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  1. A close-up of a football with EFL branding

  2. Phoebe, a schoolgirl, wearing a jumper which has been banned by her school

  3. A head-and-shoulders image of a man in a jacket and tie

  4. Artist's impression of three storey brick building apartment block

  5. Olive Marston

  6. A headstone laid flat on planks of wood over the plot at a cemetery

  7. Children walking into school

  8. Kam Miller and Neil Miller. Neil is wearing a shirt and tie and has short hair. While Kam is wearing jewellery and has long brown hair.

  9. Yellow lines on a village road obscured with black paint

  10. Leicester player Jordan James is hunched down in disappointment after the Foxes are beaten at Portsmouth.

  11. Custody photo of 30-year-old man with short hair and grey t-shirt

  12. Pick of the stats: Leicester City v Hull City

    Leicester City and Hull City club badgesOpta

    Leicester City must win to stand any chance of avoiding relegation to League One when they host play-off chasing Hull City on Tuesday night (kick-off 19:45 BST).

    The Foxes are eight points adrift of safety with three games remaining after a run of just one win in their past 17 matches (D7 L9).

    Even victory will not be enough for Gary Rowett's side to stay up if Charlton Athletic avoid defeat and both West Bromwich Albion and Blackburn Rovers win in midweek.

    The Tigers are sixth, two points ahead of seventh-placed Wrexham, and need a win to guarantee they keep their play-off hopes in their own hands, though Sergej Jakirovic's side have gone four games without victory (D3 L1).

    • Leicester have lost just one of their past six home league games against Hull (W3 D2), though it was the last time they hosted them in September 2023 (0-1).

    • Hull are looking to complete the league double over Leicester for the first time since 2007-08, when the Tigers were promoted to the top-flight for the first time.

    • Only Sheffield Wednesday have collected fewer points at home in the Championship in 2026 than Leicester City (7 – W2 D1 L6); indeed, their six defeats in their past eight are as many as in their previous 28 home matches in the second tier (W17 D5).

    • Hull have lost three of their past five away league games (W1 D1), as many as in their previous 14 matches on their travels (W9 D2).

    • Hull's Oliver McBurnie has four goal involvements across his previous eight away league starts (2 goals, 2 assists), netting most recently at former side Sheffield United.

  13. Coventry City manager Frank Lampard clenches his fist in the air in celebration

  14. A view of a village church in a dusting of snow

  15. Five men in traditional orange dress holding swords vertically and walking side by side bare foot

  16. Pedestrianised street in Leicester with blue sky above

  17. Police working on a residential street with an area surrounded by barriers and cones

  18. A mother and son stood in front of a lake

  19. A gate between two walls which have graffiti on

  20. Roundabout with road sign and house in the sunshine in the distance

  21. Gabriel Hamer-Webb in the act of getting over the line to score a try for Leicester Tigers despite being wrapped up in a tackle

  22. Leicester battle but lack quality in Pompey loss

    Dan George
    BBC Sport England at Fratton Park

    Leicester City's Bobby Decordova-Reid and Harry Winks prepare to restart the game Getty Images

    Leicester conceded from a corner in the second half to lose at Portsmouth

    Despite the result, it was a gritty performance, at least in the first half, by the majority of the Leicester players in a game that lacked quality and started with both sides looking quite nervous.

    Towards the end, as desperation increased, there were moments that turned unsavoury, with Hamza Choudhury clashing with officials and the home fans, while some of the players were also involved in a verbal altercation with opposition players towards the end.

    Midfielder Harry Winks was also seen shouting at a fan after the game as he was boarding the team coach.

    On the pitch, Leicester had some chances to score and on another day could have taken an early lead when Patson Daka went down from Conor Shaughnessy's challenge that had the away fans calling for a spot-kick.

    Daka also had a great chance in the second half when Regan Poole underhit a backpass and if he could have knocked it past Nicolas Schmid then they could have been leaving the south coast with a point.

    Despite winning only two league games in 2026 and losing 18 times all season, the Foxes will need to win their remaining three games and hope other results go their way to stand any chance of staying up.