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Leicester City’s Championship preparations continued today with a double header of games in Austria🦊 One win and one loss for the Foxes👇

It's another win for Leicestershire! 🏏🦊 Rehan Ahmed was in imperious form, taking 13 wickets and scoring a hundred, as they took a big step towards promotion from Division 2 with victory at Derby. It's the table-toppers sixth win of the four-day season.

The 25/26 WSL fixtures have been released🦊 The Foxes will travel to Manchester United on the opening day before ending the season with a trip to Goodison Park👇


Ollie Chessum will become the first Leicester Tigers player to start a British and Irish Lions test for 12 years on Saturday 🐯🦁 He's named in the second row before the second test against Australia at the MCG 🇦🇺 Geoff Parling was the last Tiger to start for the Lions in 2013.

Martí Cifuentes wants “fearless” football from his Leicester City side 👊 Speaking exclusively to BBC Sport Leicester, the new Foxes boss set his sights on promotion back to the Premier League. Read more 🔗 bbc.co.uk/sport/football…
The Gallagher Prem 25/26 season fixtures have been released this morning with Leicester Tigers beginning the campaign with an away trip to Bristol before facing Harlequins on October 1st in their first home game.


🏏The Foxes suffer defeat to Yorkshire in the T20 Blast... Their defeat and results elsewhere mean the Leicestershire Foxes will not qualify for the quarter-finals 🦊#Foxes

The Open 🏌️♂️ 19 year old Frazer Jones from Kirby Muxloe makes his Open debut at Royal Portrush this afternoon ⛳️ He is due to tee off at 15:43 🕞

Chessum is a Lion! 🦁🐯 Ollie Chessum is set to play in the Lions' first game against Australia from the bench, becoming the first Leicester player since 2013 to play a test for the tourists. Former Tigers wing Harry Potter starts for the Wallabies in Brisbane.

Let's Marti like it's 2028 🥂🦊 As Marti Cifuentes was announced as the new manager of Leicester City on a three-year deal, @OwynnPA and @ConorOGrady2000 looked at the Spaniard's appointment, and what's next for the Foxes. Listen 👇: bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02…

🦊 | Bad news for Leicestershire as their match with Durham is abandoned due to heavy rain in the North East. 🌧️ It's the first abandonment in the North Group this season. 📈 It effectively ends their hopes of qualifying for the last 8⃣ of the T20 Blast.

RESULT | Leicestershire lose to Worcestershire Rapids by 6⃣ wickets in the T20 Blast 🏏 Rapids chased down the target of 1⃣7⃣4⃣ with more than 2⃣ overs to spare. A third defeat in four for the Foxes leaves them outside of the top 4 in the North Group with 2 games to go 🦊
