Leicester Forward Riyad Mahrez has been Crowned PFA Player of the Year for 2015-16.

The 25-year-old Algeria international has been instrumental in Leicester's astonishing surge towards the Premier League title, scoring 17 goals, with 11 assists, in 33 league appearances.

Mahrez beat team-mates Jamie Vardy and N'Golo Kante, Tottenham's Harry Kane, West Ham's Dimitri Payet and Arsenal's Mesut Ozil to the award.

Mahrez said: "All the credit is for my team-mates, seriously, and for my manager and the staff.

"Without them I wouldn't receive this award and I wouldn't score. It's the team spirit, and I want to dedicate it to them.

"I'm very grateful to receive this award - it's a pleasure. It's extra special because, if the players vote for me, it's because they've seen I've been great this year, so I'm happy."

Mahrez scored in the win over Swansea City on Super Sunday

Mahrez, playing in his second season in the top-flight, was also named in the PFA Team of the Year.

It was announced at the PFA awards dinner at Grosvenor House in London on Sunday, where Spurs pair Kane and Young Player of the Year Dele Alli were not able to attend because of their match against West Brom on Monday Night Football.

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Chelsea managerial target Antonio Conte has confirmed he will step down as Italy head coach after Euro 2016.

Antonio Conte Sky in Italy reported in February that Conte is expected to sign a three-year deal to take over at Stamford Bridge and that his representatives have begun negotiations with Chelsea director Marina Granovskaia. Sources in Italy also suggest that Chelsea hope to confirm a new manager by the end of this month. The announcement that he will not renew his Italy contract was made earlier on Tuesday morning by Carlo Tavecchio, the president of the Italian FA, and has now been confirmed by Conte himself.

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are on a combined total of 999 career goals

Messi & Ronaldo Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have made a habit of breaking records, and they are on the brink of another remarkable goal-scoring landmark. If Messi scores in Barcelona's Copa del Rey quarter-final against Athletic Bilbao on Wednesday, he will take a combined goal tally with Ronaldo to 1,000 goals for club and country. Since scoring his first Barcelona goal as a late substitute in a 2-0 win over Albacete in May 2005, Messi has hit 481 overall - including 49 for Argentina.

BREAKING: Crystal Palace Have Completed the Signing of Emmanuel Adebayor.

Crystal Palace have completed the signing of Emmanuel Adebayor. The Togo striker was a free agent having been released by Tottenham in September but has agreed a deal at Selhurst Park until the end of the current campaign. It is understood negotiations between Adebayor's representatives and Palace began just over a fortnight ago. The player has been training every day with a personal trainer and passed his medical at the south London club this morning. He will be assessed by the Palace backroom staff tomorrow morning and they will establish whether he will be fit enough to feature in the Eagles' fourth-round FA Cup tie against Stoke on Saturday.

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