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Leicester City, Champions of improbability

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Eden Hazard goal against Tottenham in the 83rd minute In the fierce London derby at Stamford bridge confirmed that BPL title travels to East Midlands. From villains to champions, from 3rd tier to Top of the table and to Europe. claudio Ranieri wish was to win the Premier League finally is realised through a very cheap squad and now next on the list is making it to the UEFA Champions League. Nobody would have predicted that Leicester City FC could be the champions of England by the end of 2015/16 season.  Nigel Pearson fought hard to have them survive relegation battle last season and Ranieri  made them win their first ever BPL title. Now what remains to be seen is how will they defend the title they have won?  Will other big names revamp their squads to have winning team rather a clone of many stars who are egocentric?  As a gooner I rooted for Leicester City win at expense of My bitter rivals Tottenham Hotspurs. It's not over yet for Arsenal as we have a st....

Champions league Draw, Familiar opponents

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The UEFA Champions league 3rd qualifying draw is out with Quarter-finalists last season, AS Monaco drawn against Young Boys of switzerland. Ukrainian side Shakhtar Donetsk, who also reached the knockout phase in 2014/15 will  play RVP's  Fenerbahçe in the first leg of their tie. Another swiss team FC Basel were paired with Bosnian or Polish opposition under champions Route during Friday's draw in Nyon. Third qualifying round draw ties will be played on 28/29 July & 4/5 August Below is the detailed fixtures of the Draw League route Panathinaikos FC (GRE) v Club Brugge KV (BEL) BSC Young Boys (SUI) v AS Monaco FC (FRA) PFC CSKA Moskva (RUS) v AC Sparta Praha (CZE) SK Rapid Wien (AUT) v AFC Ajax (NED) Fenerbahçe SK (TUR) v FC Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) The winners of this ties and the champions route will meet with play off candidates Manchester United FC (ENG), Valencia CF (ESP), Bayer 04 Leverkusen (GER), Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR), SS Lazio (ITA) ...