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Tottenham condemn ‘abhorrent’ racial abuse of Heung-min Son after defeat to Man United as South Korea forward becomes latest Premier League star to be targeted online

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Tottenham have condemned the ‘abhorrent’ racial abuse directed at Heung-min Son on social media after their 3-1 loss to Manchester United. The South Korea forward gave Spurs a 40th-minute lead, before second-half goals from Fred, Edinson Cavani and Mason Greenwood turned the game around on Sunday. Getty Son was racially abused on social media on Sunday evening But Son was in the spotlight before his opener when he went down under contact from Scott McTominay in the build-up to a Cavani goal, which was disallowed by referee Chris Kavanagh after a VAR review. Son has since become the latest Premier League star to be subjected to vile racial abuse online as Rhian Brewster, Anthony Martial and Marcus Rashford and more have suffered the same f...

Jan312021 by adminNo Comments

Covid: EU and AstraZeneca in ‘step forward’ on vaccines

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ReutersThe EU says UK-Swedish drug firm AstraZeneca will now supply an additional 9 million Covid vaccine doses by March, after days of criticism of the bloc's vaccination programme.Commission President Ursula Von Der Leyen said it was a "step forward".But the 40m doses now expected are still only about half of what had been hoped, amid continuing supply problems.The Commission has been involved in a much-criticised row with both the UK and AstraZeneca this week.In particular it was condemned over its threat to put checks on the Northern Ireland border to prevent vaccines produced in the EU from reaching the UK.The border was one of the most difficult problems to overcome in the recently agreed Brexit deal, following the UK's departure from the EU.The EU was angry that Britain was getting ...

Dec62020 by adminNo Comments

Tottenham 2-0 Arsenal: ‘We’re entering our prime’ – Harry Kane on forward partnership

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Harry Kane believes both he and attacking partner Son Heung-min are entering the prime of their careers after their goals helped Tottenham overcome arch-rivals Arsenal and return to the top of the Premier League table.The deadly double act were at the heart of another impressive win and both were on the scoresheet as Jose Mourinho's side took control of the game by the interval. Son, 28, and Kane, who is a year younger, have now combined for 31 Premier League goals, the second most of any duo behind former Chelsea players Didier Drogba and Frank Lampard (36).Eleven of those goals have come in this campaign and Kane told Sky Sports: "We're both at an age now where we're coming into maybe in our prime in terms of understanding the game and understanding each other."When I'm passing him throu...

Nov122020 by adminNo Comments

ESA moving forward with plans to explore exoplanets by end of 2020s

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Nov. 12 (UPI) -- The European Space Agency said Thursday it's moving forward with an ambitious mission to study exoplanets and plans to start by the end of the decade. ESA said it will choose a contractor to build a state-of-the-art spacecraft that can study various exoplanets for composition and clues as to how they evolved. Advertisement The studies are part of the ESA's Ariel mission, which it says will launch in 2029. Ariel, short for Atmospheric Remote-sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large-survey mission, will be the first to attempt to measure chemical composition and thermal structures of distant exoplanets. "Ariel will enable planetary science far beyond the boundaries of our own solar system," Gunther Hasinger, ESA director of science, said in a statement. "The adoption of Ariel ceme...

Nov102020 by adminNo Comments

Nicolas Pepe admits Arsenal ‘frustration’ as Gunners forward sends message to Mikel Arteta – ‘My goal is to play more’

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Nicolas Pepe has admitted he is frustrated at his lack of game time at Arsenal. The Ivory Coast international has been underwhelming since joining the Gunners from Lille in the summer of 2019 for a club record fee of £72million. Getty Images - Getty Pepe has struggled to cement a place in Arteta’s XI There have been unquestionable moments of quality, but just 11 goals in 54 appearances has been a disappointing return for the front man, who has struggled to cement a place in Arteta’s starting XI. And Pepe has now admitted his lack of first team minutes his hindering his ability to show his quality. “My goal is to play more. Have a little more playing time,” Pepe told Canal Plus. “He [Arteta] wants me to be 100 per cent focused during the 90 ...