Leicester City's "remarkable Premier League triumph" made the pages of the press around the world on Tuesday, according to Shravanth Vijayakumar of REUTERS.
Praise "poured in around the world for Leicester." France Football led with the news that "Leicester has achieved the impossible," while Germany's Bild said, "Europe's biggest football sensation -- Leicester's title miracle is real." The N.Y. Times' article, "Leicester City Completes Rise by Clinching Premier League Title," drew attention to its meteoric rise after flirting with a drop to the Championship last year.
The Sydney Morning Herald said in an article "Leicester City's Premier League win much more than a miracle" that the grueling, "miracle-proof" league schedule makes the team's victory all the more impressive.
The British press reports "were no less glowing." From "Zeroes into heroes" (Metro) to "history makers" (Daily Mirror), Claudio Ranieri's men were lauded, with the Sun and Daily Star highlighting the end to Leicester's anxious wait with a simple "Blue done it."
The Foxes' dream run "was given a Shakespearean touch by the Guardian," which declared the side "Kings of England" with a picture of Richard III, whose bones are buried in Leicester. Spanish newspaper Mundo Deportivo featured a shot of Leicester City's jubilant fans with the headline "Leicester Miracle." AS claimed Leicester's triumph as the "the miracle of the century" (REUTERS, 5/3). ESPN reported "King Claudio" was the headline used by both La Gazzetta dello Sport and Il Corriere dello Sport to pay tribute to Ranieri's achievement in winning the EPL title. Il Corriere showed Ranieri smiling in a blue suit, calling his achievement the "greatest ever by an Italian coach." Tuttosport branded him a "legend," using the Italian word for "king" in an otherwise similar headline. L'Equipe's front page has a headline in English over a photo of Leicester players celebrating: "So Good!" Marca's story entitled "Dreams can come true" has video from Jamie Vardy's house -- it also says, "The Foxes have won without worrying about possession -- and with a cast of anonymous heroes fighting like titans" (ESPN, 5/3).
