Mahrez extends contract with reigning EPL champs Leicester

LONDON: Leicester City winger Riyad Mahrez has ended speculation over his future by signing a new contract that will keep him at the club until June 2020, the Premier

Published on: Aug 18, 2016, 10:34:29 IST

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LONDON: Leicester City winger Riyad Mahrez has ended speculation over his future by signing a new contract that will keep him at the club until June 2020, the Premier League champions announced on Wednesday.

British media reports linked the influential winger with a move to Arsenal and Spanish champions Barcelona after he scored 17 league goals last season, helping Leicester to a historic Premier League title and being named the PFA Player of the Year.

EX-S AFRICA CHIEF MAY GET SIX-YEAR FIFA BAN

GENEVA: Fifa ethics committee investigators have called for a six-year ban against the former head of the South African Football Association Kirsten Nematandani over his alleged role in 2010 match-fixing, a statement said Wednesday.

The committee was also seeking lifetime bans over the same offence against a former official from the Zimbabwe Football Association, Jonathan Musavengana, and the ex-coach of Togo’s national team, Banna Tchanile.

BAYERN’S COMAN SUFFERS INJURY

BERLIN: Bayern Munich’s Kingsley Coman had to be carried out of Wednesday’s training session on a stretcher after suffering an ankle injury, leaving the German champions sweating about the extent of the problem.

Coman injured his left ankle while challenging for the ball with Bayern’s Spain defender Javi Martinez at the club’s training ground.

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