Tottenham Sack Mourinho After 17 Months in Charge
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TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 2021 11 Cray gears up for tough Tottenham sack Mourinho Olympic qualifiers after 17 months in charge Spurs are seventh in the Premier League after a poor run Mourinho sacked less• than a week before Jose and his coaching Sunday’s Carabao staff have been with Cup final against us through some of Manchester City our most challenging times as a club. Jose AFP | London is a true professional who showed enormous ose Mourinho was sacked resilience during the by Tottenham yesterday pandemic just six days before they J DANIEL LEVY Cray faces an uphill climb to reach the Olympics play Manchester City in the League Cup final as the Portu- late return from the internation- TDT | Manila guese boss paid the price for a al break when the Belgian was turbulent campaign. José Mourinho arriving home with his personal effects after being sacked actually pictured at the training ilipino-American trackster Mourinho, 58, was dismissed ground. FEric Cray will pursue his after only 17 months in charge, Southampton and the League ing managerial career that now With Tottenham unlikely quest for an Olympic qualify- even though he could have led Cup final at Wembley. appears on the decline. to qualify for the Champions ing berth within the next three KNOW WHAT the club to their first silverware Tottenham chairman Dan- The former Porto, Chelsea, League, there are also fears star weeks. since 2008. iel Levy said: “Jose and his Inter Milan, Real Madrid and striker Harry Kane will ask to The 32-year-old Cray, who Tottenham have been strug- coaching staff have been with Manchester United boss was leave in the close-season. will try to hit the Olympic gling in their bid to qualify for us through some of our most appointed by Tottenham in No- England captain Kane re - qualifying time in nine more Cray is setting his the Champions League via a challenging times as a club. vember 2019, less than 12 hours sponded to Mourinho’s exit events, will be competing in an sights on qualifying top-four finish in the Premier “Jose is a true professional after Mauricio Pochettino had by tweeting: “Thank you for event on April 22 in Albuquer- for the Tokyo Games League. who showed enormous resil- been dismissed. everything Boss. A pleasure to que, New Mexico. He will next Spurs are currently seventh, ience during the pandemic. But unlike Pochettino, who have worked together. I wish go to the Don Kirby Tailwind and then an even big- five points behind fourth-placed “On a personal level I have en- led Tottenham to the 2019 you all the best for your next Open. ger task: win the first West Ham, and suffered a shock joyed working with him and re- Champions League final and chapter.” At the Michael Johnson In- Olympic gold medal Europa League last-16 exit gret that things have not worked regularly finished in the top Son Heung-min was one of vitationals at the Clyde Hart for the Philippines against Dinamo Zagreb. out as we both had envisaged.” four, Mourinho was unable to the players to thrive under Track & Field Stadium in “The club can today announce Leipzig boss Julian Nagels- spark a response from his squad. Mourinho and the South Korea Waco, Texas over the week- that Jose Mourinho and his mann is the bookmakers’ fa - Tottenham finished sixth forward paid tribute to him. end, Cray in clocked in at 51.61 Angeles, the USA Track and coaching staff have been re - vourite to replace Mourin - last season and went out of the “I have no words to describe seconds for third place in the Field Open, and the Prairie lieved of their duties,” a Tot- ho, while Leicester manager Champions League in the last how I’m feeling, it’s been a men’s 400-meter hurdles be- USATF Invitational. tenham statement said. Brendan Rodgers is also a con- 16. pleasure to work with you,” Son hind Moitalel Mpoke, who Two years ago, Cray, who The bombshell news came tender. Amid reports of player discon- wrote on Instagram. topped the event in 50.53 sec- holds three Philippine records, less than 24 hours after Totten- Nagelsmann has also been tent with Mourinho’s conserva- “I’m sorry things didn’t work onds and Pablo Ibanez, who took the 2019 Southeast Asian ham announced they were one linked with Bayern Munich, tive tactics and boring training out and truly grateful for the placed second in 51.32 seconds. Games gold in 50.21 seconds. of 12 clubs planning to launch who are set to lose boss Hansi sessions, the Portuguese coach time we’ve had together. Good Despite the podium fin - Cray represented the Phil- a breakaway European Super Flick in a move that could have had been losing his grip on the luck and all the best for the fu- ish, Cray’s performance was ippines in the last 2016 Rio De League. persuaded Tottenham to act on job for several weeks. ture.” three seconds slower than the Janeiro Olympics where he Tottenham’s academy coach Mourinho now rather than wait He had a public spat with on- Only during his spell at Portu- Olympic qualifying standard of reached the semifinals. Now, Ryan Mason, a former player until the end of the season. loan Real Madrid star Gareth guese club Leiria has Mourinho 48.90 seconds. he is setting his sights on qual- at the club, will take first-team Bale about his fitness for an posted a lower win ratio in all It was also slower than his ifying for the Tokyo Games and training this week and is set to Mourinho in decline FA Cup defeat at Everton and competitions (45 percent) in his national mark of 48.98sec at then an even bigger task: win pick the team for Wednesday’s Mourinho’s abrupt exit is the claimed Toby Alderweireld was managerial career than he did the World Challenge Series the first Olympic gold medal Premier League clash with latest setback in a once-glitter- absent from the squad due to a with Tottenham (51 percent). in Madrid Spain in 2016, as for the Philippines. well as his golden performance The ace hurdler and sprinter at the 2019 Southeast Asian is preparing to seek qualifica- Games in Manila where he tion in the men’s 400-meter clocked 50.21sec. hurdles. Donaire to lock horns with Oubaali next month Cray, a six-time Southeast Cray did not see much action Asian Games gold medalist and last season because of strict TDT | Manila 2017 Asian Athletics champi- coronavirus lockdowns around on, is expected to see action Texas. But there were im - ormer four-division world BETTER in three meets this month, and provements in his speed dur- Fchampion Nonito Donaire four more in May. ing his first race in the 2020 of this Philippines is back in His next race will be the Don outdoor season on February 13, action when he goes up against KNOW Kirby Tailwind Open in New 2020, when he came up with a World Boxing Council (WBC) Mexico on April 22, followed personal best of 47.8 seconds in bantamweight kingpin Nordine by the Drake Relays in Iowa an indoor meet in Albuquer- Oubaali of France on May 29 at on April 24 and the Texas Meet que, New Mexico. a yet-to-be-announced venue. Against the 34-year- on April 30. The multiple medalist hit The 38-year-old Donaire, old Oubaali, the veter- The 2016 Rio Olympian is 46.5 seconds in the 400 meter known as the “Filipino Flash”, an Filipino slugger will also competing in the Mt Sac hurdles at the height of the will be seeking to grab Oubaali’s be facing an unbeaten Relays in Walnut, California, pandemic in April last year in 118-pound belt and win his third the Pro Track Series in Los Texas. bantamweight title following champion and a two- a unanimous decision loss to time Olympian who unified International Boxing owns an unblemished Federation (IBF) and World 17-0 win-loss record Donaire is eyeing his third bantamweight title Boxing Association (WBA) super with 12 knockouts champion Naoya ‘Monster’ In- va. due to the pandemic. Oubaali oue of Japan in Saitama, Japan. “I am snatching that WBC had been pulled out of the fight November 2019. (World Boxing Council) belt after he tested positive for COV- Prior to his match with In- come May 2021,” Donaire ID-19. that has given him two Knock- oue, Donaire – who holds a 40-6 tweeted. Donaire was then given a fight out of the Year awards in what record on top of 26 knockouts Oubaali, a southpaw, is on a for the interim title against Em- was seen as one of the best fights – beat the likes of Ryan Burnett mission to defend his bantam- manuel Rodriguez as a replace- for the Filipino in the latter part and Stephon Young in Novem- weight title for the third time ment, but tested positive for of his storied career. ber 2018 and April 2019, respec- since beating American south- COVID-19 as well. That was a grueling fight for tively. paw Rau’shee Warren in Janu- The Bohol-born fighter has both fighters, particularly In- Against the 34-year-old Ou- ary 2019 at the MGM Grand in won major titles at flyweight, oue. He suffered an eye ridge baali, the veteran Filipino slug- Las Vegas. bantamweight, junior feather- fracture, a broken nose, and a ger will be facing an unbeaten The 5-foot-6 Donaire will be 2 weight and featherweight in 18 bad cut.