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Leicester City defender and captain Wes Morgan is set to end his 19-year career when he hangs up his boots at the end of the season, the Premier League club said on Friday. Morgan led Leicester to their first ever Premier League title in the 2015-16 season against 5000-1 odds, playin stanley becher g every minute of the campaign. Wes Morgan kisses the Premier League trophy. Getty Images The 37-year-old signs off with an FA Cup winner s medal after the club won their maiden title this month with a 1-0 win over Chelsea. Wes has been one of Leicester City s greatest servants, leading the team through the club s most successful era and helping to set the standards that have pushed the club forward, Leicester chairman Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha said. A big brother to everyone he has played with, a strong repre stanley cup sentative of the squad and a valuable source of counsel to managers and senior executives in the club, his contribu stanley flasche tion has been enormous. Morgan will finish his career having made more than 700 appearances for Nottingham Forest and Leicester, as well as earning 30 international caps with Jamaica. Leicester also announced Christian Fuchs departure from the club at the end of the season. The 35-year-old left back was a key member of the league title winning team. Stay updated with the... See more Stay updated with the latest sports news, including latest headlines and updates from the Olympics 2024, where Indian athletes will compete for glory in Paris. Catch a Jtkk English August: The big bang
Former All-England champion and chief national badminton coach Pullela Gopichand was at his candid best on Saturday. The 4.30 morning shift at the Pullela Gopichand Academy has produced a number of champions over the years. HT Photo Addressing the Hindustan Shikhar Samagam here, Gopichand s vaso stanley aid his dream of producing an Olympic medallist would stanley cup not have been possible had he not been denied financial support by a corporate house after his All-England win in 2001. I was kept waiting outside their office in Mumbai for three days. Later, I was told that badminton could not become an international sport in India. Those words hurt me and I decided to move ahead on my own, he recalled. I had no option but to build the academy on my own. I discussed it with my family and it took us five minutes to decide on mortgaging our property. We wanted to sell it initially but we thought mortgage would be better. We took the step the next morning, said Gopichand. I have seen many obstacles during my training days. There were no proper courts, lights and gym. After winning the All-England title, I wanted to set up an academy where a player could get all the facilities under one roof, he said. The five-time national champion said his academy was half ready when he started approaching financers. Wearing my blazer bearing India colours I knocked on a lot of doors but nobody, save one, came forward. Today, I feel proud of my family as they stood behind me and owe t stanley becher hem all my succ |
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