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Dele Alli signs new Spurs deal AFP | London

ngland midfielder Dele EAlli has signed a new Guardiola digs out long-term contract, keep- ing him at Tottenham until 2024, the Premier League club announced yesterday. The 22-year-old joined Spurs in 2015 and has scored 48 goals in 153 competitive appearances for the club. Wembley pitch He joins Harry Kane, Son Heung-min, Davin- Reuters | London good.” son Sanchez and Harry It was generous of Guardiola Winks in signing long-term ep Guardiola praised his who was kicking the air in frus- deals at the club in recent side for digging out a 1-0 tration at times, especially when months. Pwin against Tottenham David Silva wasted an open goal “We are delighted to an- Hotspur on a shoddy Wembley to make it 2-0 after halftime. nounce that Dele Alli has pitch on Monday and said the “In the first 15-20 minutes of signed a new contract with poor playing surface may have the second half we should have the Club, which will run un- saved his side. the game over and the big events, til 2024,” Spurs said on their City had failed to build on the like the Champions League, if website. sixth-minute lead given to them we are not more clinical, sooner “The midfielder joined us by Riyad Mahrez and looked as or later we are not going to win,” as a teenager from boyhood though they might pay when the Spaniard said. club MK Dons in 2015 and Erik Lamela sized up a great Spurs boss Mauricio Pochetti- immediately set about mak- late chance. no tried to play down the state of ing an impact in the Premier The Argentine looked poised the surface at Tottenham’s tem- League, being named PFA to equalise for Tottenham as the porary home, although he also Young Player of the Year ball was played to him by Dele said it played a part in Lamela’s and earning a spot in the Alli but it appeared to bobble glaring miss. PFA Team of the Year in slightly and Lamela blazed the “When the ball was going to each of his first two seasons chance over. Erik I said ‘goal’ but no, watching with us.” City’s sixth consecutive clean the replay, the ball just bounced sheet in the Premier League before his boot and that is why took the champions back to the Tottenham Hotspur’s Belgian midfielder Mousa Dembele (L) vies with Manchester City’s Brazilian midfielder Fernandinho he missed,” Pochettino said. top, above Liverpool on goal dif- during the English Premier League football match between Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City at Wembley Stadium Had Lamela scored it would Injured Varane out ference. have been a morale-boosting “It was not football condi - point for a Tottenham side, who for up to a month tions to play. We reacted well. sporting gridiron lines, divots “To play a football match on the grass helped them either. despite earning their best points For our players and the players and a huge faded-out NFL logo in that pitch it’s not easy. There “If the grass is good then haul from their opening nine AFP | Madrid of Tottenham, hopefully they the centre circle after Sunday’s were many mistakes that don’t Lamela, a player of his quali - Premier League matches, are will sort the problem for the fu- NFL game between Philadelphia normally happen. It was some- ty with his left foot, scores. If clearly not firing on all cylinders eal Madrid defender ture,” Guardiola said of a surface and Jacksonville. thing incredible. I don’t think (it) hadn’t bounced (badly), not this season. RRaphael Varane is set to miss up to a month with a leg injury, according to Spanish newspaper AS. The 25-year old left the Martial has world at his feet, field after 45 minutes in the Mahrez dedicates victory to club’s 5-1 defeat to Barcelo- says Man United teammate na on Sunday. AFP | London world at his feet. “He’s been diagnosed tragic Leicester City owner “Anthony is a great player with a groin injury to his nthony Martial can be- and he needs to understand right leg,” Real said in a AFP | London Acome one of the Premier that,” the United defensive statement without noting League’s top players if he be- midfielder said. how long the French inter- anchester City star Ri- lieves in himself, according to “He needs more confidence. national would be out for. Myad Mahrez dedicated his Manchester United teammate He is still young and I think if AS said he would be side- Wembley winner against Tot- Nemanja Matic. he continues to score in the lined for up to a month, tenham to Vichai Srivaddhan- Jose Mourinho’s men re - next game he will get that. If meaning he could miss aprabha after “heart-breaking” ceived a much-needed shot he reaches his top level, he can France’s games in Novem- death of the Leicester owner. in the arm on Sunday by over- be one of the best players in the ber against the Netherlands Vichai died on Saturday coming Everton. league for sure. and possible Uruguay. when his helicopter crashed Martial’s delightful curling “Sometimes I don’t think he He will also miss Real’s just moments after taking off effort proved the difference in understands how good he is. fixtures against Melil - from Leicester’s King Power a 2-1 victory at Old Trafford, He is quick, he is good with the la in the Spanish Cup on Stadium following their match where he was crowned man- ball, he can run.” Wednesday, Saturday’s against West Ham. of-the-match after also win- Asked if senior players like league match against Val- The football world was ning the penalty that eventu- himself have told Martial just ladolid, and the midweek stunned by the tragic accident Tottenham Hotspur’s Argentinian midfielder Erik Lamela (L) vies with ally led to Paul Pogba opening how good he can be, Matic trip to Victoria Plzen in the and it was especially hard to Manchester City’s Algerian midfielder Riyad Mahrez during the English Premier the scoring. said: “The manager speaks Champions League. He will take for Mahrez, who spent League football match between Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City The 22-year-old appears to with him about it. I have told also be out for the follow- over four years with Leicester have turned a corner at United, him once. But he is a great per- ing weekend league match and was a key figure in their re- Devastated Mahrez admitted Mahrez celebrated by raising having struggled to earn the son and a great guy, and I am against Vigo. markable Premier League title he was torn about whether to his fingers to the sky in tribute trust of Jose Mourinho and at happy for him that he is scor- triumph in 2016. play for City against Totten- to Vichai. times endured a testy relation- ing. It is great. The Algeria winger enjoyed ham, but went ahead because “It has been very, very diffi- ship with the manager. “The quality is there, confi- a good relationship with the he believed Vichai would have cult for me. It is not easy to have Martial’s run of four succes- dence is there now and he just Spanish FA vice charismatic Vichai before mov- wanted him to. this type of stuff. The ‘Boss’ was sive starts has brought four needs to be more consistent. ing to City ahead of the current After scoring the only goal of very special to me,” Mahrez goals and teammate Matic I am glad we have him in the president arrested campaign. the game in the sixth minute, said. believes the forward has the team.”

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panish FA Vice President SAndreu Subies was ar- rested yesterday morning ‘Intelligent’ Rayudu promises to end India’s No 4 as part of a police operation that also saw former presi- Reuters | New Delhi The problem has been acute “We need to back him till the dent Angel Maria Villar re- at number four with Ajinkya World Cup and give him more sign on corruption charges. ohit Sharma struck yet an- Rahane, Manish Pandey, Lokesh confidence. He is feeling good Subies, the former presi- Rother ‘daddy hundred’ but Rahul and Dinesh Karthik being about his game and he is a very dent of the Catalan Football it was probably Ambati Rayudu’s trialled at the crucial spot and confident man.” Federation (FCF), joined the relatively modest century on found inadequate. Rayudu exhibited both sides FA (RFEF) in May after Luis Monday which pleased India Rayudu’s second 50-plus of his batting in his 211-run Rubiales was appointed captain Virat Kohli more as he score in four matches against stand with Rohit on Monday, president. seeks an end to a pesky problem West Indies has filled Kohli with first playing second fiddle to “Subies has been detained seven months before next year’s optimism he may not need to his partner and then using the as part of an active inves- World Cup. fret over the issue anymore. long handle to good effect in his tigation into the diversion An undercooked middle order “Rayudu has taken his oppor- brilliantly paced knock of 100. of money from the Catalan has been direct result of having tunity with both hands,” Kohli In the end, he matched Rohit’s Football Federation to pri- an in-form trio - Rohit, Shikhar said after the team’s victory in four sixes and also reached the vate ends,” a Spanish police Dhawan and Kohli - at the top the fourth one-dayer against India’s Ambati Rayudu plays a shot during a One Day International against 50 and 100 marks in fewer balls spokesman told Reuters. of India’s batting order of late. West Indies in Mumbai. Zimbabwe (file photo) than his partner.