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Real Madrid secured a 2-1 home victory over struggling Alaves in LaLiga on Tuesday with goals from Kylian Mbappe and Vinicius Jr to end a four-match winless run in all competitions, Reuters reported. 

The win moved second-placed Real to 73 points, six behind leaders Barcelona ahead of the Catalan side's home fixture against Celta Vigo on Wednesday. For Alaves, the defeat leaves them 17th, a solitary point above Elche in the final relegation spot.

Real dominated the opening stages as they sought to recover from a recent Champions League exit at the hands of Bayern Munich, while they had also failed to win their last two LaLiga outings.

Ten years after a legendary, against-the-odds Premier League triumph, five years since winning the FA Cup, and a single season after dropping out of the top flight, Leicester Citywill be relegated to the third tier of English football, The Guardian reported. 

For a club that experienced real tragedy not long ago it would be misguided to indulge in excessive hyperbole, but a second straight relegation is a sporting disaster, certainly one of the most spectacular falls in the recent history of the domestic game.

After their six-point deduction for breaking financial regulations, Leicester fans may wonder what has become of the ongoing case against Manchester City. But they chanted “Sack the board” at the final whistle, and that anger directed at the club’s hierarchy spilled outside the stadium, with a sizeable crowd lingering long after the game and noisily expressing their fury.

The PCB has banned Sri Lanka allrounder Dasun Shanaka from the PSL for one season. The board found Shanaka to have breached his agreement with Lahore Qalandars by opting out of the PSL and joining IPL franchise Rajasthan Royals instead, ESPNcricinfo reported. 

A PCB statement said the decision was made after a "comprehensive review". Shanaka, according to the board's statement, was found to have withdrawn unilaterally, which "constituted a clear breach of both the Player Registration terms and the Tripartite Agreement." He will be ineligible to participate in PSL 2027.

The decision on Shanaka comes soon after the board also banned Zimbabwe fast bowler Blessing Muzarabani for two PSL seasons.

Romania have appointed former great Gheorghe Hagi as head coach of the national team, the national football federation said on Monday, with the 61-year-old returning to the bench where he began his managerial career 25 years ago, Reuters reported. 

Considered one of the best players in the world in his heyday of the 1980s and 1990s, Hagi replaces Mircea Lucescu who left the role earlier this month following Romania's World Cup playoff loss to Turkey.

The 80-year-old Lucescu died five days after stepping down.