There is a particular kind of tension that arrives with a Monday night Premier League fixture, especially when it involves a club like Tottenham Hotspur, a team that always seems to be carrying a little more emotional baggage than most. On 19 October, Spurs welcome Coventry to Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, with kick-off at 8pm UK time, and the build-up has already been dominated by two significant names missing from the squad sheet. Rodrigo Bentancur will not be involved, as he begins the first of a three-match suspension following his red card at Old Trafford, a moment that felt costly in…

With the midterm elections now looming just days away, a thick fog of misinformation is settling over America’s battleground states. In Washington, the official conversation is still dominated by debates over voting rights, election certification, and the health of democracy itself, but on the ground the fight feels far more immediate and personal. The lies are no longer coming only from fringe internet accounts or foreign troll farms. They are being amplified by the president of the United States, financed by one of the world’s richest men, and delivered directly to people’s doorsteps with sleek flyers and QR codes. Democrats…