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Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri has described top scorer Jamie Vardy as a fantastic horse as they enter the home straight of the Premier League title race.The Foxes go into the final six matches of the campaign knowing four victories will be enough to win the league for the first time in their history, having started the season as one of the favourites for the drop.Vardy has been one of the key reasons behind their success, scoring 19 goals, including a record run of 11 goals in successive league matches between August and November. Matt Elliott believes Leicesters coolness under pressure will guide them to the title That impressive form has also earned him his first international caps and goals for England and Ranieri was keen to highlight his thoroughbred status ahead of the Super Sunday clash with Sunderland at the Stadium of Light.This is not a footballer. This is a fantastic horse, he told The Players Tribune website. Some impressive performances at club level have also seen midfielder NGolo Kante called up by France, while a number of other previously unfancied players have come to the fore during Leicesters remarkable rise to the top.Perhaps you have heard their names now. Players who were considered too small or too slow for other big clubs. NGolo Kante. Jamie Vardy. Wes Morgan. Danny Drinkwater. Riyad Mahrez, said Ranieri. Claudio Ranieri has described Vardy as a fantastic horse When I arrived my first day of training and I saw the quality of these players, I knew how good they could be. I knew we had a chance to survive in the Premier League.This player Kante, he was running so hard that I thought he must have a pack full of batteries hidden in his shorts. He never stopped running in training. This player Kante, he was running so hard that I thought he must have a pack full of batteries hidden in his shorts. Claudio Ranieri on NGolo Kante Ranieris side have been praised for their work ethic and team spirit and the Italian revealed they were among the key factors he tried to instil in his players from day one.Before we played our first match I told the players, I want you to play for your team-mates, he said.We are a little team, so we have to fight with all our heart, with all our soul. I dont care the name of the opponent. Ledley King thinks Leicester have set an example for other clubs All I want is for you to fight. If they are better than us, Okay, congratulations. But they have to show us they are better.We have six games remaining, and we must continue fighting with our heart and our soul.This is a small club that is showing the world what can be achieved through spirit and determination. Twenty-six players, 26 different brains, but one heart.Watch Sunderland v Leicester on Super Sunday. 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Tracy McGrady Rockets Jersey PJ Tucker Jersey . - Chris Tierney snapped a tie with a power-play goal late in the third period as the London Knights rallied from a 3-0 deficit to beat the Erie Otters 5-3 in Ontario Hockey League action on Wednesday.SALT LAKE CITY -- Offense was hard to come by from both the Bulls and Jazz on Thursday night, but when Chicago needed baskets down the stretch, they turned to All-Star Jimmy Butler and future Hall of Famer Dwyane Wade.Butler scored 20 points and grabbed 12 rebounds as the Bulls defeated the Jazz 85-77.We found a way. We hung on, Bulls coach Fred Hoiberg said. On offense, youre going to have games like this over an 82-game schedule. Its going to come and go. Your constants have to be defense and rebounding. We did that all game long to give us a chance to win.The Bulls have won four straight, including three on the road.Chicago used 9-0 runs to start the third and fourth quarters that Utah never recovered from. Nikola Mirotic had a dunk, a steal and an assist during the fourth-quarter run that put the Bulls up 75-58.The Jazz cut the lead to 80-75 late, but Wade and Butler hit jumpers to put the game away.Wade scored 18 points for the Bulls and Robin Lopez posted his second double-double of the season with 10 points and 12 rebounds.The way were playing right now, man, its fun, Butler said.The Jazz have lost two straight at home after going 4-1 during the preceding road trip.Rudy Gobert finished with 16 points, 13 rebounds and three blocks for the Jazz as Gordon Hayward added eight points and 12 rebounds.The Jazz led 43-41 at halftime despite the Bulls shooting just 28.8 percent from the field. What the Bulls lacked in accuracy, they made up in volume -- taking 52 shots to Utahs 38 in the first half as the Jazz turned the ball over nine times.I dont know if its a one-game thing, Jazz coach Quin Snyder said of the offense. We werent very good, thats clear. Weve had bad games before offensively. We had some open shots, we didnt make them. ... Sometimes when youre missing shots you let it impact everything.dddddddddddd You just get stagnant.I dont see any reason, because we played this way tonight, that sirens are going off for our offense. ... Im not despondent. ... We didnt play well tonight and lost to a really good team.TIP-INSBulls: Doug McDermott missed his second consecutive game due to a concussion. ... Rajon Rondo missed his second consecutive game with a left ankle sprain. ... Butler scored at least 20 points and had five assists in his previous five games. He only had three assists Thursday.Jazz: Rodney Hood returned to the starting lineup after missing last game with an illness and scored 12 points. ... Boris Diaw started in place of injured Derrick Favors. ... George Hill missed his sixth consecutive game with a sprained right thumb.FAVORS OUTFavors had an MRI on Wednesday and is out for an undetermined amount of time with a left knee bone contusion. The knee has been bothering him since the preseason and hes been in and out of the lineup, missing all but one preseason game. Snyder doesnt think he returned too quickly. Its been a challenge for him, Snyder said. The main point is, you reach a point where youre not effective. That is where he has been, or youre less effective to the point where you need to address the situation in a different way.QUOTABLEWe just didnt push the pace enough, Hood said. I think we defended well. Theyre a good team, theyre playing well right now. But we just didnt play with enough energy offensively.UP NEXTBulls: Chicago travels to Los Angeles for a back-to-back with the Clippers and Lakers on Saturday and Sunday.Jazz: Utah travels to face the Rockets on Saturday. ' ' '