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Eric Dier: Tottenham midfielder involved in altercation with fan after ‘insult’


Jose Mourinho ‘understands’ Eric Dier’s actions following fan confrontation

England midfielder Eric Dier was involved in a confrontation in the stands after Spurs exited the FA Cup at home to Norwich after being “insulted” by a fan, said manager Jose Mourinho.

Dier climbed into Tottenham Hotspur Stadium’s bottom tier and was involved in a fracas before security intervened.

Mourinho said Dier’s younger brother was “not happy” about the insult.

The Portuguese added: “I think Eric did what we professionals cannot do but probably every one of us would do.”

Dier, who has 40 England caps, scored in the penalty shootout loss to Norwich, but Tim Krul saved two efforts to put the Canaries into the quarter-finals of the FA Cup.

Mourinho said: “I repeat we professionals cannot do it, but I repeat I am with the player and I understand the player. The fans were with the team until the last penalty kick that we missed.

“This person insulted Eric, the family was there, the younger brother was not happy with the situation.”

On the prospect of the club taking action against Dier, Mourinho said: “If the club does that I will not agree, but he did wrong.”

The incident happened in the area behind the dugouts, which is a corporate section, and Mourinho criticised it for not housing “real Tottenham fans”.

He added: “The people that are in these privileged positions by the tunnel, of course some are Tottenham fans.

“But I think a lot of corporate, a lot of invitation, a lot of people with special status [are in there] and probably it is the place of the stadium where I sometimes have doubts over if they are the real Tottenham fans, because these [real fans] are the ones who support the boys until the last.”



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The Oval: Surrey plan to reduce capacity to 6,000 if cricket restarts

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The Oval has a capacity of 25,500

Surrey hope to stage cricket in front of a reduced-capacity crowd at The Oval at some stage this summer, chief executive Richard Gould has said.

The county are looking into whether they could safely welcome up to 6,000 fans to the ground.

The Oval can hold 25,500 spectators and regularly sells out for international fixtures and T20 Blast matches.

No cricket has been played in England since the coronavirus pandemic halted competitive sport in March.

The Oval was due to host the first Test of the summer between England and the West Indies next week, but the season is on hold until at least 1 July.

It is looking increasingly unlikely the historic ground will hold any international cricket this year with the ECB likely to favour stadiums with on-site hotels.

“There is work ongoing but at a very gentle pace. One of the issues cricket has is we can only play in the summer,” Gould told BBC Sport.

“Therefore we’d like to understand possibilities of getting fans in later on in the summer.

“But we’re not going to do anything that doesn’t get full clearance. We’re not going to do anything other than follow government guidelines.”

The inaugural season of The Hundred competition has been cancelled, but the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) still wants to hold first-class and limited-overs competitions.

Northamptonshire have said they are looking to host T20 Blast matches in front of reduced crowds of around 1,500 fans this summer.

“The 25% capacity is something we’ve been looking at from other sporting venues. It may end up having to be lower than that,” Gould continued.

“Open air, sitting outside, at some stage may be perceived as different to sitting inside.

“We want to spread some optimism. If we can provide a little bit of positive leadership that’d be great.”

Gould also said a good financial year for the county last year was helping them get through the situation.

“Last year we had a profit before tax of over £6m,” he said.

“But as of March, everything has stopped, tickets sales have stopped, conferences and events. It’s a very strange situation to be in.

“Any events-based business at the moment is finding things extraordinarily difficult.”



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Caddie Harry Diamond to spend two weeks in quarantine before returning to golf with Rory McIlroy

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Diamond is a long-time friend of world number one McIlroy

Rory McIlroy’s caddie Harry Diamond is set to spend two weeks in quarantine in Florida so that he is available for the PGA Tour’s return on 11 June.

Players and caddies based outside the United States must quarantine in America before resuming the season.

World number one McIlroy is set to play at the Charles Schwab Colonial in Texas – the first PGA Tour event since 12 March because of the Covid-19 crisis.

“We will be able to get Harry on the bag,” said Northern Ireland’s McIlroy.

Diamond was due to fly to the US on Sunday and stay in Florida.

“We have a guest house that he can quarantine in and make sure he does all the necessary things that he needs to do to caddie for the next few weeks,” added McIlroy.

“The only tough thing is he has to come over and quarantine here for two weeks and then it looks like he will have to quarantine for two weeks on the other side as well.

“So for a three-tournament stretch it is actually seven weeks for him, but hopefully some of those rules could be lifted between now and then.”

Government guidelines in the UK state that people arriving in the country from abroad after 8 June must self-isolate for 14 days.

After joining Dustin Johnson, Rickie Fowler and Matthew Wolff in taking part in a charity skins game in Florida earlier this month, McIlroy is looking forward to returning to competitive action in Texas.

The Holywood native returned to world number one in February for the first time in five years and he is hoping his good form before lockdown will continue.

“It’s going to be different. Obviously there will be no fans, but there will still be the normal things that you would expect such as TV cameras,” he said.

“I’m excited to play again, to get back out there and compete. The PGA Tour have taken the necessary precautions to make sure that we can play in a safe environment.”



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