round of fixtures in the premier league this week. the picture at the top and bottom will become much clearer. leeds and leicesterfaced each other at elland road on tuesday, looking to pull clear of the bottom three, but the 1 all draw does neither side much good. substitute jamie vardy came on midway through the second half and scored the equaliser in the 80th minute. leeds had taken the lead with a thumping luis sinisterra header in the first half and created more chances. patrick bamford should have won it for leeds in the final minute, he had an open goaljust a couple of yeards out but scuffed his shot wide from a corner. leeds are now 2 points above the bottom three, a point ahead of leicester. a real bed dominated first 20 minutes and then we gave a soft goal away. you know, the resort in general, probably a tad disappointed. we had dominance at times and the chances we created, two cycles, but also we could lost it as well as the end. chances we have from set pieces, t
also coming up on sportsday. what a routine, what a performance! what what a routine, what a performance! what a competition! jake jarman adds another medal to his growing haul. a silver in the european all around in turkey. hello again. amateur boxing has had a big break up. one that some hope will get it back together with the olympics. a large number of national federations. including britain s. have split from the current world governing body in an attempt to overturn a decision by the ioc not to include the sport in the 2028 games in los angeles. the international boxing association run the amateur game right now. but they. and their russian president umar kremlev. ..are mired in scandal. an independent investigation accused the iba of fixing fights at the rio olympics, selecting judges and referees to manipulate the results the same report detailed decades of financial mismanagement and deception and it led to the interntional olympic committee stripping the iba of it
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