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Guardian Sport·01.05.2026·🇬🇧United Kingdom·Spor

Claudio Ranieri reflects on Leicester's 2015-16 Premier League triumph a decade on

Italian manager recalls how 'special' title win brought together club and community, including city's Indian population

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Given the horror-show of a season Leicester fans have endured, the 10th anniversary of their sensational Premier League title triumph might feel a tad bittersweet, but what a season 2015-16 was, and what a team they were. Ben Fisher has been talking to some of the key participants, including Claudio Ranieri …

"It changed the lives of everybody. For my players, who can say: 'I won the Premier League.' I'm a very shy man, I don't say: 'I won the title!' But I'm very proud, very happy. In Leicester there is a big Indian community and some Indian people told me: 'Thank you, Claudio, because now we link more with the Leicester people, the English people. When we go to the stadium, we push together.' And that is very, very special for me. It's bigger than football."

It's a big weekend in the Women's Super League too and Manchester City can move closer to the title with a home win over Liverpool tomorrow, though they have been wobbling lately. Their main challengers, Arsenal, are otherwise engaged – in WCL semi-final action against OL Lyonnes. But as the season draws to an end, fixture scheduling remains a sore point in the women's game, as Tom Garry reports:

"Waiting for men's broadcast picks, dodging local fun runs and even having to avoid clashing with nearby comedy gigs: welcome to the quagmire of trying to arrange the Women's Super League and WSL 2 schedule. The fixture list is often a bone of contention for supporters, and organisers face a painstaking task in trying to organise games in venues where other teams get first dibs. 'Stadium availability is led by the men's game and then broadcast is led by the men's game, so it can be really hard,' Zarah Al-Kudcy, chief revenue officer at WSL Football, says. 'Some of the reasons we are given as to why fixtures have to change, you just have to laugh or you'd cry.'"

Howe: Newcastle owners remain 'supportive'

Eddie Howe says Newcastle's Saudi Arabian owners remain supportive after meetings with PIF representatives on their trip over to the north-east this week. "I saw the owners and their representatives; it was constructive" said the manager before tomorrow's home game against in-form Brighton. "It's always constructive because they clearly care so much about the football club.

"There are exciting times ahead regardless of what happens in the short term. There's no change in the level of support I'm receiving and the infrastructure but there is still an understanding of how football works and we need results."

Howe was fairly non-commital about Anthony Gordon's prospects of being fit to face Brighton. "He did a session on Wednesday, it was great to see him back on the pitch we'll make an assessment closer to the game."

Updated at 05.06 EDT

Slot: Salah not fit enough to face Manchester United

Arne Slot has been up early for the press conference to preview Liverpool's game at Manchester United and Mohamed Salah, who has scored 16 goals for the Reds against their biggest rivals, is not fit enough to make a final appearance at Old Trafford in a Liverpool shirt as he continues to recover from a hamstring injury.

"Mo is always working incredibly hard during the season when he is fit and when he is injured to get back as soon as possible. Usually he is back earlier fit than other players. He has a minor injury and we expect and need him back for the final part of the season, but not for Sunday. It is a big relief that his injury is minor and he is able to play for us and at the World Cup. If a player deserves a big send off then it is Mo."

Slot also said that Alisson is close to a return.

Updated at 04.25 EDT

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