An early own goal from Janina Leitzig gifted Tottenham a winning start to 2025 as they beat Leicester in the Women's Super League. Goalkeeper Leitzig turned in Amanda Nilden's deflected cross in the fourth minute after great work from Maite Oroz in the build-up.

Tottenham are reportedly ready to intensify their chase for a bargain Ligue 1 striker following Dominic Solanke's injury, although their hopes of landing Jonathan David in the January window look to be disappearing.

Sean Dyche was accused of being too defensive-minded before he got sacked last week, but Everton got a little bit stuck between being hard to beat and pushing for a goal when they lost to Aston Villa on Wednesday.

Ange Postecoglou's Tottenham play in the same gear regardless of the opposition or scoreline — this needs to change

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Ex-Spurs keeper Paul Robinson tells The Football News Show he thinks Tottenham have to be more pragmatic to provide more support to their inexperienced defence. His former Tottenham team-mate Michael Brown also thinks their workrate has to increase when it comes to tracking back.

Ange Postecoglou has reinforced Tottenham Hotspur's "need" for new signings as soon as possible after confirming the club were interested in Randal Kolo Muani.

Arsenal closed the gap on Premier League leaders Liverpool to four points after a four-minute first-half turnaround

Defending champion Manchester United advanced from the third round by beating Arsenal 5-3 in a penalty shootout after a 1-1 draw.

Follow live coverage as Everton face Tottenham Hotspur today in the Premier League. Another top-flight season will be covered in full right here with The Independent, as reigning champions Manchester City look to make it an unprecedented five titles in a row come the end of 2024/25.

The family of the final British hostage in Gaza – one of three set to be released by Hamas on Sunday – have previously described her as their “light and life”. British- Israeli Emily Damari, 28, was kidnapped during the October 7 attack and has been a hostage for 471 days.