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Leicester City claim English Premier League title after Tottenham draws with Chelsea

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Leicester City have been crowned champions of England for the first time in the club's 132-year history, after nearest challengers Tottenham Hotspur drew 2-2 away to Chelsea.

The second-placed Spurs' failure to beat their London rivals at Stamford Bridge gave Leicester - 5,000/1 rank outsiders in pre-season - an unassailable seven-point lead at the top of the English Premier League table, with only a maximum of six available to Tottenham from their final two league games this season.

First-half goals from England's Harry Kane and South Korea's Son Heung-Min saw Tottenham into a 2-0 lead.

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But Chelsea defender Gary Cahill pulled a goal back in the 58th minute, before Eden Hazard crushed Tottenham's dreams of winning a first English top-flight title since 1961 with a superb curling effort just inside the box seven minutes from time.

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