Soccer: Ranieri's Leicester crowned English champions

(ANSA) - Rome, May 2 - Claudio Ranieri's Leicester City were crowned English champions on Monday, when second-placed Tottenham Hotspurs' 2-2 draw at Chelsea left them with an unassailable seven point lead with two Premier League games to go.
    It will go down as one of the greatest feats of modern football.
    Leicester, with a squad assembled at a fraction of the cost of those of English big guns like Chelsea, Manchester United and Manchester City, were expected to struggle to stave off relegation at the start of the season.
    Indeed, bookmakers are having to make big payouts after offering odds of 5,000-1 on the side from the English Midlands winning their first ever league crown.
    It is also a personal triumph for Ranieri who, despite having coached a series of top clubs, had never previously won a top-flight championship. "I always thought that sooner or later I'd win a league title," Ranieri told Rai show Il Processo del Lunedì.