Tuesday, May 3, 2016

'King Claudio': Ranieri hailed as a hero at home in Italy (The Associated Press)

Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri has his photograph taken by photographers before the start of the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester United and Leicester City, at Old Trafford, in Manchester, England, Sunday May 1, 2016. (Martin Rickett/PA via AP) UNITED KINGDOM OUT NO SALES NO ARCHIVE

Claudio Ranieri was hailed as a national hero at home in Italy after coaching Leicester to a highly improbable English Premier League title. ''King Claudio,'' read the headline on the front page of Gazzetta dello Sport on Tuesday, above a statuesque image of Ranieri as the Roman emperor Claudius. Leicester secured its first top-flight title without playing on Monday after second-place Tottenham drew at Chelsea 2-2.


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