Fantastic Foxes! World pays tribute to Leicester City's fairytale finish

as we celebrate this fantastic achievement.

Cheers! 

Ranieri, who watched the match at home with his wife, told Sky Sports: "I believed last night. Of course you feel something, but I am a pragmatic man and I know football well. Something strange could happen.

"It was an amazing achievement. We wanted to do something special, but no one could have believed we would do this. I was at home with my wife. Nothing more. I celebrate with my wife and family."

Kasabian guitarist and Foxes fan Serge Pizzorno has no such worries and says he will not care if City are playing non-league football 10 years from now.

The Leicester band are celebrating City's triumph with a Bank Holiday double-header gig at the King Power Stadium at the end of May.

Pizzorno wrote in the Guardian: "Winning the Premier League? After that, even if we get relegated and we're in the Conference in 10 years, I won't care. We'll always have that.

"I first started thinking we could qualify for the Champions League when we were still top at Christmas, then carried on picking up points in January. I thought that if we kept everyone fit until the end of the season, I didn't see why we couldn't finish in the top four.

"As for next season: we all live in Leicester so all my pals are coming in and we're having a Champions League draw party - it's already on the calendar."

"They've got very wealthy owners there, I'm sure they'll strengthen and they'll make sure that people there are looked after and they'll keep the players. It'll be interesting to see next year again."

Jose Mourinho, who led Chelsea to the title last season, sent his congratulations to Ranieri and his all-conquering team.

In a CAA Sports UK statement, he said: "I want to congratulate everyone connected to @LCFC; players, staff, owners and fans. I lost my title to Claudio Ranieri and it is with incredible emotion that I live this magic moment in his career."

Alan Shearer, who won the Premier League title as a player with Blackburn in 1995, claimed the Leicester story is "the biggest and best ever".

"When you consider who they had to take on in Manchester City, Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Tottenham and the vast sums of money these clubs have spent on players and managers, it's just one hell of a story," said Shearer in his Coral blog.

"It's certainly the biggest and best story I have ever seen in all my time in sport."

Former Leicester manager Martin O'Neill.

"It is absolutely extraordinary," he told ITV News.

"The team has lost three games. That in itself is a fantastic achievement. But to go and win the Premier League in this day and age when money seems to count, it is absolutely fabulous.

"Romanticism is still alive in football and that is great news for everyone.

"Leicester City have shown the way, shown how it can be done and great credit to all of them. To the players, the manager who has been terrific, the back room staff who have assembled the team. It's been a team effort from start to finish."

Who blessed the team.

Speaking through an interpreter, he says... well, it's basically "clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose."

Says the win will boost tourism to the area.

Eden Hazard in 'running around and trying' shocker.

"It's one thing to be at the top for a bit but to go on and maintain it and finish top - it was nothing short of miraculous."

"I will be coming down Saturday, I can't wait."

Not a bad day for Leicester sport, was it? Premier League and the World Snooker Championship.

Remarkable feat of management and coaching.

Jamie Vardy Cardy, anyone?

"In the latest tribute to the goal scoring exploits of Leicester City and England striker Jamie Vardy, Leicestershire-based George at Asda has created the unique ‘Vardy Cardy’ – a blue V-necked cardigan.... etc"

One of the lads said: “We’re in the Champions League next year, so you never know we might end up wearing these abroad and impressing the locals in the likes of Paris and Milan!” 

I would say that's a 5,000-1 shot but... you know.

Andrew Bradley, who is from Sydney in Australia but originally from Leicester, said he fancied the Foxes' chances to add European silverware to the Premier League title next season - if the club go into the transfer market.

The 28-year-old said: "Most people say we'll get relegated next year.

"Honestly, if we sign four or five half-decent players for the right money... they need to fit in with the team we've got, they're such a brotherhood at the minute, those guys need to fit in. We don't want to spend silly money and buy players on high wages, it just won't work.

"We need a few addtions in the squad, we've some young lads coming through. But if we sign the right players, who knows, potentially we could win the Premier League again.

"Maybe have a little bet on us to win the Champions League."

He added: "Who knows where this story ends."

This is truly exceptional work.

Gerry Taggart is on Sky.

"This is one in a million, it is not going to happen every year. They are going to compete in the Champions League."

Says: "It is going to be very emotional lifting the trophy, I will be trying to hold back the tears."

Before anyone can get too emotional, Danny Simpson runs past and kisses him.

As I find myself oddly compelled to do.. He is a postman in Leicester. Like Vardy himself, he always delivers, etc.

This really is the absolute definition of A Day In The Sun, isn't it? Make hay while the sun shines, Mr Chapman.

Jamie Vardy lookalike Lee Chapman joins the Leicester striker and team on their way to a Premier League title celebration dinner (Photo by Plumb Images/Leicester City FC via Getty Images)

Leicester City supporter Steve Worthy will present the Barclays Premier League trophy to the Champions against Everton.

Muzzy Izzet turned up on his doorstep in Leicester on Monday evening unannounced - along with the Barclays Premier League trophy - to tell Steve of the honour.

The Leicester supporter is dedicating the experience to his 97-year-old grandmother, Gladys Kenny, who was the oldest season ticket holder at the King Power Stadium before she had to retire her ticket this year due to ill health.

“When I hand the Barclays Premier League trophy to Wes Morgan I’ll be thinking of my grandmother," Steve said this morning. 

"She’s been a Leicester City fan since 1949 but has had to miss out on our most incredible season yet because she’s not well enough to attend games. For Barclays to give our family this amazing opportunity means so much and I’m hoping my grandmother will be able to join us at the King Power Stadium to experience the big moment”.

According to this story from (publishing industry mag) The Bookseller.

Yellow Jersey Press are promising "the definitive" biog of Claudio Ranieri.

Gabriele Marcotti is writing it, due to be published on 3rd November. Sure that will be really good.

And this sounds quite interesting: 

"King Power is coming from Nicholas Pearson at Fourth Estate in June. The book will chronicle Leicester City’s title-challenge against the odds purportedly in the words of one of the club's biggest fans, Richard III himself. The monarch died at the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485 and was reinterred in Leicester Cathedral in 2015. His statue, outside Leicester Cathedral, had a blue club scarf tied around his neck during Leicester City's last game."

Andrew Tyler, you have the floor:

I recall going to LCFC matches at Filbert St with my Dad when Gordon Banks (who?) was the goalie and I have retained an affinity for the Foxes as I have traveled the world. After a lifetime watching them oscillate between the top two divisions, it's fantastic to see them win it all. Thanks to the ownership, the management and the players for their investment of money, time and sweat. Finally there's more than the Tigers to crow about!

Greatest football achievement ever?

Derby? Forest? Wimbledon from non-League to FA Cup?

Share your thoughts with me alan dot tyers @telegraph dot co dot uk or @alantyers

for having as its first two replies Nottingham Forest fans kvetching and saying "what about us?"

What a day. What a story. Just fantastic. We will have loads more reaction and news throughout the afternoon.

To put what Leicester have done into context, here are a few things you could have got shorter odds on in August. 

• 175/1 - Prince Harry to marry Cheryl Fernandez-Versini (aka Cheryl Cole)
• 200/1 - Theo Walcott to be Sports Personality of the Year
• 500/1 - Andy Murray's baby to win more majors than Serena Williams

• 1000/1 - Robbie Savage to be the next James Bond
• 1,000/1 - Dean Gaffney to win a best actor Oscar 
• 1000/1 - Bono to be the next Pope
• 2000/1 - Kim Kardashian to be US President by 2020

And with that I'll hand over to live blog specialist Alan Tyers. 

Elaine Cree writes in from Katonah New York (originally from Oadby Leicester)

Hi , as a Leicester girl who now lives in New York I've grown accustomed to Americans lack of knowledge about my hometown. So my usual response to "where are you from"? is "Leicester, it's about 90 miles north of London" At Christmas I was introduced to a new friend who asked the same question and before I could finish she replied "I know Leicester, they're top of the EPL"   Yes yes yes, that was at Christmas! Going forward, my new response will be LEICESTER, League Champions. How sweet is that !    

This is quite cool, looking at how Leicester's odds on winning the title changed throughout the season. 

The September defeat by Arsenal really killed any small amount of confidence anyone had in Leicester! 

Back in 2000 when Martin O'Neill led Leicester to their second League Cup win in three years, there were probably some Foxes fans who thought that was as good as it would get. 

How times have changed. 

In any case O'Neill, who also speaks from the position of having played in Brian Clough's 'miracle' Nottingham Forest team of the late 1970s, believes Leicester's title win will prove to be a 'one off'.

"My own viewpoint from a distance is I think it is very much a one-off and it may not be done again in my lifetime" the current Republic of Ireland manager said.

“Maybe it’s a wakeup call. I think the big teams might feel it was one year they slipped up in and they might become very strong again. Money talks in this business. Even so, despite this, even if it is a one-off, it’s a wonderful achievement.”

"I think the chances are it won't happen again. The money in the game now is greater than it's ever, ever been before. But I really probably can’t see it happening.

"Having said this, what Leicester have done is given everyone hope and there is romanticism in football after all which is great.

He added:  “It is extraordinary. Absolutely extraordinary. From a way back in August time right through to now. It is just absolutely extraordinary. The team has lost three games. That in itself is a fantastic achievement. But to go and win the Premier League in this day and age when money seems to count, it is absolutely fabulous.

“Romanticism is still alive in football and that is great news for everyone. Leicester City has shown the way. Shown how it can be done and great credit to all of them. To the players, the manager who has been terrific, the back room staff who have assembled the team. It’s been a team effort from start to finish.”

 Is it me or does the chef look ever so slightly terrified? 

I know what you're thinking. What does FA chairman Greg Dyke make of all this? Well wonder no more...

“As the chairman of the FA, I’m supposed to be impartial…

“I am delighted.  I am delighted because I think it tells you lots of things. With Leicester first and Tottenham second, the old order has broken. That makes it exciting, doesn’t it?

“It’s also good that both clubs have done it with a fair number of English players.

“Everybody who was not a Spurs fan wanted Leicester to win, didn’t they?

“It’s a great day for football, really. It proves that you can do it.”

Cheers Luke. 

I'll start with a picture that says a thousand words. 

Because there have been some great snaps capturing the magic of this wonderful achievement, but surely none as brilliant as this:

From a yo-yoing Midlands club to a team of international proportions. They have made front and back page headlines around the world, their achievement has been met with delight from high-profile figures in the game such as Gianni Infantino and Zinedine Zidane, and readers from as far afield as Uganda, Russia and Zimbabwe have today messaged in to congratulate Claudio Ranieri's men. 

And now, perhaps, the biggest honour of all. A Leicester City scarf has been thrown around the real life Statue of Liberty in New York City. Marvelous stuff.

It's time for me to hand this blog over. I just want it known for the record that I'm a Tottenham fan and this has been an utterly miserable way to spend eight hours. I hate Leicester, I hate Chelsea, and I hate you for reading this. Here's Charlie Eccleshare.

Not quite sure you can count Subway as "an Italian restaurant", Dan...

Lynda, from Wolverhampton, emails in to say the following:

Dear Luke,

Leicester City have shown the Big Spender's up, and have given great hope to humbler clubs.  Let's hope this astonishing achievement leads to a better and healthier Premier League, that's the envy of Europe and (Scotland)!

Ranieri is Great! Well done The Foxes!

Right you are, Lynda, I honestly can't imagine there's a club in the country that isn't encouraged by the example Leicester have set. We've known for a long time that, on their day, any club in the league are capable of beating anybody else, but now Leicester have shown that it is possible for a club outside the cash-rice elite to also put in consistently brilliant performances, week in, week out. 

Although I don't think the Premier League can really hope to be envied by the Scottish Premiership any more than it already is. To be honest, at this stage, I think the poor old SPL is casting relatively envious glances at everything from the Belarusian Premier League to the Latvian Higher League. Lol. 

Tweet of the day, without question. Usually I’m of the opinion that anybody over the age of about 12 shouldn’t be seen dead in a replica team shirt, but you have to applaud the man who goes to the effort of also investing in faux wrist strapping of the appropriate colour. Stirring stuff.

Also, big shout out to this fan proudly airing his 'Calvin Cotton' pants.

And see who it lands on...

And what does the Real Madrid manager think of Leicester's triumph? <Spoiler alert> He think it's jolly great.

“I think Claudio Ranieri has done a phenomenal job. I’m happy for him.

There are no miracles in football though, only just reward for hard work.”

This one from Andrew Beznosov.

Hail Leicester City! Hello from the Russian town of Votkinsk, where we (my wife Alyona and I) are celebrating this incredible victory! We are celebrating with a fishy pie with "lavrushka"; which is a kind of russian national pie. From Russia with love!

Cracking stuff, Andrew. If anyone else out there is celebrating Leicester's triumph with a fishy pie, do please let me know. 

This from Fifa president Gianni Infantino, via Sports News Correspondent Ben Rumsby:

“It’s a fairytale. It’s one of these beautiful football stories that only football can write and that nobody would have believed possible at the beginning of the season, throughout the season.

This is what makes not only the Leicester fans very happy and very proud but all football fans, because this is the magic of football.

So, a big, big congratulations to the club, to Ranieri, to the players, to everyone.”

'Fairytale'? Check. A victory for 'all football fans'? Check. 'The magic of football'? Check. 

Sensational work from Infantino, there.

Early reports are suggesting that Leicester's open top bus parade through the city will take place on Monday 16 May - a day after the end of the Premier League season.

The last time the Foxes had cause to ride on the bus through the city was two years ago, when they won the Championship title. 

... to make you feel good / jealous / immediately make you bet your life savings on Leicester winning the Champions League, as following the holy advice of Phra Prommangkalachan.

As Leicester City players nurse their monumental hangovers, one football punter is quietly counting his cash after the Foxes' title triumph pocketed him a huge £200,000.

The anonymous gambler placed a £100 bet on Leicester City winning the Premier League with Betfair back in October when Claudio Ranieri's side were priced at 2,000-1.

You can read the full story HERE!

There were 5.5 million Tweets sent last night, with Leicester's league win triggering an 86% increase in normal Twitter activity in the UK. And Twitter have compiled some of the nicer messages into a special tribute visualisation.

Meanwhile, this tweet...

...became one of the most Retweeted sporting Tweets in Twitter history, with 385,000 retweets (and counting). 

Which includes this evening...

Dec 7: Ranieri allows his players to party

After the 3-0 win at Swansea, Ranieri - again showing an intuition for man-management - allows his Leicester's players jet out to Copenhagen for their Christmas party. Dressed up as various characters including the Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles, Power Rangers, Banana Man and Spiderman, it is another moment which typifies the spirit in the Leicester squad.

Read the full list HERE!

The Italian also told Sky, just a day after winning the Premier League title, that he doesn't think Leicester will win the league again.

I want to say to all of the lads, and to all of the supporters and the chairman that it is an amazing achievement. It is unbelievable, because we wanted to do something special. It has been an amazing season for us and I am very pleased.

I was at home with my wife last night, and nothing more. I celebrated by speaking to my family in Rome, and that is it. In my mind, I always believed I would win a title. I didn’t know where, but I always wanted to win something. And for me, that’s my strength. I’m always positive, and I always believed I could achieve something.

Of course you feel something watching the games evert week, but I am pragmatic and I know football vert well. Football is strange and Tottenham pushed so well behind us, so I want to say well done to them because they have always had a fantastic season.

Do I think Leicester can do this again? No. I don’t think we can but we want to continue to build. When I came here, the project was  to build a foundation and to fight for the Europa League in three to four years. This season is out of our project, but of course now our foundations is very strong.

Next season we will fight to finish in the top ten, to continue the progression. We want a good campaign in Europe and in the cups, and we want to be sure next season that we are safe, and then to do something more.

We don’t want to sell anybody. If a player doesn’t want to stay with us then we don’t want unhappy players. We want to reinforce our team, but with the same mentality. Whoever comes must know that we work hard.

I don’t know how receiving the trophy will feel. I feel good now, but it will be fantastic.

The PA have been on the blower to the bookies and found out that Spurs are the team most fancied to break their Premier League duck next campaign.

Tottenham: Surely the most likely of those teams never to have won the Premier League to break their duck after pushing Leicester close - 7/1
Liverpool: Jurgen Klopp has made a real difference to the mood at Anfield and the Reds could well challenge - 10/1
West Ham: Still pushing for a Champions League place this season after an impressive campaign under Slaven Bilic - 80/1
Southampton: Another creditable season from the Saints under Ronald Koeman - 100/1

As for the odds on Leicester to defend their Premier League crown? A very credible 40/1. 

Gary Cahill has joined John Terry in urging the Football Association to show leniency over a series of reckless challenges and altercations during Chelsea's 2-2 draw with Tottenham (never going to happen).

Cahill wants the FA to scrap charges for both Spurs and Chelsea in relation to a number of incidents during the 2-2 draw that handed the Premier League title to Leicester City (never going to happen).

"When there is so much at stake you cannot expect players to roll over," Cahill said. "We’re all competitive, that’s the way it is. People should enjoy the game for what it was" (never going to happen).

Read the full report HERE!

Nope, me neither.

Oh go on then, for what it's worth. He's been interviewed by CAA Sports:

"I want to congratulate everyone connected to Leicester; players, staff, owners and fans.

I lost my title to Claudio Ranieri and it is with incredible emotion that I live this magic moment in his career."

That this Leicester City squad come across as a very pleasant, humble bunch, with none of the arrogance you may well associate with the modern footballer. Take the way they've all turned up for training this morning, for example.

Here's N'Golo Kante dressed like a gap year student waiting for a Megabus:

Here's Wes Morgan kitted out in what looks like H&M's high-street answer to Kanye West's Yeezy collection:

And here's everybody's favourite forward, Shinji Okazaki, looking as though he's just finished the late-night shift at Cineworld after a hard day spent studying for his GCSEs:

It's all a far cry from this sort of thing...

They're handing out free crisps!

Here's a limited edition pack of 'Salt & Victory' flavour Walkers, and it's probably a good job they're not on general sale. No doubt they would sell very well in Leicester, but fairly poorly just about everywhere else. 

And here's what the England international and Premier League champion had to say:

"(At Vardy's house) at first it was a bit ‘oh no what’s going on’ but after the first two goals there was 10 minutes of madness. And then after that there was another four hours of madness! It sums us up as a group of lads, it was just great.

I’ve honestly never known a squad like it. And I think the rest of the lads would answer that question the same. It’s a special moment to be involved at the club.

It just doesn’t sound right us being champions, but we’ve done it, and we’re here to stay. We want to push on now. We don’t want to fall away.

The manager has done such a fantastic job for us. I’m happy for him because he’s never won it before either, and we’re happy to repay him. He’s a laidback guy and that’s reflected onto us. Although he does have a serious side, of course, but I’ve loved every minute of working with him. It’s been one hell of a season.

After leaving Manchester United, I possibly thought that the opportunities to win trophies had gone. I came to a club that possibly doesn’t have that history. But look at the turnaround, we’ve won the Championship and now the Premier League. It’s bonkers!

The Everton match will be great for the fans, and it’s a huge day for us and we want to enjoy it. I’ll never forget this season. I’ll be looking back on it for years. It’ll be something to tell my kids about, and something I’m happy my family have been able to experience, as well."

You've won our attempting-to-piggyback-off-of-Leicester's-success-by-tenuously-linking-yourself-to-their-success-in-a-shameless-attempt-to-get-in-the-news contest, comprehensively out-classing Amir Khan with this solid effort.

Yup, that's Leicester City who have been on top for the past four and a half months. 

Leicester winning the title means Italian readers of La Gazzetta dello Sport are now being educated in the discovery of King Richard III's remains. Again, from Nick Squires:

The chances of Leicester City winning the title were initially 5,000 to 1, La Gazzetta dello Sport, Italy's biggest sports paper, says.

"This is a triumph by a manager appreciated more abroad than at home in Italy," the newspaper proclaims.

The paper devotes acres of newsprint to the win, even producing a sidebar story about the discovery of the remains of King Richard III beneath a Leicester car park to give its readers a bit of historical background on the city in the Midlands.

Claudio Ranieri is from now on "immortal", it says.

All morning, you've been emailing in in your droves requesting that we get the opinions of a Buddhist monk on Leicester's title win, and I can relent no longer. So here's Phra Prommangkalachan with his thoughts on the whole story.

"Well, I'm not going to lie, football is a game of two halves and the Leicester boys have left everything out on the pitch this season... Okay, seriously now...

"I believe the power of Buddhism... given through the Buddhist monk and executives (of the club's Thai owners King Power) has created teamwork and unity in the team," he told Reuters at the Traimitr temple.

"With their clear minds, it has brought concentration, ability, and determination for them to go to the international arena. At the moment, they will be able to thrive anyway because of their strong minds and they will continue to win on the international stage."

This may just be the nicest. 

Leicester City supporter Steve Worthy has been selected to present the Barclays Premier League trophy to the Champions against Everton.

Muzzy Izzet turned up on his doorstep in Leicester on Monday evening unannounced - along with the Barclays Premier League trophy - to tell Steve of his prize.

The Leicester supporter is dedicating the experience to his 97 year old grandmother, Gladys Kenny, who was the oldest season ticket holder at the King Power Stadium before she had to retire her ticket this year due to ill health.

“When I hand the Barclays Premier League trophy to Wes Morgan I’ll be thinking of my grandmother," Steve said this morning. 

"She’s been a Leicester City fan since 1949 but has had to miss out on our most incredible season yet because she’s not well enough to attend games. For Barclays to give our family this amazing opportunity means so much and I’m hoping my grandmother will be able to join us at the King Power Stadium to experience the big moment”.

Yes that is real, and yes, you are going to be able to win a bottle, if novelty liqueur is your thang. This via Captain Morgan himself/themselves:

Leicester City fans will be able to toast their captain Wes Morgan with a limited edition Captain Morgan bottle, featuring the star player, following his side’s victory in the Barclay’s Premier League title on Monday.

The spirit brand will release a limited edition bottle designed to celebrate the Premier League winner’s victory - replacing their famous buccaneer on the label with an image of the footballer.

The special limited edition bottle features the Jamaican international star dressed as Captain Morgan in royal blue and white robes to match Leicester City’s home kit.

The bottles flowed into production following a Twitter exchange between Captain Morgan and the player after Leicester City were crowned champions following Tottenham Hotspur’s draw with Chelsea on Monday night. 

The limited edition run of bottles will be available to win via Captain Morgan social media channels. Follow @CaptainMorganEU and see www.facebook.com/CaptainMorganGB for more details.

What other Leicester City - alcohol team-ups would we like to see? Danny Drink-liqueur? Ben Hamer-red? Christian Fuc- actually let's not do that one. 

... The attempt-to-piggyback-off-of-Leicester's-success-by-tenuously-linking-yourself-to-their-success-in-a-shameless-attempt-to-get-in-the-news contest has been fiercely competed all morning, but I think boxer Amir Khan may have nudged his way out front with lunch time fast approaching. Here's what the Bolton fan had to say on Leicester's league win:

"I'm seen as the underdog in this fight against Canelo but I feel this is the year of the underdog. What Leicester City have achieved is absolutely amazing. You would have been called crazy if you thought that Leicester would win the title at the start of the season - it's such an inspiring story.

I'm definitely going to use that to help me because it shows that even though people say you have no chance what really matters is how you perform on the pitch, or in the boxing ring in my case."

Quite.

The Italian clearly hasn't taken long to adjust to the life of a Premier League title winner. Here is travelling back to watch Tottenham's match against Chelsea yesterday evening. Just look at that wood panelling, woof!

Nick Squires has reaction from Italy, where the headlines have all predictably focused on former Roma, Juventus and Inter Milan manager, Claudio Ranieri:

Leicester's historic victory is on the front page of every major Italian newspaper.

"King Claudio!" is the front page headline in La Gazzetta dello Sport, Italy's main sports newspaper, with a picture of Claudio Ranieri altered to make him look like a Roman emperor. "Historic title for Leicester."

La Repubblica, another big paper, proclaims on its front page "Ranieri e re d'Inghilterra" - "Ranieri is king of England"

Corriere della Sera says Leicester's win is "like a fairytale", also describing the Italian coach as the new "King of England".

"From today in England, The Italian Job is no longer just the 1969 film with Michael Caine, where he tries to steal a load of gold in Turin using Mini Coopers. The Italian Job is a new story, an Italian success with a jackpot of 170 million euros in prizes and TV licenses for Leicester..."

Are reporting for what must surely rank as one of the most pointless training sessions of all time. Here's Andy King and Danny Drinkwater...

And here's Marcin Wasilewski, driving what looks like a souped-up white van.

They'll all be hoping Claudio Ranieri goes easy on them after last night's antics, 20 seconds of which the Premier League have just shared on Twitter.

Alcopops, out-of-time singing and a room full of men. Looks just like your average night at Tiger Tiger. 

Here's a full round-up of how the world's media this morning responded to Leicester's stunning Premier League victory.

The world's media have paid tribute to Claudio Ranieri and Leicester City's Premier League title triumph. Tottenham's failure to beat Chelsea secured the Foxes' first top flight trophy in 132 years and the phenomenal story of the club's miracle season has dominated front pages across Europe.

Oh okay then, it's a parody account, but still.

Celebrating during the daylight hours never looks as fun as celebrating at night, does it? Here are some fans enjoying a morning out in front of a practically deserted King Power Stadium. 

And here is another fan who is having an even better morning than your average Leicester supporter. Leigh Herbert enjoyed a speculative flutter on his team to win the title at the beginning of the season, and now he's £20k better off for it.

Obligatory jumping up in the air looking ruddy well delighted snap in 3...2...1...

Speaking of Denmark, Peter Schmeichel's daughter is going to work dressed as a Premier League champion.

Again, from Richard Orange:

Denmark's Ekstra Bladet tabloid led on the hit to bookies. "Leicester Triumph is history's biggest betting shock", ran the headline. The Berlingske newspaper headlined its article with a quote from Leicester fan: "This year I've got married and had a child, but this beats everything."

Denmark's Ritzau news agency translated a tweet from Peter Schmeichel, the Danish goalkeeping legend and father of Leicester player Kasper Schmeichel . 

"This year I've got married and had a child, but this beats everything." One Leicester City fan, coming to a Danish knock-off version of Jeremy Kyle very soon. 

The Leicester physio clearly had one too many WKDs at Jamie Vardy's house party last night.

And here's a link to a story confirming Lineker is to honour his pledge to present  Match of the Day in his underpants after Leicester pipped Tottenham to the title.

I know, his pants. I can scarcely believe it either. Have you heard yet? Gary Lineker ... is going to present Match of the Day ... in his pants. His pants! On national television! Pants! Have you ever heard of something so SILLY? Something so utterly WACKY? His pants, I tell you! I wonder what colour they will be? The pants? Shall we talk about it all summer? Pants! Oh I can't wait for that episode, that episode he's going to present in his pants, in his pants, that episode he's going to present in his PANTS, in his PANTS, that episode he's going to present in his PANTS.

I wager pant-gate is going to become slightly repetitive over the summer months.

...all the way from Zimbabwe. This from Shepherd Maoneke:

Congratulations Leicester. And thank you Chelsea for ending Tottenham's dreams, the same you did to Liverpool when Brandon Rodgers and his team were on the verge of winning the title a few seasons ago. Regardless of form, Chelsea always seem to have a say in where the title goes.

That they do, although I think they deserve their fair share of criticism after last night's tear-up. And what on earth do their support make of the manner in which players such as Hazard and Fabregas finally raised their game, for what was ultimately a meaningless fixture?

You remember the one, the chap who hates his history but loves his football.

And, speaking to Sky Sports, Sir Peter Soulsby has been wondering how the city should replay Claudio Ranieri.

"Street names after him (Ranieri), freedom of the city, statues...I don't know what it will be. I do know we've got quite a lot of partying ahead of us as a city to the end of the season. And then a big celebration.

We are very proud of our team. We've been amazed by the performance of the team on the pitch. The inspiration given by two managers, Nigel Pearson first and now Ranieri. They really are something that the city has got behind, and are very very proud of."

I've seen a few Leicester people this morning, very graciously, comment on Nigel Pearson's role in their success. Is there not also a case that he's one of the worst managers of all-time, almost suffering relegation with a team of title-winners? Too harsh? Then call me a muppet: luke.brown@telegraph.co.uk.

He's just been driven into Leicester's training session, where his car was immediately mobbed by a scrum of reporters. And he says he thinks his team can get even better! Leicester City Champions League winners 2016/17, you heard it here first...

"I feel good, as you can imagine. I was at home last night to watch the match. I had lunch with my mother and then I flew back and arrived at 7pm, to watch the match

I haven’t spoken to the players yet, I am waiting to do so and we will enjoy it together.

(The title) means the job is good. I am very happy because if I had won this title at the beginning of my career, I would have perhaps forgotten it by now. But now I am an old man and it feels much better.

The emotions last night were at the maximum level.

I am very happy for the fans, and for the chairman and everybody in the Leicester community.

I don’t know the secret to our success. It’s the players, their heart and their soul, and how  they play.

I would tell the fans to keep going, because we’re going to improve a lot."

Wonder no longer! This from Richard Orange:

Leicester’s victory made the top stories in all of the major Swedish newspapers except one (the sober conservative Svenska Dagbladet). 

Dagens Nyheter’s sports commentator Johan Esk called it “one of football history’s greatest ever coups”, an underdog victory like that of Denmark in 1992 or Greece in 2004, only “larger, even more sensational, magnificent and wonderfully thrilling”. 

“It should not be possible to win a title in this way in a sports industry where billions in investments and at least two top world players for every place in your team are seen as the minimum requirement,” he wrote. “But it happened.”

Peter Wennman, who covers English football for Aftenposten, said the victory was “beyond belief”. 

“It has not sunk in yet," he wrote. "Maybe tomorrow. Maybe in a few weeks. Perhaps when the next season starts and Leicester City stands there as the defending champion. It is beyond belief. I’m going to have to watch everything in replay.”

Expressen newspaper celebrated the victory with typical Swedish humour, taking the 1 to 5,000 odds of a Leicester victory at the start of the season and using it for a list of “seven things more likely than Leicester’s Premier League victory” — including the discovery of the Loch Ness Monster,  the discovery of life on other planets, Elvis being alive, and Jeremy Corbyn winning celebrity Big Brother. 

The fallout from Tottenham's 2-2 draw with Chelsea continues, with John Terry urging the FA not to hand out "silly bans" after a 22-man pile-up at the end of yesterday's bad-tempered match which ended with Guus Hiddink flat on his backside. I don't think the FA are going to listen.

Have you all got your bingo cards ready?

Here's Jamie Vardy emerging from his house after what will surely go down as one of the most famous house parties in recent times. I can't imagine Leicester's training session is going to be all that competitive this morning..

Here's a word from the Chelsea reserve goalkeeper, ensuring that he's in for a rollicking from the home crowd the next time he warms the away team's substitutes bench at White Hart Lane.

I'm not too sure how much credit you can personally claim, Asmir...

Mayor Peter Soulsby clearly isn't all that much of a Time Team fan. He's been speaking to Radio 4's Today programme and has had this to say:

"Twelve months ago we were reburying King Richard... We thought it couldn’t get any better. Well, it has. The Premier League’s even bigger than that.

It has been said that we are somehow being repaid for burying Richard with honour in our cathedral.

Many people see the team as a metaphor for the city, and the success is brilliant for Leicester."

... from reader David Bevan:

I've been to every game home and away this season, I never even dreamed that I would see this day.

I've been writing a book all season about it which will be published on 30th June. I had no idea when I started about where it would end up. I've called it The Unbelievables because that's what this team are.

I'm so happy for anyone who cares as much about this football club as I do. We'll have an undercurrent of happiness for the rest of our lives because we'll always have this.

Well if that isn't a heart-warming email, I don't know what is. And if Arsenal were The Invincibles, I can totally get behind the idea of Leicester as the The Unbelievables.

Aiyawatt is the son of the owner of Leicester City, Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, and appeared on Thai television this morning.

As well as promising that the club do not intend to sell any of their title-winners, he also revealed there are plans to take the club to Thailand 'very soon'.

"They are coming to Thailand very, very soon. This is unbelievable. Thai people should be given a lot of credit as all players acknowledge how much support they have been given. 

(My father) was already proud of being the owner of an English Premier League team. Now he has owned an English Premier League Champion team, he can't be prouder.

I have to say on his behalf that he has managed the club with his heart and he just hopes to gain a reputation for the country."

Beginning with the Spanish newspaper Mundo Deportivo, who have opted to splash with Leicester's triumph rather than Atletico's forthcoming Champions League semi-final. Scenes!

An intriguing advert in the bottom right corner there, too.

And here's Italian newspaper Tuttosport (yup, the guys who make up about five hundred transfer rumours per day during the summer):

Standard title-winning celebration, this, let's see which fans pulled it off best.

Very strong effort, this. Bonus points for the sturdy looking Leicester City flag, as well as the can of summer fruits Kopparberg, a brave choice in the early hours of a freezing cold morning. 8/10.

The jubilation is clear for all to see, and the utter lack of attention the driver is paying to the road deserves credit. But where are the replica shirts? Where are the scarves? One feels this is an impromptu effort; could do better. 6/10.

This is how the professionals do it. Sporty convertible? Check. Special limited-edition title winning flag? Check. One too many passengers crammed into the car? Check. The only thing slightly amiss is the colour of the car. A classy 9/10.

Oh dear, show some enthusiasm lads, you've just won the league! A dismal 1/10, here.

that Leicester's football club weren't the only ones to do the city proud last night. Lifelong fan Mark Selby won the World Snooker Championship for a second time to put the icing on the cake of a remarkable day for the city's many sports fans. Make sure you check out Jim White's report from the Crucible. 

What a night this was for Mark Selby, the lifelong Leicester City fan. Within 15 minutes of his hometown team being confirmed as Premier League champions after Tottenham drew with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, he was winning the World Snooker Championship for the second time. 

His first act after being handed the trophy by Steve Davis was to wave an LCFC flag high and proud. Had anyone told him this time last year that he would be enjoying a sporting double on this scale, the self-styled Jester from Leicester could only have assumed they must be snooker loopy.

Let's have a look at the headlines of some foreign newspapers now, beginning with French daily L'Equipe:

The Italian press have rather unsurprisingly decided to focus their attention on Claudio Ranieri, and top points from the front-page photoshopping.

And here's Brazilian newspaper Lance! which has eschewed pictures of Leicester's players for some pumped-up pub-goers:

Meanwhile, in America...

Who is the son of club chairman, Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha. Aiyawatt has appeared on Thai television this morning, and has had these very encouraging words to say about Leicester's success:

"All of our players want to stay and keep on fighting together to see how far they can go. So selling players is not on our agenda."

A quick round-up of how the British press has responded to Leicester's triumph before we get stuck into the foreign titles. Starting with the best sports section, of course...

As for the other front pages...

The Guardian have meanwhile opted for a more retro look...

Leicester Supporters' Club chairman, Cliff Ginnetta, has been speaking to the PA and has called on the city of Leicester to get a accolade from the council.

He's also spoken about supporting the club when they were relegated to League One, and how there were arguments in the stands between fans. 

"He should be honoured in some way for what he's done. I know some people will say he's only doing his job and is getting well paid anyway but we should, in some way, even if we only name a street after him, or even a park. We should do something and I hope we do.

I was quite pleased when Claudio was appointed, we needed someone with a bit of nous, more tactically aware. Nigel Pearson had Plan A but I don't think there was a Plan B. With Claudio there's a Plan B and Plan C.

We needed a foreign manager, they bring so much more to the game than English managers do. I was one of the few and it's great to look at these pundits and think 'what do you really know?'.

Will we see Leicester carry on being successful? Yes, this is a stepping stone. This is our time and for the next few years Leicester will be one of the clubs up there. I'm not saying we'll win it every year but we'll be up there challenging.

It all turned for us when we got relegated to League One. I remember that day at Stoke (after a 0-0 draw) in the car park, people in floods of tears and arguments going on between the fans. Being relegated united the club and it was one of the greatest seasons.

We are now fans of the most famous clubs in the world. We're more famous than anyone at the moment and we're certainly getting talked about more than any other club.

It's daunting, everyone feels a bit taken back by it and we still don't believe it. It's a truly amazing story."

And this from Daniel Kampala, all the way from Uganda. Leicester's triumph really has made headlines around the world.

Thanks to you all. I am humbled by the scale of Leicester's achievement, which is richly deserved.

... involve being dragged around in slow motion across the kitchen floor, who knew? Here's skipper Wes Morgan celebrating Leicester's City title triumph in slightly less than usual circumstances:

And if you have any words of congratulations for Leicester, or indeed if you've been out celebrating, then please let us know by emailing luke.brown@telegraph.co.uk or messaging @lukedbrown.

Let's get some Piers Morgan in early and then all agree not to mention him again.

Boom. Done.

Leicester City's party continues into the second day, after Tottenham's 2-2 draw with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge handed Claudio Ranieri's team the title, and secured arguably the most stunning achievement in the history of British football. 

Supporters of the club poured out onto the streets after watching the draw in pubs and bars to commemorate their club's achievement, which has made headlines around the world. 

Leicester's squad watched the match that made them champions of England at the house of Jamie Vardy, with Eden Hazard's late equaliser promoting raucous celebrations.