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Kirstie Levell: Leicester City goalkeeper on family heartache & why number 28 is sentimental

After Leicester City goalkeeper Kirstie Levell's older brother died five years ago, there was only one number she wanted on her shirt.

Levell, who wears the "special" number 28, joined Leicester in the summer and wanted something to "remind her of Dan every single time she put it on".

Dan, 24, had a sudden heart attack at the family home on 28 September, 2015 - a year after being diagnosed with bowel cancer. He was born with epilepsy which left him unable to speak and their father, Shaun, quit his job to become a full-time carer.

"The 28th is my mum's birthday and I found that really mad," Levell says.