Hindustan Times ST (Mumbai)

LLORIS-SON ROW A SIGN SPURS ARE GROWING UP: MOURINHO

- Agencies sportm@hindustant­imes.com

LONDON:THE sight of Tottenham Hotspur team mates Hugo Lloris and Son Heung-min clashing at halftime during their 1-0 victory over Everton on Monday was “beautiful” and a sign that the team are growing up, manager Jose Mourinho has said.

Goalkeeper Lloris and forward Son had to be held apart by team mates shortly after Everton’s Richarliso­n had gone close to an equaliser, with Lloris clearly angry at Son for not tracking back in the build-up to the chance. “It’s beautiful,” the Portuguese added. “It’s something very important for the team to grow and for that you need to demand from each other and be strong personalit­ies.”

ALONSO SET FOR F1 RETURN WITH RENAULT Paris:two-time world champion Fernando Alonso is set to return to Formula One with Renault next year, the BBC reported on Tuesday.the 38-year-old Spaniard has already signed for the French team and an announceme­nt will be made soon, sources told BBC Sport.he left Formula One in 2018 after four fruitless years at Mclaren.

INFECTED TIAFOE BARRED FROM EVENT WASHINGTON:FRANCES Tiafoe has been barred from competing in World Teamtennis this month after testing positive for COVID-19 at an event last week in Atlanta, the league announced Monday. The 22-year-old American would have competed for the six-time WTT champion Washington Kastles in their bubble season starting Sunday at the Greenbrier resort in West Virginia.tiafoe tweeted Saturday that he had tested positive for coronaviru­s.

KARNI RANGE TO OPEN FOR ELITE SHOOTERS NEWDELHI:INDIAN shooters bound for Tokyo Olympics will resume their training from Wednesday following Sports Authority of India’s (SAI) decision to open the Karni Singh Shooting Range, which was closed since March.

“In the first phase, the facility would be opened only for athletes who have a probabilit­y of making it to the Olympics and form part of the core team of Indian shooting,” the SAI said.

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