Soccer-Leicester suffer Tielemans injury blow

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Premier League - Leicester City v Newcastle United - King Power Stadium, Leicester, Britain - December 26, 2022 Leicester City manager Brendan Rodgers and Leicester City's Youri Tielemans Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Boyers

LONDON (Reuters) - Leicester City midfielder Youri Tielemans will be sidelined for as long as six weeks, manager Brendan Rodgers said on Tuesday.

The Belgium international suffered an ankle injury after coming on as a substitute in the weekend defeat by Arsenal and missed Tuesday's FA Cup loss to Blackburn Rovers.