leicester City completed their fairytale Premier League title quest on Monday after Tottenham Hotspur could only manage a 2-2 draw in a pulsating game with outgoing champions Chelsea. With Leicester's players gathered at the home of striker Jamie Vardy to watch the match on television, Spurs went 2-0 up, only for goals […]

Milan (AFP) – Two goals from Gonzalo Higuain gave Napoli a 2-1 win over Atalanta keeping them on track for second place in Seria A on Monday. And third-placed Roma stayed in the race for the automatic Champions League berth with a 3-2 away win at Genoa. With two games to go Napoli have 76 […]

London (AFP) – In the rough-cut figure of Jamie Vardy, newly crowned Premier League champions Leicester City possess the living embodiment of the rags-to-riches tale that has captivated fans around the world. Six years ago, Vardy was playing amateur football for Stocksbridge Park Steels in England's seventh tier and working part-time at a factory making […]

Madrid (AFP) – Levante's six-year stay in the Spanish top flight came to an end as a 3-1 defeat to Malaga on Monday saw them relegated from La Liga. Defeat leaves Levante six points behind Rayo Vallecano, Sporting Gijon and Getafe with two games remaining. However, with Getafe and Sporting still to play each other […]

Berlin (AFP) – Claudio Pizarro netted and winger Fin Bartels scored twice as Werder Bremen thrashed VfB Stuttgart 6-2 on Monday to escape the Bundesliga's bottom three with two games left. Stuttgart drop to 17th, second from bottom in Germany's top flight, after the rout at Bremen's Weser Stadion, but Bremen are just a point […]

With the awards season in full swing as the Premier League campaign draws to a close, there has been little surprise regarding the two big prizes given out thus far. Jamie Vardy has won the Football Writers’ award while Riyad Mahrez won the Professional Footballers’ Association award for player of the year. It would always […]

ESPN's SportsCenter, the most popular sports news program on US television, made a huge mistake on Monday evening when one of its on-air talent claimed that Tottenham Hotspur, not Leicester, had won the 2015/16 Premier League title. The mistake was made on-air on ESPN not one but twice as the sports network showed footage of […]

Soccer streaming service fuboTV has added One World Sports to its growing list of soccer channels that can be streamed on computers, tablets, smartphones, set top boxes and select smart TVs. With One World Sports, the 24-hour sports network features games from NASL's New York Cosmos as well as programming from Arsenal TV, Chelsea TV […]

London (AFP) – Burnley returned to the Premier League at the first attempt as a 1-0 win over QPR at jubilant Turf Moor sealed promotion from the Championship on Monday. Sean Dyche's side kicked off knowing a lucrative place in the top-flight, worth an estimated £180 million ($264 million) was within touching distance after promotion […]

Leicester City's title-winning season has brought more fans to the sport and specifically to the Premier League than just about anything in our lifetime. Against a backdrop of poor results in European competitions as well as the soccer superstars selecting Spain or Germany over England to play their football in — as well as Manchester […]