Mauricio Pochettino wore the smile of a proud man after his Tottenham team somehow escaped with a point from the Etihad, but beneath that was the stark realisation that his club is in danger of being left behind in the Premier League arms race.

There was a cursory meeting of Arsenal and Tottenham supporters at Frankfurt Airport on Thursday morning, one side beating a retreat from Baku, the other en route to the Champions League final in Madrid.

Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino accepts that his club’s extended stay at Wembley has affected the team.

Gary O’Flaherty retained his Lee Valley Senior Scratch Cup yesterday after he posted a solid level par final round 72 in blustery conditions.

The co-founder of a Washington opposition research firm that produced a dossier of salacious claims involving Donald Trump has spent hours speaking to Senate investigators in a closed-door meeting.

Mauricio Pochettino says Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy has assured him the club does not have to raise money this summer and will only offload players they want to sell.

Tottenham 4 Watford 0: Dele Alli turns 21 tomorrow, and although Mauricio Pochettino says he loves him like a son, it is typical of the Tottenham manager’s style that he will not give special treatment to the man he believes is the best young player in Europe.

Stranger Things season 1 pretty much came out of nowhere to be one of the best and most exciting series of the year. Happily Netflix is going to bring it back for at least one more season, with extra episodes already in production.

He may have an economics degree but chemistry has always been of interest to Arsene Wenger. 

EVERY so often you read a book whose author has so acutely captured the human condition, in all its anxiety-fuelled, confused glory, that it’s almost painful to read — like holding a mirror up to your own, imperfect self.

Former Open champion Louis Oosthuizen has joined Adam Scott in opting out of the Olympic Games in Rio this summer.

Spain’s Pablo Larrazabal hailed one of the best rounds of his career after claiming the halfway lead in the Spanish Open at a testing Valderrama.

Overnight leader Louis Oosthuizen eased to a one-shot victory in the ISPS HANDA Perth International after a final-round 71 at Lake Karrinyup Country Club.

An oasis of peace on a Greek island proved the perfect environment for Claire Droney to practice her writing skills tutored by a Man Booker author. 

Imagine what it’s like to go from being stationed in the Cork burbs to being stationed in the Australian outback. Jonathan de Burca Butler meets up with Irish gardai who are being snapped up in Western Australia because of their high level of training

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Wu Ashun became the first Chinese player to win a European Tour event on home soil on Sunday as David Howell bogeyed the 72nd hole of the Volvo China Open.

This week, a plucky security has the adventure of a lifetime in Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb; it’s a hard knock life in the modern update of the musical Annie, and Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels reunite for the comedy sequel Dumb & Dumber To.

Germany’s Marcel Siem claimed his fourth European Tour title in dramatic fashion after a three-man play-off for the BMW Masters in Shanghai on Sunday.

France's Alexander Levy made the ideal start to his bid for a third victory of the season - and second in China - in the BMW Masters today.

Israeli expats boasting on social media, about the great lifestyle in Berlin and encouraging others to join them, have enraged those at home, says Aron Heller

Patrick Reed gained a small measure of revenge for last month’s Ryder Cup defeat by knocking European hero Jamie Donaldson out of the Volvo World Match Play Championship yesterday.

Ryder Cup star Victor Dubuisson was the only player certain of a place in the quarter-finals of the Volvo World Match Play Championship ahead of Friday's final group matches at The London Club.

Defending champion Graeme McDowell suffered just his third ever defeat in the Volvo World Match Play Championship against an inspired Mikko Ilonen on Thursday.

Graeme McDowell outlined a renewed commitment and some ambitious career targets after making an ideal start to the defence of his Volvo World Match Play Championship title.

Alexander Levy has won the Portugal Masters after the event was reduced to 36 holes as more rain battered the Oceanico Victoria Golf Club yesterday.

Alexander Levy has won the Portugal Masters after the event was reduced to 36 holes as more rain battered the Oceanico Victoria Golf Club.

The Portugal Masters has been reduced to 54 holes after heavy rain caused lengthy delays in Vilamoura yesterday with only six players, including leader Alexander Levy, completing their second rounds.

Nicolas Colsaerts left his putt on the 18th "hanging" as he just missed out on firing the European Tour’s first round of 59 at the Portugal Masters.

A nurse in Spain has contracted Ebola, becoming the first person known to have caught the disease outside the outbreak zone in West Africa during the current epidemic.

The parents of a US cameraman diagnosed with Ebola have said their son is in good spirits.

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Newly-appointed head coach Mauricio Pochettino has promised to bring attacking football to Tottenham after agreeing a five-year deal that leaves Southampton needing a new manager.

Newly-appointed head coach Mauricio Pochettino has promised to bring attacking football to Tottenham after agreeing a five-year deal that leaves Southampton needing a new manager.

Mauricio Pochettino has been appointed Tottenham head coach, leaving Southampton to pen a five-year deal at White Hart Lane.

Manager Tim Sherwood has parted company with Tottenham.

Under-fire Tim Sherwood admitted he would not change anything about his time at the Tottenham helm.

Unheralded Frenchman Alexander Levy thrust himself into the spotlight with a 10-under-par 62 — the lowest score of his career — in the second round of the Volvo China Open.

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James Franco's ex-manager is being sued for allegedly stealing from the actor for eight years.

Tim Sherwood’s infamous rant after Tottenham’s defeat at Chelsea last week has raised more questions than it has provided answers.

Glenn Hoddle wants to take the Tottenham job for a second time.