Postecoglou ‘Leaving No Stone Unturned’ to Prepare Spurs Team Fans Can Be Proud of

Football - Scottish Cup Final - Celtic v Inverness Caledonian Thistle - Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland, Britain - June 3, 2023 Celtic manager Ange Postecoglou acknowledges fans after winning the Scottish Cup. (Reuters)
Football - Scottish Cup Final - Celtic v Inverness Caledonian Thistle - Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland, Britain - June 3, 2023 Celtic manager Ange Postecoglou acknowledges fans after winning the Scottish Cup. (Reuters)
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Postecoglou ‘Leaving No Stone Unturned’ to Prepare Spurs Team Fans Can Be Proud of

Football - Scottish Cup Final - Celtic v Inverness Caledonian Thistle - Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland, Britain - June 3, 2023 Celtic manager Ange Postecoglou acknowledges fans after winning the Scottish Cup. (Reuters)
Football - Scottish Cup Final - Celtic v Inverness Caledonian Thistle - Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland, Britain - June 3, 2023 Celtic manager Ange Postecoglou acknowledges fans after winning the Scottish Cup. (Reuters)

New Tottenham Hotspur boss Ange Postecoglou said he would do everything possible to ensure the London side returns to playing exciting football the fans have longed for and can be proud of after taking over the reins at the Premier League club.

Spurs appointed Australian Postecoglou as their new manager on a four-year contract earlier this week and the former Celtic coach has his task cut out after the north London side finished eighth and missed out on European football.

The club's fans have longed for the exciting brand of football they played in the halcyon days under Mauricio Pochettino where they were league title contenders and even reached the Champions League final.

Postecoglou, who finished his career at Celtic with a domestic treble last week, said the Spurs job represented an "exciting opportunity" for the club to go in a new direction.

"(We want to) play football and create an environment that embodies the values and traditions of this fantastic football club, hopefully a team you can all be proud of and, more importantly, get excited by," Postecoglou said in a statement.

"I can assure you that, right through pre-season, we won't leave any stone unturned -- myself, the staff and the players -- to make sure that, when the league comes around, you'll all be as excited as I am about the season ahead.

"I really look forward to seeing everyone at the stadium, in particular at our first home game and look forward to the journey ahead."

Postecoglou will take charge of Spurs on July 1 and his first match will be on his home turf when they play newly-crowned Europa Conference League champions West Ham United in a pre-season friendly in Perth, Australia on July 18.



Swiatek Defends Coach and Psychologist Despite Disappointing Results

Tennis - Italian Open - Foro Italico, Rome, Italy - May 6, 2025 Poland's Iga Swiatek during a press conference REUTERS/Yves Herman
Tennis - Italian Open - Foro Italico, Rome, Italy - May 6, 2025 Poland's Iga Swiatek during a press conference REUTERS/Yves Herman
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Swiatek Defends Coach and Psychologist Despite Disappointing Results

Tennis - Italian Open - Foro Italico, Rome, Italy - May 6, 2025 Poland's Iga Swiatek during a press conference REUTERS/Yves Herman
Tennis - Italian Open - Foro Italico, Rome, Italy - May 6, 2025 Poland's Iga Swiatek during a press conference REUTERS/Yves Herman

Iga Swiatek has failed to win a tournament in almost a year, but the Polish world number two has defended her coach and psychologist despite the poor run of results and losing her place at the top of the world rankings in a difficult period.
Swiatek parted ways with her coach Tomasz Wiktorowski in October after three years, adding Belgian Wim Fissette to her team and in November accepted a one-month suspension after testing positive for banned substance trimetazidine.
The five-time Grand Slam winner has drawn a blank since winning last year's French Open, and her latest result saw Swiatek lose her Madrid Open title in a crushing 6-1 6-1 semi-final defeat to Coco Gauff last week.
"Sometimes I'm not happy with the way I play. It's natural, especially with my perfectionism. This can be seen on the court," Swiatek told Polish media outlet SportoweFakty in an interview.
"However, when I come off it, I can look at the season from a broader perspective.
"Then I find a lot of positives. Reaching the quarter-finals or semi-finals is a good result. Again, I am the most even player of the whole season."
According to Reuters, Swiatek was asked if new coach Fissette was responsible for the lack of success.
"No, this is a very harsh and unfair statement," Swiatek said.
"I can only look at the coach from my own perspective, which is the only right one for me, that is, what our work looks like every day.
"The worse results coincided with many other challenges in recent months, also in family life. I found myself at a stage of my career where I had to reformulate my thinking about myself.
Swiatek believes others have improved rather than her regressing.
"The level of tennis in the world is getting higher and higher. The girls got to know my game, they developed themselves," Swiatek said.
"Coco Gauff, who has always been a great talent, is older today and has more experience. Aryna (Sabalenka) managed to make it through the semi-finals and began to win titles."
The 23-year old has been working with sports psychologist Daria Abramowicz for the last six years and Swiatek was asked if there was a moment when she thought their cooperation had run its course.
"No. People don't know it, but practically every year there are different challenges," Swiatek replied.
"When I was suspended, I didn't want to go out on the court at all for a few weeks. It was the most difficult experience of my career. Daria is a constant support for me, a person I trust. This is my team, I decide who is in it.
"I am irritated by headlines talking about falling apart or a mental crisis. Of course, sometimes I get annoyed on the court. Sometimes I'm not as focused as I'd like.
"But I work, day in and day out, week in and week out, to be better. So there is no reason to make strange judgements or look for fatigue or burnout."