Arsene Wenger hailed the efforts of Olivier Giroud after the France striker’s first half goal settled the north London derby in Arsenal’s favour, ensuring Tottenham began life without Gareth Bale with a painful defeat.

Tottenham winger Aaron Lennon is a doubt for Sunday’s Barclays Premier League derby at Arsenal as he is struggling with a foot injury.

The spat between Tottenham and Real Madrid over Gareth Bale’s transfer to the Bernabeu continued on Thursday after the Spanish club’s vice-president accused Daniel Levy of holding up the deal.

Tottenham will be without star forward Gareth Bale for the first leg of their Europa League play-off against Dinamo Tbilisi because of a foot injury.

Tottenham 2 FC Basel 2

Tottenham 0 Fulham 1

Liverpool 3 Tottenham 2

Liverpool 3 Totttenham 2

Lyon 1 Tottenham 1 (Tottenham win 3-2 on aggregate)

Tottenham 2 Lyon 1

Emmanuel Adebayor will be the bench this afternoon following his late return from the African Nations Cup as Tottenham attempt to leapfrog Chelsea into third with victory over Newcastle at White Hart Lane.

Norwich 1 Tottenham 1

Tottenham Hotspur 3 Coventry City 0

Tottenham 3 Coventry 0

Scott Parker made his first start of the season as Tottenham looked to avoid an upset against Coventry in the third round of the FA Cup.

Tottenham last night won the race to sign highly-rated Germany international Lewis Holtby from Schalke.

Left-back Benoit Assou-Ekotto has overcome his knee injury and looks set to make his first Tottenham appearance in four months tomorrow against Coventry in the FA Cup.

Emmanuel Adebayor is set to feature in Tottenham's FA Cup third-round clash with Coventry at White Hart Lane, but the Togo star's future beyond that remains in doubt.

Andre Villas-Boas has told his Tottenham players it would be “silly” for them to let their standards slip at home again when they host Reading today.

Gareth Bale’s latest controversial booking for diving has earned him a suspension for Tottenham’s New Year’s Day clash with Reading.

Gareth Bale’s latest controversial booking for diving has earned him a suspension for Tottenham’s New Year’s Day clash with Reading.

Forward Clint Dempsey and midfielder Tom Huddlestone have a chance of returning from their respective groin and knee injuries for Tottenham’s game against Sunderland tomorrow.

Forward Clint Dempsey is a doubt for Tottenham’s St Stephen's Day fixture at Aston Villa after he missed Saturday’s draw against Stoke with a groin problem.

Gareth Bale has recovered from his hamstring injury and is available for Tottenham’s Barclays Premier League game against Stoke tomorrow.

Scott Parker and Benoit Assou-Ekotto have returned to first-team training and could feature in Tottenham’s Barclays Premier League game against Swansea.

Jan Vertonghen turned down a move to Arsenal after hearing that Arsene Wenger wanted to deploy him in midfield, the Tottenham player has revealed.

Jan Vertonghen turned down a move to Arsenal after hearing Arsene Wenger wanted to deploy him in midfield, the Tottenham player has revealed.

Tottenham defender Benoit Assou-Ekotto has resumed first-team training after over three months out with a knee injury.

Tottenham defender Michael Dawson has only a slim chance of recovering from his hamstring injury in time to face Everton on Sunday.

Manager Andre Villas-Boas has reversed predecessor Harry Redknapp’s ban on Christmas parties at Tottenham, insisting he is happy for the squad to have “two or three” this winter.

Andre Villas-Boas looks set to hand Brad Friedel his first Tottenham start in almost a month against Panathinaikos tomorrow.

Andre Villas-Boas is backing his Tottenham squad to cope with the absence of striker Emmanuel Adebayor for the next three matches.

Tottenham playmaker Mousa Dembele is out of tomorrow’s north London derby at Arsenal with a hip injury.

Mousa Dembele has been ruled out of Tottenham’s north London derby against Arsenal on Saturday.

Tottenham midfielder Sandro has a chance of recovering from a calf injury for Sunday's game against Manchester City, manager Andre Villas-Boas said.

Tottenham playmaker Mousa Dembele is unavailable for tomorrow’s Premier League game against Wigan due to a niggling hip injury.

Striker Emmanuel Adebayor is a doubt for Tottenham’s Capital One Cup game at Norwich after he missed training yesterday with a stomach bug.

Jan Vertonghen hopes injuries do not prevent Tottenham getting back to winning ways at Southampton tomorrow. Spurs have suffered an unfortunate number of blows already this season as they juggle domestic and European commitments.

Tottenham's Gareth Bale will return from paternity leave to face former club Southampton on Sunday.

Tottenham boss Andre Villas-Boas is still without Achilles victim Scott Parker for his side’s Barclays Premier League clash with Chelsea.

Striker Emmanuel Adebayor is fit for Tottenham’s Premier League game against Aston Villa on Sunday after recovering from a hamstring injury.

Brad Friedel will return in goal for Tottenham’s trip to Manchester United in the Barclays Premier League.

Tottenham will make a number of changes from the team that beat QPR for tomorrow’s Capital One Cup clash at Carlisle.

Striker Emmanuel Adebayor is out of Tottenham’s Europa League clash with Lazio due to a hamstring injury.