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It would be a macabre story but relegation needs to happen for Tottenham | Jonathan Liew
Posted on Thursday March 12, 2026
All the managers since Pochettino have drained life from the club, which appears interested in anything but football nowSad news coming out of Tottenham this week: Ryan Norys’s talk at the South by Southwest festival on Friday will no longer take place. The club’s chief revenue officer, who has overseen a 40% rise in commercial revenue over the past three years, was due to speak on “how Tottenham is evolving beyond football to become a global cultural brand”. And given the rich seam of cultural content Spurs have been providing the world over recent weeks, you have to say it’s been a stunningly successful initiative.Alas, when Norys posted an advertisement for the event on his LinkedIn page this week, Spurs fans exploded with anger, forcing the talk to be cancelled. Fortunately, those still interested to see how Tottenham are evolving beyond football can simply observe their recent performances on the pitch. Igor Tudor’s Tottenham Hotspur: proudly evolving beyond defending. Beyond possession. Beyond goalkeeping. Beyond tactics, beyond teamwork, beyond competence, beyond the basic bipedal human ability to stand up straight. And – who knows? – perhaps even beyond the Premier League. Continue reading...
Jack Draper defeats Novak Djokovic to keep Indian Wells title defence on track
Posted on Thursday March 12, 2026
British No 1 comes from behind to beat Serb 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5)Hard-fought win is first of Draper’s tennis career over DjokovicJack Draper overcame Novak Djokovic for the first time in his career to keep the defence of his Indian Wells title on track. The 24-year-old Briton came through a gripping match lasting more than two-and-a-half hours in a deciding tiebreak to win 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5).Djokovic took a hard-fought opening set 6-4 but Draper responded by taking a second break point in the opening game of the second. The Serb broke back and Draper appeared in trouble in the eighth game when he was pegged back from 40-0 to deuce before eventually holding. Continue reading...