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Dele Alli rescued a point for Spurs in a game they dominated but struggled to find a way past the inspired Ben Foster in the hosts’ goal. Nacer Chadli looked as though he’d won all three points for West Brom against his former side, before Alli struck in the 88th minute to rescue a 1-1 draw. READ MORE: Wasteful Spurs miss golden chance to control title race Pochettino also confirmed that Toby Alderweireld is likely to miss Tuesday’s Champions League trip to Bayer Leverkusen after being stretchered off with a leg injury in the second half....

Midfielder Dele Alli was booked for simulation during Spurs’ 2-2 draw with Liverpool at the weekend, as he attempted to win a penalty whilst through on goal. Pochettino agrees that the decision was correct, but he feels that such incidents are over-analysed, and has praised Alli’s character. “Look, it was a yellow card,” he told reporters, per The Independent. “It happens. The referee was right. During different games, a lot of situations like this happen....

Spurs now where Arsenal used to be Spurs were dominant against Arsene Wenger’s men on Sunday as Dele Alli’s goal and a Harry Kane penalty did the damage for the home side in the second half. The result leaves Spurs 17 points ahead of the Gunners, guaranteeing that they will finish above Arsenal for the first time since 1995. Pochettino was understandably beaming, but he was eager to insist that beating Arsenal is going to become a minor target in Spurs’ future seasons at their new stadium....

NEWSWEEK: How has poetry helped you cope with the mistrust and violence between Israel and its Arab-speaking neighbors? Peter Cole: It’s hard to boil these things down. All of the medieval work has been central to my sense of how these cultures can come together and has certainly recalibrated me as a person. I love Arabic and have had marvelous teachers and formed meaningful friendships within it. And of course it took me to Taha Muhammad Ali [a contemporary Palestinian poet], whose work is absolutely vital in the context of the conflict, as is the very different, and far more polarizing, work of the Hebrew poet Aharon Shabtai....

Man United 125/1 to go unbeaten in Premier League The Manchester United star was put through his paces by fans on Saturday as he took the virtual stand on Twitter. And amid the usual teasers on his favourite players and biggest influences, he was called into action to help release a caged grandmother. “Reply, or I don’t let my gran out,” a user wrote to him, accompanied by a picture of said gran locked inside a bird cage....

Having spent time away with France since his last domestic outing, the 24-year-old has decided that it is time for another image change. Man Utd 11/2 to beat Stoke 2-0 He left for World Cup qualifying duty with a blonde streak in his hair, but has embraced being a Red Devil as he prepares to step back into the fold with Jose Mourinho’s side. Pogba has enjoyed a productive opening to the 2017-18 campaign....

Post Malone, a Grammy award-winning artist, is set to perform in a virtual concert on Pokémon Day (February 27). The news comes from the official Pokémon social accounts, which released teaser videos of Post Malone. “I’ve been a Pokémon fan for a long time, so the opportunity to headline the Pokémon Day concert celebrating 25 years is awesome,” said Malone in a press release. The special Pokémon Day concert featuring Post Malone will be on the official Pokémon YouTube and Twitch channels as well as the Pokémon 25th anniversary website starting at 7 p....

Those looking to take part in the Unrivaled Charizard Tera Raid Battle can expect the event to kick off in December. The Pokemon Company plans to hold two splits for the event, with the first kicking off early in the month. The second part of the event will happen later in the month, just before the holidays. Unrivaled Charizard Tera Raid Battle Event Start Time The Unrivaled Charizard Tera Raid Battle Event will kick off on Thursday, December 1, at 4 p....

The latest figures published show The Great Dane at $19.79 million in career online cash game losses over the course of approximately 1.5 million hands. MORE: Negreanu back to No. 2 on GPI World Rankings | Poker players go all-in in ALS Ice Bucket Challenge | WSOP November Nine set The past 21 months have been particularly harsh for the 40-year-old Full Tilt sponsored pro, resulting in a loss of close to $17 million....

Montreal has quickly become one the favorite tour stops for the pros on the circuit. The hospitality of the Playground Poker Club combined with the Montreal nightlife has quickly attracted some of the game’s best including Antonio Esfandiari, Freddy Deeb, recent November Niner Tom Cannuli, Mike Sexton and Jeff Gross, who are all scheduled to enter this year’s event: MORE: Pahuja makes back-to-back final tables at WPT Montreal Lasy year’s event attracted a total of 732 players as Jonathan Jaffe (GPI No....

Strassman was last seen on Monday when he was in Slovenia visiting friends. PokerNews reached out to Slovenian authorities earlier this week and were told: It is still very much unknown what may have happened or how Strassman was reported missing. News of this event has tricked in the poker world as fellow poker pros and friends have taken to Twitter and Facebook to urge anyone with information to contact Slovenian authorities....

Matt Stout is one of those players who gives regularly to a number of causes. He was admittedly more involved in charity events before Black Friday, which took away his ability to make a living from online poker in the United States. But now, he’s ready to pick it up again. MORE: Selbst Becomes First Woman to Reach #1 | Nitsche Scores WSOP Hat Trick | Volpe Defeats Negreanu for bracelet...

The bodycam footage of the incident in January was released during a press conference at New Braunfels City Hall on Monday, after a mediation between the city and Crawford’s legal team had concluded. Police officer Kaleb Meyer, who has since resigned from the New Braunfels Police Department, approached the car with his gun pointed at Clarence Crawford. Crawford was told to put his hands on the wheel and became panicked during the confrontation....

Kensington Police Chief Scott Cain told Newsweek that a man arrived at Exeter Hospital Wednesday morning seeking help for a gunshot wound to his stomach. Cain explained the man was cleaning his gun, but it fell from his workbench and fired. “We received a call from the hospital’s emergency room and they explained they had a subject there with a gunshot wound to the abdomen,” he said. “They found it strange because his wife drove him there, there was no ambulance called....

Officer Fatih Dalgali was on trial for causing the death of 14-year-old Berkin Elvan who was hit in the head by a high-velocity gas canister in Istanbul in June of 2013 during the “Gezi Park” anti-government protests. Dalgali denies the accusation. Elvan died in March 2014 after being in a coma for 269 days. His family said he was out buying bread, not protesting. “This case is the case of all friends who lost their lives in Gezi,” Can Atalay, the lawyer of the Elvan family, said in a statement to the BBC after the decision....

According to a disciplinary charge sheet, while he was in the report writing room at the police station, he said “Somali citizens need to return to the Congo.” On the same day he also said that another officer would not be promoted because he was “dumb and black,” the Lansing State Journal reported. The charge sheet also stated that he had answered a phone call by saying: “What’s up [n-word]?...

The ISP this weekend confirmed that the boy’s body was found in a wooded area in the southern part of the state. The grim discovery was made by an unnamed resident who had been hunting for mushrooms in the area. On Tuesday, ISP Sergeant Carey Huls revealed that the body was found in a small suitcase and shared a photo of the bag in a press release in the hopes of sparking new advancements in the case....

Earlier this month, police in Midland, Michigan, rescued a chicken found wandering outside of a KFC. In an attempt to track down the bird’s owner, officials posted a photo of the chicken to social media along with an elaborate story concocted by the Midland Police Department. According to the Midland Police Department’s mostly satirical Facebook post, the chicken was rescued on September 10. “[O]fficers of the Midland Police Department were dispatched to the area of KFC on N....