Leicester City: Premier League title moments – a decade on

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August 7, 2026

It was a dream then, it is a dream now – especially as Leicester prepare for League One.

Ten years ago the Foxes were preparing to defend their Premier League title and looking forward to Champions League football.

At 5,000-1, they had pulled off the most improbable, the most stunning, the most incredible feat to shock the world.

But now, after back-to-back relegations, those days seem almost as surreal as when they actually happened.

New manager Russell Martin will be expected to take the club back to the Championship at the first attempt, something that sounds nowhere near as impossible as what the Foxes previously managed.

A decade on, the ‘pinch-me’ moments live on for those who were there, and some have shared them with BBC Sport.

Spoiler: they might not be the ones you knew about.

Leicester had won the title without kicking a ball on 2 May 2016 when nearest challengers Tottenham Hotspur could only manage a 2-2 draw with Chelsea.

The next day, there was only one group of men the media wanted to speak to.

The trouble was they were hard to find.

Crowds gathered at the club’s former training ground at Belvoir Drive, a few miles outside the centre of Leicester.

Journalists and fans waited – one cameraman persuaded a neighbour to allow him in to film from their bathroom window as he aimed to get footage of the celebrating Foxes.

The media were finally instructed to head to King Power Stadium where the press room would be opened.

A five-minute drive took 30 minutes through revelling fans and it was a battle to get to there but, inside, the world’s media edged in, hoping to hear from those who made this miracle possible.

But only eight reporters would receive a secret invitation to head back to Belvoir Drive.

Quietly, one-by-one, the handpicked members of the British press who regularly covered the club, slipped out of the packed room and made their way back.

This time, they were let in and ushered into the family room, just to the right of reception.

When manager Claudio Ranieri walked in, he received an immediate, impromptu, standing ovation and shook hands with those who had watched the astounding season unfold.

The man the world wanted to speak to gave an engaging audience to a few writers for 45 minutes.

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Callum Walsh: Aaron McKenna world title fight makes sense, fighting Stephen McKenna doesn’t | Boxing News

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August 8, 2026

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Callum Walsh would entertain a fight against Aaron McKenna over Stephen McKenna, insisting all-Irish clashes only make sense with the world title on the line.

Walsh (16-0, 11 KOs) fights former European champion Tyler Denny on the undercard of Aaron McKenna’s IBF world middleweight title showdown with Etinosa Oliha at Dublin’s 3Arena this Saturday, live on Sky Sports.

It’s the headline act of six middleweight bouts on a stacked card that also sees Stephen McKenna face Owen O’Neill over eight rounds before assuming corner duties for his younger, world title-chasing brother.

Walsh has been identified as a potential future opponent by Stephen McKenna (16-1, 15 KOs), but the unbeaten 25-year-old believes he’s already at another level.

Responding to McKenna’s challenge, Walsh told Sky Sports: “If there’s anyone that I’m looking at, it would be the fella with the world title, not the fella with the loss.

“In my mind, it doesn’t make sense unless it’s for a world title. There are bigger names than Stevie McKenna calling me out.

“Shane Mosley Jr is a bigger fight than Stevie McKenna. His brother Aaron is fighting for the world title. If I was going to fight either of them, I’d fight Aaron for the world title.”

‘It makes sense for him, not for me’

Walsh believes an all-Irish fight without a world title on the line could needlessly jeopardise the momentum middleweights are currently generating in Ireland.

“It’s a big time for Irish boxing,” he added. “As an Irish fighter from such a small place, there are three of us now in Zuffa Boxing. Why would we want to eliminate each other unless it’s for a world title?

“If it’s for a world title, at least you can get paid for it. You’re going to be able to sell out an arena and put on a big show for everyone involved. Why have an all-Irish fight on an undercard somewhere when it doesn’t make sense?

“It makes sense for him. It makes no sense at all for me. His brother’s fighting for the world title. There are bigger names calling me out. I’ve had bigger fights. It doesn’t make any sense.”

Walsh believes Stephen McKenna would be better served avenging his sole loss as a professional, a majority-decision defeat to Lee Cutler in 2024.

“He doesn’t even want to fight the fella who beat him,” he said. “He was asked if he wanted a rematch and he said no.

“Go back and fight the fella who beat you. That’s the one I’d be looking at if I was him. He’s in the same division, the same league, and he’s begging for the rematch.”

‘I’ll fight Aaron or the other fella’

Walsh, who fights in Dublin for the first time since knocking out Przemyslaw Runowski in two rounds in 2024, is confident he can overcome Denny and believes Aaron McKenna will become Ireland’s newest world champion.

Victory for both men would set up the mouth-watering prospect of an all-Irish world title fight, and Walsh insists he would have no problem facing Aaron should he emerge as champion.

“I don’t know much about his opponent, to be honest,” Walsh added. “I’m sure Aaron will win. I presume he will.