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While the phrase relegation-threatened has been a near-perennial adjective for Sunderland throughout this decade, it wasnt expected that Saturdays match against reigning champions Leicester City would be a six-point belter to help potentially avoid the drop.Yet thats the situation the Foxes (3-4-6) find themselves as they continue to battle a title-sized hangover in domestic play that is at direct odds with their Champions League success.Claudio Raineris team arrives in the North-East in 14th place, only two points above the drop. Leicester have already secured passage to the round of 16 in the Champions League with a match to spare, but their continental mastery has failed to translate into a robust title defence through the first three-plus months of the season.The Foxes are winless in their last four league matches (0-2-2) following their 2-2 draw versus new boys Middlesbrough last Saturday. Islam Slimanis conversion from the spot at the death secured a point for Leicester, as Riyad Mahrez also scored a penalty on either side of goals by Alvaro Negredo.Given Wednesdays match at Porto will give Ranieri a chance to blood his younger players in Europe -- the Foxes have already secured the top spot in Group G -- their manager is calling on his players to realise the urgency of their Premier League plight.Now, we have to reconnect our brains, he told the clubs official website. They must play with pressure. They must be focused and play with the same character.In the Champions League we are so happy, but in the Premier League we arent happy. Its now important to be focused on the Premier League. We are very focused on what happens in the Premier League.The most glaring difference from last season is the lack of goals from Jamie Vardy, though the striker has been drawing penalties for Leicester. The England international, who set a Premier League record with goals in 11 straight games last season, has gone 17 without for his club since netting at Anfield in a 4-1 loss to Liverpool on Sept. 10.Facing Sunderland, however, could be the perfect opportunity for Vardy to break his duck. He had a second-half brace in the most recent meeting, a 2-0 Leicester City victory at the Stadium of Light on April 10 and contributed the first goal to a 4-2 win Aug. 8, 2015.The Foxes are 2-2-0 in their last four top-flight matches versus the Black Cats and 6-3-1 in the last 10. First-choice goalkeeper Kasper Schemichel is still out with a hand injury but expected to return this month. Midfielder Nampalys Mendy is expected to be at least on the bench for this match as hes recovered from an ankle injury.While Sunderland (2-2-9) are rooted to the bottom of the table, there have been signs of life as David Moyes tries to rebuild the side. They were denied a third straight league win last weekend at Anfield, but the defence was stubborn against the hard-charging Reds in a 2-0 defeat.If you want to win in the Premier League you have to have a sound defence. If you want to stay in the Premier League you have to be good enough defensively, Moyes said. We did a good job, but it wasnt good enough. But I have to praise the players against the quality we were playing, they stuck to their task and came pretty close.The Black Cats picked up their first home win two weeks ago in a 3-0 rout of Hull City that also served as their first clean sheet of the season in league play. Sunderland had been outscored 13-5 while getting just one point from their first five matches there.That win, coupled with their uptick in quality of play late, has them believing they could spring an upset.Leicester City won the league last year but at home its a game we should be aiming to win, midfielder Adnan Januzaj told Sunderlands official website. 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If he is found guilty of taking a banned substance, Fury could be stripped of his WBA and WBO titles and suspended, and a potential rematch with Klitschko in Manchester would also be scrapped.A new date for a rematch has yet to be officially confirmed, though Furys camp have claimed it will take place Oct. 29. Originally set for July 9, the rematch was postponed because Fury injured an ankle while running in June.As far as we are concerned there was never a case to answer to in the first place, Furys manager, Mick Hennessy, told ESPN. No one has ever said to me theres a positive test. I was never told at any stage there was a positive result.?There are a lot of external forces at work. Its not right what is happening to someone who did something very special in Germany last year.There are certain people that dont like it, but it will all come out. Im 100 percent certain it will be all right. As far as we are concerned the suspension has been lifted, and theres nothing to answer to.There are a lot of rubbish allegations out there, and there are a lot of people trying to bring Tyson and Hughie Fuury down.dddddddddddd There seems to be some sort of agenda out there against them.We are still working towards the date of Oct. 29 for the rematch. The governing bodies have only been in touch to know if the fight was going on on that date, and as far as Im concerned it is.Earlier this week, Fury, a native of Manchester, claimed he would sue UKAD over the allegations he used a performance-enhancing substance.The Sunday Mirror, a British newspaper, reported in June that traces of the banned substance nandrolone were found in a urine sample taken from Fury in February 2015. That month, Fury beat Christian Hammer before then outpointing Klitschko to win the IBF, WBA and WBO world titles in Germany last November.In a statement released Wednesday, UKAD said: UK Anti-Doping can confirm that both boxers were charged on 24 June 2016 with presence of a Prohibited Substance.Mandatory Provisional Suspensions were imposed pursuant to Article 7.9.1 of the UK Anti-Doping Rules.The UK Anti-Doping Rules allow athletes to challenge the imposition of a Provisional Suspension and the independent National Anti-Doping Panel today lifted the athletes suspensions, pending full determination of the charges. These charges will be heard at a hearing before the NADP in due course.Australian Lucas Browne was stripped of the WBAs secondary world heavyweight title belt following a positive drug test earlier this year. Browne was banned for six months by the WBA after testing positive for clenbuterol. ' ' '