• Club gives fans masks in display of displeasure at suspension • Vardy banned for three games for challenge in Stoke match

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Leicester City’s owners have given out around 30,000 Jamie Vardy masks to supporters before their home game against Everton on Monday in protest against the striker’s three-game suspension.

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Vardy was banned by the Football Association after being sent off for a two-footed challenge on Mame Biram Diouf during Leicester’s recent 2-2 draw at Stoke City.

The Premier League champions had an appeal against the punishment rejected, which the Thai chairman, Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, described as “unfair”.

Leicester go into the game at the King Power Stadium 15th in the Premier League table, three points above the relegation zone.