Tottenham Boss Postecoglou Hails Son’s Mentality after Luton Win

30 March 2024, United Kingdom, London: Tottenham Hotspur's Son Heung-min celebrates scoring his side's second goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Tottenham Hotspur and Luton Town at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. (dpa)
30 March 2024, United Kingdom, London: Tottenham Hotspur's Son Heung-min celebrates scoring his side's second goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Tottenham Hotspur and Luton Town at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. (dpa)
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Tottenham Boss Postecoglou Hails Son’s Mentality after Luton Win

30 March 2024, United Kingdom, London: Tottenham Hotspur's Son Heung-min celebrates scoring his side's second goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Tottenham Hotspur and Luton Town at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. (dpa)
30 March 2024, United Kingdom, London: Tottenham Hotspur's Son Heung-min celebrates scoring his side's second goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Tottenham Hotspur and Luton Town at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. (dpa)

Tottenham Hotspur manager Ange Postecoglou hailed captain Son Heung-min after the South Korean attacker's winner against Luton Town on Saturday kept the north London club in the hunt for a top-four spot.

Tahith Chong gave Luton a surprise early lead before Tottenham equalized in the 51st minute through an Issa Kabore own goal.

Son then finished off a flowing team move in the 86th minute to secure a 2-1 win with his 160th goal for the club, which put him fifth on their all-time scorers' list.

"I think the thing about Sonny is that irrespective of opposition or whatever game it is, he has this really high level of expectation on himself to be the best he can be all the time. It's very hard to be like that," Postecoglou told reporters.

"It's a lot easier to try and get comfortable in the state of being as a person or as a player because he's done so much already. But he wants to maintain the highest possible standards whenever he plays, and when you see that with his football, his efforts, his leadership now so it's all encompassing.

"He's been a brilliant footballer for this club for a long time and hopefully for many years to come, and again I thought he was really unlucky with a couple of chances and some good saves. But when we needed him he was there and got the job done."

Tottenham, fifth in the league standings, next travel to face seventh-placed West Ham United in a league match on Tuesday.



‘Flooding Rains’ Threaten to Dampen Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony

Paris 2024 Olympics - Opening Ceremony - Paris, France - July 26, 2024. Spectators are seen behind the Eiffel Tower ahead of the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympics. (Reuters)
Paris 2024 Olympics - Opening Ceremony - Paris, France - July 26, 2024. Spectators are seen behind the Eiffel Tower ahead of the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympics. (Reuters)
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‘Flooding Rains’ Threaten to Dampen Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony

Paris 2024 Olympics - Opening Ceremony - Paris, France - July 26, 2024. Spectators are seen behind the Eiffel Tower ahead of the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympics. (Reuters)
Paris 2024 Olympics - Opening Ceremony - Paris, France - July 26, 2024. Spectators are seen behind the Eiffel Tower ahead of the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympics. (Reuters)

The Paris Olympics look likely to get off to a soggy start.

Meteo-France, the French weather service, is predicting “flooding rains” Friday evening when the opening ceremony is set to unroll along the Seine River. But the show is set to go on as planned, starting at 1:30 p.m. EDT/7:30 p.m. CEST and should last more than three hours.

Already in the late afternoon, skies were gray with intermittent drizzle. There was a silver lining, though, with temperatures expected to stay relatively warm throughout the evening.

Instead of a traditional march into a stadium, about 6,800 athletes will parade on more than 90 boats on the Seine River for 6 kilometers (3.7 miles). Though 10,700 athletes are expected to compete at these Olympics, hundreds of soccer players are based outside Paris, surfers are in Tahiti and many have yet to arrive for their events in the second week, organizers said Thursday.

Hundreds of thousands of people, including 320,000 paying and invited ticket-holders, are expected to line the Seine’s banks as athletes are paraded along the river on boats.