Tag: Leicester City
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EPL: Chelsea suffered mental confusion in defeat to Leicester – Sarri
Maurizio Sarri has said “mental confusion” affected his Chelsea players as Leicester City inflicted a first home defeat of the season on the Blues. The result left Chelsea 11 points behind Premier League leaders Liverpool and level with Arsenal in the race for Champions League qualification, but after the game Sarri was more concerned with…
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EPL: Vardy scores as Leicester shock Chelsea at Stamford Bridge
Jamie Vardy strike helped Leicester City defeat Chelsea 1-0 at Stamford Bridge in a Premier League fixture on Saturday. Vardy’s second-half strike saw Maurizio Sarri’s side defeated at home for the first time this season. Chelsea were dominant before the break and struck the bar through Eden Hazard, the best of a host of chances,…
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Leicester City squad return from late owner’s funeral
Leicester’s squad have arrived back in England after attending the funeral of club owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha in Bangkok, Sky Sports report. Srivaddhanaprabha, 60, was among five people killed when his helicopter crashed moments after taking off from the King Power Stadium following the match against West Ham on October 27. The chairman was a hugely…
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Leicester City players to attend club owner’s funeral in Thailand
Striker Jamie Vardy and his Leicester City team mates will travel to Thailand for the funeral of owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha after Saturday’s English Premier League match against Cardiff City. The 60-year-old billionaire died last Saturday with four others when his helicopter crashed next to Leicester’s King Power Stadium. The funeral, likely to last a week,…
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Why Leicester owner’s helicopter crashed – Investigator
The helicopter crash which killed Leicester City owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha and four other people probably began with a “major failure of the tail rotor”, a senior air investigator said on Wednesday, Metro reports. Tony Cable, a former senior investigator at the Air Accident Investigations Branch, assessed poignant footage of the chopper as it descended from…
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Leicester City owner 'like a dad' to me – Mahrez
Manchester City forward Riyad Mahrez said Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha was “like a dad to me” after dedicating his match-winning goal against Tottenham to the Leicester owner killed in a helicopter crash on Saturday. Srivaddhanaprabha and four others died in the crash at King Power Stadium. Mahrez, who played 179 times for the Foxes between 2014 and…
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Leicester City owner's wife, son visit crash site
The wife and son of Leicester City’s owner have laid a wreath at the club’s stadium after he was killed alongside four others in a helicopter crash. Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, two members of staff, the pilot and a passenger, all died after the aircraft spiralled out of control outside the ground. The club’s first team and…
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Leicester City players pay tribute to late owner
Leicester goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel led his team-mates in paying tribute to “dedicated and passionate” owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, who was killed in a helicopter crash outside King Power Stadium on Saturday. Schmeichel wrote an open letter to the owner in which he expressed his admiration for him “as a leader, as a father and as a…
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Leicester City owner among five dead in helicopter crash
The owner of Leicester City FC died when his helicopter crashed outside the stadium, the club has confirmed. Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, two members of his staff, the pilot and a passenger were killed when the aircraft crashed at about 8:30pm on Saturday, BBC reports Witnesses said the helicopter just cleared the King Power Stadium before it…
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Leicester City owner's helicopter crashes
The Leicester City owner’s helicopter has crashed in a car park outside the club’s ground shortly after taking off after a match. Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha was in the helicopter when it came down at about 20:30 BST on Saturday, a source close to the family has told the BBC. Witnesses said they saw it just clear…