Leicester City’s Jamie Vardy has been fined and will take part in diversity awareness training following an internal investigation into claims the striker made a racial slur in a casino, the Premier League club said.

The Sun on Sunday published a video showing the alleged incident, which is believed to have taken place in July.

Vardy, 28, apologised for a “regrettable error in judgement” in a statement on Sunday and Leicester boss Claudio Ranieri said yesterday the striker would not be sacked.

“Jamie apologised to everyone, it was a mistake. The relationship is okay. We go on and forward,” Ranieri told reporters.

“It’s not my matter, but he won’t be sacked.”

Vardy, who made his England debut in June, scored the opening goal in Leicester’s 4-2 Premier League win over Sunderland last weekend.

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