Loan signing Islam Slimani will hope for a first start for Newcastle as Arsenal head for St James’ Park on Sunday. The Leicester frontman belatedly made his debut for the Magpies as a late substitute against Huddersfield a fortnight ago, but was ineligible to play against his parent club last weekend and will be looking to force his way into manager Rafael Benitez’s thoughts. Ben...Full Story »

Leicester knocked Liverpool out of the Carabao Cup The Japanese star pounced to fire Leicester into a 66th minute lead, although his shot appeared to take a crucial deflection off defender Andrew Robertson. Then 12 minutes from time he set up Islam Slimani to crash a left-footed beauty into the top corner and seal the Reds' fate. Until Okazaki's intervention it had been the Philippe Coutinho ...Full Story »

Leicester's Premier League title defence has gone so badly Middlesbrough manager Aitor Karanka now considers them a "direct opponent" in the survival battle. The Foxes will never forget their incredible triumph in 2016, but begin the new year just six points above the drop zone and two in front of a Boro side who were not even in the division during their 5000/1 success. Karanka saw his side b...Full Story »

Islam Slimani eased any growing relegation pressure at Leicester as the champions held on to beat West Ham 1-0. The striker's header sent the Foxes six points clear of the Premier League bottom three with just a second top-flight win since October. Michail Antonio hit the bar for the Hammers who, despite dominating the second half, failed to find a way through to end their run of three straig...Full Story »

Islam Slimani's injury-time penalty rescued a point for Leicester as they got out of jail against Middlesbrough. The Foxes avoided a third straight Premier League defeat to claim a 2-2 draw against battling Boro who were seconds away from a deserved victory. Alvaro Negredo had twice put them ahead, with Riyad Mahrez levelling in the first half with his own penalty, but Slimani's last-gasp sp...Full Story »

Islam Slimani lived up to his nickname as gritty Leicester took control of Group G with a deserved 1-0 win over Porto. Striker Slimani, labelled the Dragon Slayer after his run of goals against Porto, bagged his sixth goal of 2016 against them. He had netted five in three games for previous club Sporting Lisbon against Porto before his B£29million deadline-day move to Leicester, and gra...Full Story »

Record signing Islam Slimani capped a dream Premier League debut as his brace powered Leicester to victory over Burnley. The Algeria striker scored either side of the break to clinch a 3-0 win and seal a wonderful week after the Foxes' debut Champions League victory at Club Brugge. Ben Mee's own goal wrapped up the win for the Foxes who played with the swagger which saw them romp to the titl...Full Story »

Islam Slimani has joined the Premier League champions Premier League champions Leicester City have signed Algeria striker Islam Slimani from Sporting Lisbon. Sources close to the club have told ESPN FC that the fee for the 28-year-old is €35 million, which would be a club record for the Foxes. Slimani scored 48 goals in 82 league appearances for the Portuguese club in his two seasons a...Full Story »

Sporting Lisbon ended Maribor's Champions League hopes with a 3-1 win that was delayed by 50 minutes due to floodlight failure at the Estadio Jose Alvalade. The home side led 2-1 at half-time after Carlos Mane had put them ahead and a stunner from Nani doubled the lead before a Jefferson Nascimento own goal closed the gap. The lights went out during the interval causing a lengthy delay and whe...Full Story »

Germany scraped through to the quarter-finals of the World Cup despite being given a real scare by Algeria on a thrilling night of football in Porto Alegre. Andre Schurrle and Mesut Ozil scored as Germany won 2-1 after extra-time, but for much of the night, it seemed Joachim Low's men were heading for what would have been the shock defeat of the tournament so far. Algeria spotted Germany's v...Full Story »