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Leicester and Ranieri win BBC awards

Claudio Ranieri has been named Coach of the Year at the BBC Sports Personality awards after steering Leicester City to their incredible Premier League title success.

Ranieri, who took over from the sacked Nigel Pearson, was seen as an uninspired choice by some after his predecessor had helped Leicester escape relegation in 2014-15.

However, the Italian and his side confounded the experts to go from 5,000-1 no-hopers to the best team in England.

They lost just three league games in 2015-16 and have gone on to reach the knockout stages of the Champions League this season.