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The New York Jets remain the only winless team in the NFL after the Denver Broncos escaped with a 13-11 win against Aaron Glenn's side in London.

Denver last week beat Super Bowl champions Philadelphia, who went into that game as one of only two teams still unbeaten.

Yet on Sunday at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, a team tipped as potential Super Bowl contenders laboured to victory in front of 61,155 fans in the second of this year's three London games.

Nade Adkins claimed the game's only touchdown at the end of the first quarter, helping the Broncos to a 10-6 lead at half-time.

Defences then dominated in a nail-biting second half, which saw the Jets edge in front with their third field goal and a safety.

The Broncos' second field goal put them back in front with five minutes remaining, before their defence stepped up in the closing stages.

The Jets were struggling to get within range to attempt a potential game-winning field goal with just over a minute remaining and went for broke on 4th & 8.

But they failed to earn first down as quarterback Justin Fields was sacked for the ninth time - he had as many sacks as pass completions (nine) - allowing the Broncos to improve their record to 4-2 while the Jets are now 0-6.

Chelsea posted their first win in three matches as the reigning champions defeated Tottenham in the Women's Super League at Kingsmeadow.

Sonia Bompastor's side, who were held to back-to-back draws by Manchester United last weekend and Twente in the Champions League, were frustrated by Spurs despite dominating the first half.

But the Blues secured a much-needed three points courtesy of a stunning second-half strike from Keira Walsh - the England midfielder's first goal for the club and first in the WSL since 2021.

Chelsea set the tone early as club record signing Alyssa Thompson flashed an effort wide from the left, before Nathalie Bjorn headed wide from first of the 13 corner kicks the Blues won in the first half.

But with the defending champions once again struggling to convert in front of the goal, their best chance of the half fell to Wieke Kaptein, who failed to turn in a cross from Johanna Rytting Kaneryd when unmarked in front of the goal.

Thompson tested Spurs keeper Lize Kop with a fierce shot soon after the restart, while Ellie Carpenter's effort from distance sailed inches over.

When Walsh's right-foot effort from range finally beat Kop and nestled into the bottom corner, it was Chelsea's 23rd effort of the game.

The victory moved them to 16 points from six matches at the top of the table, while Tottenham are now four points adrift.

Sometimes all you need is to do enough to win.

And that is exactly what Chelsea did here, even though it was once again far from one of their usual slick performances.

But after dropping points in the WSL and Europe in the past week, boss Bompastor will hope the hard-fought victory against Spurs will restore some of their confidence and momentum.

Her side had 67% of the possession and attempted 27 shots on Sunday, but only four were on target as they lacked that decisive final pass and finishing in the final third yet again.

But for all the talk of a slump in form, Chelsea are still unbeaten in 31 WSL games, matching the second longest unbeaten run in the competition's history set by Manchester City between May 2015 and May 2017 (W25 D6).

And they will fancy breaking their own all-time record of 33 games unbeaten with fixtures against London City Lionesses, Arsenal and Liverpool to follow in November.

There were also more reasons for the Blues faithful to cheer as experienced England defender Lucy Bronze made a late cameo to close out the victory.

It was her first involvement since the Euro 2025 final when the Lionesses defended their title and the 33-year-old revealed she had played the entire tournament with a fractured leg.

Chelsea might not have turned on the style against Spurs, but in grinding out an important win, this was yet another reminder of why they have won the WSL title for the past six seasons.

More to follow.

'Spurs are still in this game'

Chelsea 1-0 Tottenham

Natasha Dowie

Former England striker on BBC Radio 5 Live

Tottenham's new lease on life is down to Hannah Hampton switching off. One action by one individual can spark them back into life and Tottenham are now thinking 'okay let's go, they have a mistake in them'.

Spurs are still in this game.

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Everton 1-2 Man Utd

Emma Sanders

BBC Sport women’s football news reporter at Hill Dickinson Stadium

The stadium announcer said it was Melvine Malard's second of the match but it was definitely an own goal from Hikaru Kitagawa.

She was devastated afterwards as Everton have held out for so long but now United are finally breaking them down.

YELLOW CARD

Chelsea 1-0 Tottenham

Oooh. That was a bit shaky from Hannah Hampton.

Matilda Vinberg was charging her down and the goalkeeper smacks her clearance straight into the Spurs player.

Millie Bright retreats and fouls Vindberg to clear up the mess.

GOAL - Everton 1-2 Man Utd

Hikaru Kitagawa (og, 70 mins)

An error and a big own goal.

A free kick comes into the Everton box and Hikaru Kitagawa gets her head to it, but it bounces back off Clare Wheeler.

Kitagawa is caught off balance and knocks the ball past her own goalkeeper with her left foot.

GOAL - London City 1-0 West Ham

Kosovare Asllani (68 mins)

An absolute gift for the hosts.

West Ham looked the most likely to break the deadlock, but it's London City who get the opener.

Goalkeeper Kinga Szemik is closed down and slips. Kosovare Asllani picks up the ball and taps it into an open net. Szemik didn't seem to notice Asllani.

A big error hands London City the lead.

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Chelsea 1-0 Tottenham

Natasha Dowie

Former England striker on BBC Radio 5 Live

Chelsea deserve that. They absolutely do. There's only been one team in this game today.

No one in the women's game has better technique than her. So clean and it literally fires into the side netting, far corner, Kop has no chance.

I wish Walsh would do this more.

GOAL - Everton 1-1 Man Utd

Melvine Malard (62 mins)

Who else would it have been?

She has been involved in so many of Manchester United's moves today and it's Melvine Malard who manages to grab the equaliser.

She is slipped through by Hinata Miyazawa and Emily Ramsey gets a strong hand to her initial effort, but Malard fires in the rebound.

Harry Kane has rewritten the history books and broken records with sustained brilliance for clubs and country over more than a decade.

The 32-year-old holds England's all-time scoring record, with a remarkable 74 goals in 109 appearances, with power to add as Thomas Tuchel's side move to the brink of qualification for next summer's World Cup.

Kane is also Tottenham Hotspur's greatest goalscorer, with 280 goals in 435 appearances before moving to Bayern Munich in an £86.4m deal in August 2023.

And Kane's stunning consistency has continued since moving to Munich, scoring 103 goals in 106 appearances for Bayern - also ending his long wait for a trophy when winning the Bundesliga last season.

Kane reached his century of goals for Bayern with a double in a 4-0 win against Werder Bremen. He achieved the feat in 104 games, putting him ahead of Erling Haaland and Cristiano Ronaldo as the fastest player to reach 100 for a single club in Europe's top five leagues - after they hit the landmark for Manchester City and Real Madrid in 105 games.

He has scored 19 goals in 12 games for England and Bayern this season - one every 52 minutes.

And yet, for all these achievements, is Kane still underappreciated?

Kane is England's goalscoring talisman - but there are still those who question whether he could have done more, asking whether his international record has been aided by qualifiers against inferior opposition.

Former England striker Chris Sutton puts the argument to bed in a single sentence: "If Harry Kane announced his retirement from international football today, we would instantly view the England team and their chances at next year's World Cup in a completely different light."

He added: "Kane may not have too long left with England, but who is the replacement? Who is anywhere near his level? No-one. That tells you all you need to know. As an all-rounder and ruthless goalscorer, England haven't had many better.

"People say about scoring goals in qualifiers but he's not the fixtures secretary, is he? He can't help who he plays against. He's a goalscoring machine and has been all his career.

"When you are talking about all-time great England strikers, he has to be in that conversation. Just look at his numbers."

Major tournaments have not always been kind to Kane, starting with Euro 2016 in France when he took more corners than he scored goals - seven versus none - thanks to a bizarre set-piece strategy from manager Roy Hodgson, summing up a shambolic campaign that ended in humiliation against Iceland in the last 16.

Two years later in Russia, as England captain, Kane won the Golden Boot at the World Cup, scoring six goals in six games as Sir Gareth Southgate's side reached the semi-finals.

He was England's top scorer when they reached the final of the delayed Euro 2020 tournament with four goals in seven games, although the 2022 World Cup ended in disappointment as Kane missed a penalty in the 2-1 defeat by France in the quarter-final in Qatar.

Kane, by his own standards, had a disappointing Euro 2024, looking so jaded there was a clamour for England's captain to be replaced by Aston Villa's Ollie Watkins.

He was substituted in every one of England's knockout matches, including after only 61 minutes of the final loss to Spain in Berlin - and yet still finished as the tournament's joint top scorer with three goals from seven games.

Kane is England's highest goalscorer in major tournaments, with 15 goals from 29 games. This total puts him fifth, when ranking combined European Championship and World Cup goals, behind Cristiano Ronaldo and Germany trio Miroslav Klose, Gerd Muller and Jurgen Klinsmann.

So has his stellar contribution been underappreciated?

Sutton says: "Anybody who has played either with or against him, raves about him.

"If people do not give him the credit he deserves, it may be because he's been England's main man for so long. People are sometimes there to chop you down.

"England players get judged on major tournaments and if they don't win it the criticism comes, with the high-profile captain usually first in that firing line.

"You can have rivalries, tribalism and social media, and there will be people who put the boot in, but you won't get anyone who has played the game to a reasonable level having any doubts about him. And I think most fair-minded supporters recognise what a player Harry Kane is."

Sutton added: "He has never been blessed with great pace but the way his brain works is fantastic. He's not just a phenomenal goalscorer. He has the ability to drop deep to influence games, showing wonderful awareness, weight of passing, vision."

Former England defender Matthew Upson, who played against Kane and watches him regularly as a BBC Radio 5 Live pundit, says: "The phrase 'you don't know what you've got until it's gone' springs to mind with Harry.

"I also think what plays into that is Kane's profile. For the scale of what he does, I think he keeps his profile quite low.

"He is quite understated in the way he operates, being the figure he is in world football.

"Other players are hitting numbers that are not quite as good as his, but you see them making more of a song and dance about what they are doing than he does."

Manchester City's Haaland is the benchmark for Premier League strikers, with Saturday's hat-trick against Israel taking his tally to 21 goals from 12 games for Norway and his club this season.

When it comes to endurance and consistency, however, Kane is the gold standard.

In 11 full seasons for Spurs and Bayern, since 2014-15, Kane has never scored fewer than 24 goals in all competitions.

BBC Sport pundit Pat Nevin expresses the view that Kane matches Haaland as a goalscorer, then arguably exceeds him as the more complete player.

The former Scotland winger said: "Far be it from a Scotsman to tell English people what to think, but although much-loved I still think Harry is slightly underestimated. This guy is utterly and completely brilliant."

And the Haaland comparison?

Nevin explained: "It is no denigration of Erling Haaland, who is one of the great players in world football. In England, they admire Harry and all the rest of it, but he also should be considered one of the greats in world football. Maybe he's not seen as that in England, but he is.

"Harry's numbers are fantastic. They are even better when you consider a lot of these numbers were achieved when he was playing with Spurs.

"Spurs were a good side but they weren't Manchester City. It's not a problem with Haaland, but I just don't think Harry is put into that bracket often enough."

City manager Pep Guardiola once infamously referred to Spurs as "the Harry Kane team". He tried to sign the striker in 2021 but Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy refused to sell, Guardiola then signing Haaland a year later.

Nevin said: "I've always thought from an outsider's perspective, if you put Harry in Manchester City's team, with the chances they were creating, would he have scored the same amount of goals as Haaland? I would not be in the least bit surprised if he did.

"As a pure footballer, Harry can play more positions, he can move into those deeper positions. I've been fortunate enough to see Harry play quite a few times for Bayern Munich.

"When you are watching a game when Haaland is at his best, your eye is always drawn to him. It seems like there are 21 footballers out there and Haaland.

"If you go and watch Harry Kane at Bayern, one of the top teams in the world, it is Kane and 10 others. He is a force of nature. And not just in Bundesliga games. I am talking Champions League games. He is a colossus."

Kane received one of the ultimate accolades recently when German tabloid Bild publicly retracted criticism of Bayern's decision to sign Kane.

Journalist Alfred Draxler wrote: "I was one of those who viewed the 100m euros transfer from Tottenham to Bayern Munich in 2023 rather critically."

In a complete about-turn, Draxler said: "I don't think Harry Kane is vacationing in a hotel where you have to reserve your lounger in the morning. If I ever meet him, I'd get up really early and put a towel on his lounger for him. I wouldn't do that for any English person!"

Bayern had no such doubts, with footage on social media of Kane being greeted ecstatically on his arrival by Thomas Tuchel, the then Bayern coach who is now plotting England's path to next summer's World Cup.

German football writer Raphael Honigstein told BBC Sport: "Harry Kane's overall game and attitude is such that the fans and those inside the dressing room are simply in awe of this guy.

"When Kane arrived, there was a sense he was the real deal. Maybe concerns were the fee, injury record and his age. There were a few reservations and trepidations but they didn't last very long."

He added: "The numbers are one thing, but if it was just the numbers the impact wouldn't be as big. Robert Lewandowski had the numbers, he broke Gerd Muller's record, but Kane, unlike a typical centre-forward, plays with a sense of humility and with responsibility for the collective.

"He plays like a superstar but with the mentality of a youngster who has got everything to prove. Someone who isn't beyond doing the extra yards and helping out, often in his own box. Just an amazing impact."

Upson agrees Kane is a low-key superstar, saying: "It's rare in this day and age for a player to be a superstar, like he is, but not to portray himself as one. It's not the model of what he is.

"In a world where marketing and social media plays a huge part in creating your persona, I think he doesn't play into that as much as a lot of other star players."

Ben Davies is set to become Wales men's latest centurion with manager Craig Bellamy predicting a big future off the field for the "beyond impressive" Tottenham Hotspur defender.

The former Swansea City player's 100th cap will come when he leads Wales against Belgium in Monday's crucial World Cup qualifier against Belgium in Cardiff on Monday.

Davies, 32, will join former team-mates Gareth Bale, Chris Gunter and Wayne Hennessey in reaching that mark with Bale's 111-men's Wales cap record in Davies' sights.

Bellamy said: "I watched the game back against Canada (in September) and he (Davies) was so good. He was just amazing – every part of his game. As good as I've ever seen him play for Wales, that was my feeling.

"We can all agree that he's been a top player. But we are all very impressed with him as an individual, as a person.

"You can see when he does interviews. He's very impressive. He will be a top manager if he wants to be. Or he could become a director of football, or a CEO (chief executive officer).

"He's that level and beyond impressive as a person. His level of consistency – and his consistency of being available – is a credit to him."

Too open. Too high a line. Players keep getting injured.

The criticisms that dogged Ange Postecoglou in his second season were varied and pointed as Tottenham limped to 17th place in the Premier League table.

After seven league games of 2025-26, his successor Thomas Frank has Spurs riding high in third with four wins, two draws and just one defeat so far.

Not only that, but they have only conceded five goals, the joint-second best record behind Arsenal (three).

So bar the improvement in results, what has changed?

Frank is much more of a pragmatist than Postecoglou and the type of football Tottenham are playing bears that out.

Witness the rise in long balls per 90, suggesting a far greater willingness to get the ball forward quickly.

And take a look at these passing maps from Tottenham's home games against Wolves over the past two seasons.

In the second, from September 2025 under Frank, Tottenham's midfield is far more congested, with Guglielmo Vicario often launching the ball towards the halfway line to instigate attacks.

It is a similar story for average positions for those games. Again, Postecoglou's defenders are more spread, with two midfielders patrolling the halfway line and a spread front four. Frank's line-up is far more bunched, albeit again with a forward four.

Of course, this is only one game so a very small sample size, but it hints at a tactical transformation.

More broadly, Spurs are also sticking the ball in the penalty area more frequently, averaging 23.3 crosses per game compared to 19.8 last season.

That is despite the lack of a central focal point with their best header of the ball from last season, Dominic Solanke, mostly sidelined through injury.

What is also striking is the efficiency Tottenham have demonstrated so far.

Postecoglou's side took more passes and created more chances per game, but Frank's version have a higher shot conversion rate this season. It has meant that, although last season's Spurs were among the league's top scorers, 2025-26 Tottenham are actually averaging slightly more goals per game (1.9 v 1.7).

So far, the numbers are pointing to a more clinical, more business-like Tottenham Hotspur – and one that is flying high near the top of the Premier League.

Games against Aston Villa and trips to Monaco, Everton and Newcastle before the month's end should offer a rigorous test of just how far they have come.

Tottenham Hotspur's majority owners have injected £100m of new capital into the club.

Spurs say the investment will "further strengthen the club's financial position and equip the club's leadership team with additional resources to continue the focus on driving long-term sporting success".

Investment group Enic, which is run by the Lewis Family Trust, owns a majority 86.58% of Tottenham, while the remaining 13.42% is owned by a group of minority investors.

Former chairman Daniel Levy owns 29.88% of Enic, but does not have any direct involvement with the club after stepping down from his position in September.

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Tottenham Hotspur have an estimated value in the region of £3.5bn-£4bn, according to football finance expert Kieran Maguire.

Talk of the club's future ownership has been hotly discussed in recent weeks following Daniel Levy's departure as executive chairman after 24 years.

American tech entrepreneur Brooklyn Earick has ruled out making a formal takeover bid for the club after Spurs "unequivocally rejected" an informal expression of interest.

Last month the club also rejected approaches from former Newcastle United shareholder Amanda Staveley's PCP International Finance Limited and a consortium led by Dr Roger Kennedy and Wing-Fai Ng.

Tottenham have insisted that the club is not for sale despite Levy's exit.

While Tottenham's true value is dependant on the fee the owners would accept, Maguire estimates that it could take between £3.5bn to £4bn to buy the club.

"Chelsea went [for] five times their revenue," he said. "Spurs' revenue is probably in the region of £550m to £600m. You multiply that by five and you're probably looking at somewhere just short of three billion pounds.

"But when Manchester United were partially acquired by Sir Jim Ratcliffe a couple of years ago, for every pound of revenue, they were valued at around about seven. You apply that to Spurs and you are probably looking three and a half to four billion."

Despite Tottenham's failure to win the top-flight since 1960-61, the club is an attractive proposition for potential investors.

The club is located in London, their 62,850-capacity stadium is one of the most impressive in the country, and they also have an agreement to host up to 30 major non-football events per year - including NFL matches, concerts and boxing events.

"Anybody buying Spurs, they've already future-proofed a lot of the spending that you might have to consider," Maguire told BBC Sport.

"It's about as future-proofed a stadium as you could possibly hope for. The training facilities have also had huge investment."

Off the field, Tottenham's history, lure and commercial potential make them an attractive buy.

"They don't have PSR (profit sustainability rules) worries because they do keep their costs low," Maguire said.

"If you are going to put money into Spurs, all of that money is going to go on to the playing side of things. You've also got the London factor, which makes it very attractive."

"Spurs as a business proposition are very, very attractive."

In May 2022, a consortium led by American investor Todd Boehly bought Chelsea for £4.25bn from Roman Abramovich.

Sir Jim Ratcliffe's 27.7% takeover of Man Utd in February 2024 valued them at around £4.5bn.

Newcastle's sale to the Public Investment Fund in October 2021 was completed for £305m, but Maguire adds that the world of football has "exploded" since then.

"As far as Spurs are concerned the infrastructure investment has been substantial," explains Maguire.

"It does mean that you inherit a club with money owed to the banks but since the move from the old White Hart Lane to the new [stadium], they have more than trebled their matchday income. They have quadrupled commercial income and they've managed to reap the benefits, so that does put them at an advantage.

"The disadvantage that Spurs have got, and this is not being disrespectful to the club, the trophy cabinet doesn't have as many trophies in as either Chelsea or Manchester United. Therefore, perhaps the global element of the fan base, built on the back of success on the pitch, isn't there to the same extent at Spurs.

"At the same time there is a huge waiting list for people who want to see every match there."

This article is the latest from BBC Sport's Ask Me Anything team.

Tottenham's early-season rise has owed much to a collective identity set by Thomas Frank, but very few players have embodied their newfound graft and flair like Mohammed Kudus.

Since joining the North London club from West Ham for £55m, Kudus has added attacking incision but also intensity without the ball, as reflected by the statistics, highlighting his impact on both ends of the pitch.

Kudus ranks in the 90th percentile for goal-creating actions among Premier League wingers and attacking midfielders, meaning he's performing better than 90 per cent of his positional peers in that category. (Percentiles show how a player compares to others in their position - 100 being the best, and 50 is average.)

That creative influence is backed up by his 70th percentile for key passes. Key passes are passes that lead directly to a shot, underlining his role as a reliable link between Tottenham's midfield structure and their front line.

The Ghanaian's ability to beat players remains elite. His 97th percentile for successful take-ons places him among the best ball carriers in the league, but what's changed this season is how those dribbles fit Tottenham's tactical rhythm.

Under Frank, Kudus has become more disciplined in when and where to drive forward. He's not dribbling for show; he's breaking lines, drawing fouls, and creating overloads in key areas.