Its three-game send-off series behind it, theU.S. women’s national team will spend 10 days training at the Lodge — Tottenham’s training center — in Enfield, England, before heading to France on June 7 ahead of its Women’s World Cup opener fourdays later against Thailand in Reims. The USA finished its 10-game warm-up series with a […]
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What They're Saying: Christian Eriksen
“I think I must be one of the luckiest guys on the planet today. With the last one they scored, I thought it was over. Thank God the ref gave offside. The whole game was a roller-coaster. It wasgoals, goals, goals, goals and drama everywhere.” — Tottenham star Christian Eriksen, who gave the ball away […]
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What They're Saying: Mauricio Pochettino
“It is like you are with your wife and you are holding hands, walking down the street. But because you are so handsome, another woman is looking at you. But your wife is so proud and, rather thanworrying, she is so happy to be with you and falls more in love with you.” — Tottenham […]
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Luka Modric is eager to fulfill 'great expectations' placed on Croatia
A penalty kick that star midfielder Luka Modric failed to convert could have shattered Croatia’s World Cup campaign in the round of 16. As the players lined up for apenalty-kick tiebreaker with Denmark, only a few minutes had elapsed since keeper Kasper Schmeichel snuffed Modric’s weak effort to push Croatia in front. Instead, overtime ended,1-1, […]
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After stellar club season, Captain Kane fuels England hopes
As the weeks and months count down to a World Cup, anxiety of fans andfollowers of the national teams head to the tournament grow and grow. They worry mostly about injuries, of course, but they also wonder if their players will be among those too tired, toobanged up, or just too burned out once the […]
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Cristiano Ronaldo plays down talk of Real Madrid crisis
After Real Madrid lost 3-1 to Tottenham in its first trip to Wembley Stadium, Cristiano Ronaldo insisted Spurs didn’t deserve to win and Real Madrid will turn itself around after a terriblestart to the season.
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Guardiola: 'Harry Kane team' will be EPL title challenger
How highly does Pep Guardiola, manager of EPL leader Manchester City, regard Harry Kane? He referred to third-place Tottenham as “the Harry Kane team” in his rundown of EPL titlechallengers. Kane scored his 12th and 13th goals of September as Spurs crushed Huddersfield Town, 4-0.
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English clubs near-perfect in Champions League
The true test for English clubs will come in February when the knockout stage begins and after a long winter marked by the annual holiday rush — four EPL games in 10 days this season! — but for nowthings are looking good in the UEFA Champions League. Seven clubs are unbeaten and untied after two […]
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UCL: Harry Kane hits a hat trick in Spurs win
Harry Kane scored a hat trick on Tottenham’s first three shots of the game in a 3-0 win over Apoel Nicosia. Kane now has six hat tricks in 2017 and five goals in the ChampionsLeague this season.
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UCL: Kane makes sure Tottenham's fortunes change at home
Harry Kane, whose two goals powered Tottenham to a 3-1 win over Borussia Dortmund in their Champions League Group E opener, credited a more experienced performance for the Spurs’ win overDortmund, which dominated the first half. “It’s a massive win,” Kane told BT Sport. “Nights like this at Wembley, we have to take advantage of […]