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It’s hotting up at both ends of the Premier League table as we head towards the final third of the season. Liverpool face a must-win game away against West Ham on Monday night if they are to maintain a significant advantage over Manchester City after the champions saw off Arsenal 3-1. Spurs kept in touch with a win of their …

Son Heung-Min is free to resume playing long-term with Tottenham Hotspur. The South Korean is 26-years-old, and men in the country are required to serve a compulsory twenty-one months in the military before the age of 28. The exception are those that win Olympic medals, or Asian Games gold medals. The World Cup also qualifies, but South Korea’s campaign ended at …

Tottenham Hotspur forward Son Heung-min scored a screamer as South Korea beat Honduras 2-0 in their opening World Cup warm-up match on Monday. The 25-year-old has scored 39 times for Spurs over the past two seasons, and may well carry on in that vein for his national side. Son thumped a thunderous shot off his left foot to put South …

​Paul Smyth was Northern Ireland's hero after coming off the bench to mark his international debut with the winning goal against World Cup-bound South Korea.

Harry Kane set a new record for the most Premier League goals in a year and will finish as Europe’s leading scorer for 2017 after the Tottenham Hotspur forward hit a hat-trick in his side’s 5-2 rout of Southampton on Tuesday. Kane’s 22nd-minute header at Wembley was his 37th goal of the year, moving him past Alan Shearer’s previous Premier …

Tottenham narrowed the gap to fourth-placed Arsenal to once point once again with a 4-1 comeback win against Southampton at St. Mary’s. Mauricio Pochettino’s side were given a huge scare after just two minutes, when in-demand defender Virgil van Dijk put Southampton ahead. However, Spurs soon gained a foothold on the game, and over turned the deficit either side of …

Tottenham put their recent woes behind them by annihilating Swansea City 5-0 at White Hart Lane on Saturday. With just one win in ten in all competitions for Maurcio Pochettino’s side, Tottenham’s season was starting to look in danger of not living up to its promise – especially with their early Champions League exit recently. However, they put relegation-threatened Swansea …

Chelsea made it seven straight wins in the Premier League as the came from behind to defeat Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 at Stamford Bridge. Antonio Conte’s looked under pressure in the first half, and a fine Christian Eriksen effort had Spurs ahead after just ten minutes. Indeed, the home side looked slightly subdued until a well-taken curling strike from in-form Pedro …

Tottenham took on north London rivals Arsenal at the Emirates on Sunday with their unbeaten Premier League record on the line. An own goal from defender Kevin Wimmer, a late replacement in the absence of Dele Alli, just before time could have sank Tottenham in the wrong circumstances, but a penalty from the returning Harry Kane just five minutes into …

Arsenal take on Tottenham this weekend in a north London derby made all the more intriguing by the narrative before it. Arsenal, unbeaten since the opening day and looking to mount their first sustained title challenge in over a decade, take on a Spurs side who remain without defeat in the Premier League but whose form has seriously started to …

If you haven’t already, then it’s time to seriously accept that Tottenham Hotspur are genuine challengers for the title this season, even if Pep Guardiola and José Mourinho are now managing sides in England. Spurs will consider themselves desperately unlucky that they didn’t snatch the title last season with all the so-called ‘big teams’ not doing particularly well. Now, after …

The Premier League rounded off its list of awards this morning by handing out Player of the Month for September. In a shortlist of five, namely Liverpool midfielder Adam Lallana, Tottenham’s Son-Heung-min, Kevin De Bruyne of Manchester City, Arsenal’s Theo Walcott, and Romelu Lukaku of Everton, the Spurs forward has been the successful recipient. Congratulations Son Heung-min! The @SpursOfficial star …

Tottenham forward Son Heung-min’s fantastic run of form continues on international duty with South Korea. Since breaking into the Spurs starting lineup last month, the 24-year-old has been in rampant form, scoring five goals in six games and cementing his place as a starter in the absence of Harry Kane (and probably beyond). He was in action on Thursday for South …

The Olympic Games begin in Rio this week, with a number of Premier League players making the journey to Brazil as the football tournament kicks off this Thursday. As the competition is generally limited to players under the age of 23 (with every competing country getting as many as three over-age exceptions), the squads tend to look radically different to those …

With the £18m signing of Dutch international striker Vincent Janssen locked down last week, Tottenham have now turned their attention to the wing. Multiple sources (including the Guardian) have this morning broken the news that Spurs have agreed a fee of €13m to sign Marseille winger Georges-Kévin Nkoudou. The French under-21 international is expected to sign a five-year deal once the …

Tottenham look set to replace Inter-bound Erik Lamela with a star from Germany’s top flight in Heung Min Son, being  close to agreeing a €30m fee with Bayer Leverkusen, according to ESPN. It will come as a surprise to us for those of you who claim they do not have a clue who the South Korean is. Asia’s footballer of the year …