Ipswich close gap on Foxes with thumping win over Millwall Leeds maintain pursuit of top two with victory against Swans The struggling Sheffield Wednesday snatched a stoppage-time equaliser against the Championship leaders Leicester in a 1-1 draw at Hillsborough. Jeff Hendrick scored in the third minute of injury time to earn Wednesday, who sit bottom of the table, a deserved point after a spirited performance following Abdul Fatawu’s 23rd-minute opener for the Foxes ..read more

Watford beaten 2-0 thanks to Vardy; Ipswich lose at West Brom Birmingham sink Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 for Rooney’s first win Jamie Vardy came off the bench for Leicester to earn the leaders their first victory in three matches, scoring both goals in a 2-0 home win against Watford. It had looked like being a half of frustration for the former Premier League Golden Boot winner, after he somehow missed an open goal from four yards out in the 74th minute. But he was in the right spot two minutes later to score from close range after Jannik Vestergaard’s header had been parried away by Daniel Bac ..read more

Enzo Maresca once wrote a thesis entitled “football and chess” and, on this compelling evidence, it is easy to see why Leicester’s manager is so obsessed with two games he believes are all about positioning. Maresca’s only problem on Teesside was that Michael Carrick shares similar ambitions to become a tactical grand master. Thanks to a combination of a clever gameplan and Sam Greenwood’s sublime 83rd-minute free kick, Middlesbrough’s manager duly enhanced his burgeoning reputation as a top coach in the making ..read more

Georginio Rutter earned Leeds a 1-0 victory against the runaway Championship leaders Leicester as Daniel Farke’s side took another step towards challenging the top two. The result leaves Leicester 11 points clear of Leeds in third place, but this will be seen as a statement victory against a side who have dominated the division this season ..read more

Hamza Choudhury deleted phrase some consider antisemitic FA to tell players not to use it in relation to Israel-Gaza conflict The Football Association will consult the police if players use the phrase “from the river to the sea” in relation to the conflict in Israel and Gaza. The governing body’s statement comes after a now-deleted post on X, formally known as Twitter, by Leicester’s Hamza Choudhury. The phrase, which refers to land between the Mediterranean Sea and River Jordan, is often used in support of Palestine but some interpret it as antisemitic ..read more

Midfielder won Premier League with Leicester in 2016 ‘It’s all I’ve known. It’s been my life since I was six,’ he says Danny Drinkwater has announced his retirement from football. The 33-year-old midfielder was one of the stars of Leicester’s shock Premier League triumph in 2016, earning a big-money move to Chelsea the following summer. However, he did not manage to establish himself as a first-choice player at Stamford Bridge and unsuccessful loan spells at Burnley and Aston Villa followed along with disciplinary problems ..read more

Wayne Rooney’s first game at Birmingham ends in 1-0 loss Leeds recover from 2-0 down at Norwich to seal dramatic win Wayne Rooney endured a loss in his first match in charge of Birmingham as Morgan Rogers’s last-gasp effort snatched a 1-0 victory for Middlesbrough at the Riverside Stadium. The 21-year-old had been on the pitch 13 minutes when he fired home in the 89th minute to earn Middlesbrough a fifth straight Championship win. The result moved Michael Carrick’s side just one point behind his former team-mate Rooney’s seventh-placed City, who lost for a fourth game in a row on the road ..read more

59-year-old recently diagnosed with cancer, Leicester confirm Shakespeare ended his third spell as Foxes assistant in June Leicester City have announced that their former manager, Craig Shakespeare, is undergoing treatment after being diagnosed with cancer. The 59-year-old, who also had three different spells as assistant manager with the club, departed earlier this year alongside Dean Smith following Leicester’s relegation to the Championship ..read more

Leicester stay top with hard-fought win over Stoke QPR’s 4-0 loss to Blackburn piles pressure on Gareth Ainsworth Kelechi Iheanacho and Jamie Vardy were both on target as Leicester stayed top of the Championship with a 2-0 victory against Stoke at the King Power Stadium. Iheanacho scored for the third successive game as a dominant Leicester reached the 30-point mark from only 11 games, with a 10-point cushion to third. But Enzo Maresca’s side had to work hard for their victory against stubborn opponents, with the points not secure until substitute Vardy’s 79th-minute close-range effort ..read more

Foxes beat Preston 3-0 for fifth successive win Sunderland see off Watford while Leeds beat QPR Leicester returned to the top of the Championship as a Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall brace helped Enzo Maresca’s side beat third-placed Preston 3-0 at the King Power Stadium. Dewsbury-Hall put the Foxes ahead on the hour mark and, after Kelechi Iheanacho had doubled the advantage in the 76th minute, added his second in the final minute of normal time ..read more