Tottenham: Tottenham Hotspur became the latest club to join the football drive in China as the Premier League side will take part in a year-long initiative to develop the game at grassroots level in the Asian country. The London club’s global coaching team will follow methods used at their academy to provide 42 physical education teachers an insight into coaching at the elite level, which will help train 8,000 primary and middle school students in Guangzhou.

Sewell dies: Former England and Aston Villa striker Jackie Sewell has died at the age of 89. He joined Sheffield Wednesday in 1951 for a then-record transfer fee of £34,500 and won six England caps, scoring in the famous 6-3 defeat to Hungary at Wembley in 1953. Sewell scored 40 goals for Villa, winning the FA Cup in 1957, and also played for Notts County and Hull.

No rift: Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane denied last night there was a rift between him and Cristiano Ronaldo after the team’s talisman appeared to react angrily to being substituted in Saturday’s 2-2 draw at Las Palmas. “Everything is normal. Cristiano wasn’t the only one angry after the game but it’s over now,” the Frenchman told a news conference ahead of today’s Champions League match away to Borussia Dortmund. “I understand the level of attention it received but it is what it is.”

Schmeichel: Kasper Schmeichel could return for Leicester’s Champions League game with Porto tonight after recovering from a muscle strain. The goalkeeper has missed the last three games, the first two with concussion and the other with a groin problem, with Ron-Robert Zieler deputising for the Denmark international.