Friday 20 May 2016 14:34, UK
Claudio Ranieri is to receive an honour from the Italian president for guiding Leicester City to the Premier League title.
Ranieri, who is from Rome, is to be made a "Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Republic", a spokeswoman for the presidency said.
Leicester, 5,000-1 outsiders at the start of the season, stunned the football world by claiming a remarkable top-flight title.
When the club sealed their victory, fans in Rome displayed a banner in Ranieri's honour in the neighbourhood where his parents once ran a butcher's shop.
The 64-year-old has also managed Italian teams Fiorentina, Napoli and Roma, Spain's Atletico Madrid and Chelsea.
Other Grand Officers named on the same honours list include 'Cinema Paradiso' director Giuseppe Tornatore, French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve and businessman Alessandro Benetto.
