Get Wordpress Posts With Mysql Like Condition

Here is the code to Get Wordpress Posts With Mysql Like Condition:

$today = "top 250";

$sql = "SELECT * FROM wp_posts WHERE post_title LIKE '$today%' and post_type = 'page' limit 1";

$result = $wpdb->get_results($sql) or die(mysql_error());

   foreach($result as $results)

{

echo $results->post_title."<br>";

echo $results->post_content."<br>";

echo get_the_post_thumbnail( $results->ID, 'thumbnail' );

}