Leicestershire CCC have announced that captain Matthew Hoggard has signed a one-year extension to his contract at Grace Road, keeping him at the club until at least the end of 2013. The 35-year-old took 248 wickets in a distinguished international career and has impressed since joining Leicestershire for the 2010 season. Hoggard broke the 50-wicket barrier in first-class cricket in his first season, before ...

Leicester City goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel was named the club’s Player of the Season, as the Foxes hosted their End of Season Award Dinner at King Power Stadium on Monday night. The 25-year-old stopper also scooped the Players’ Player of the Year Award, as voted for by his Leicester City team-mates, capping off an ...

Jelson Homes DMU Leicester Riders swept past Sheffield Sharks over the course of the weekend, achieving an impressive 182-141 aggregate score across two legs in the quarter-finals of the BBL Play-Offs. Leicester will now face Glasgow Rocks in the Play-Off semi-finals this weekend, heading to Scotland on Friday night, before playing the home leg on Sunday 6th May at Loughborough ...

Leicester City’s npower Championship campaign came to a close with a win against Leeds United on Saturday lunchtime, with teenage striker Harry Panayiotou the suprise source of the Foxes’ winning conclusion. Striker Martyn Waghorn made his first league start of the season for City at Elland Road, after recovering from a hamstring problem that has plagued the majority of his season, and ...

As Jelson Homes DMU Leicester Riders prepare to enter the fray of the BBL Play-Offs, Soar Magazine welcomes Riders’ long-serving centre Barry Lamble to the team, with the England international writing an exclusive new blog ahead of the team taking on Sheffield Sharks in the second leg of the play-off quarter-final… As we prepare to take on Sheffield for the second time this ...

Leicester City Football Club has announced a new three-year deal with sportswear manufacturer Puma, who will become the club’s new Sportswear and Technical Kit Sponsor. The new partnership, which commences in June, will see Puma provide the Foxes with team kit and training wear as of the start of the 2012/13 npower Championship season. In addition, it will be the new Puma ...

A Leicester roller derby player has been selected for the European All-Star team. Jess ‘Rogue Runner’ McCarroll was one of only six English-based players to be chosen for the Euro All-Stars, who will face the London Rollergirls in an exhibition game at the end of April. The Dolly Rockit Rollers and Team England skater will join forces with top players from ...

Domestic rugby giants, Leicester Tigers, have announced a new long-term deal with dedicated rugby brand Canterbury, who will become the club’s new official kit supplier. The new three-year deal will see Canterbury provide playing jerseys, training apparel, base-layer garments and off-field clothing to the nine-time English champions, replacing Cotton Traders, who have enjoyed a long-standing partnership with Leicester Tigers. “We are ...

There can little doubt of the impact made by Jelson Homes DMU Leicester Riders this year, with the city’s professional basketball team shattering club records as the BBL regular season came to a close last weekend. Rob Paternostro’s team achieved a record-breaking 22nd league win of the season on Saturday evening, as Riders swept past Guildford Heat 90-72 at John Sandford Sports ...

Leicester City’s home campaign ended in defeat on Monday night, as promotion-chasing West Ham United emerged 2-1 winners at King Power Stadium. Prior to the game, Leicester City club ambassador Alan Birchenall completed his 32nd End of Season Run, which was this year raising money for the LCFC Foxes Foundation’s ‘One In A Million’ campaign. Neil Danns, currently recovering ...