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Manchester United are having to travel to London by coach for their Premier League fixture against Tottenham after their train was cancelled on Saturday afternoon.

A signal failure on the West Coast mainline saw the cancellations of a number of services on Saturday afternoon and United will instead have to make a four-hour journey by road.

United players had parked up at Manchester Airport in anticipation of arriving home by air after Sunday's game but the club have had to hastily arrange an alternative mode of transport.

The club's superior coaches are already in London to ferry the squad to and from the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium tomorrow, so United had to board an inferior coach on Saturday.

United had contingencies in place amid the unreliable rail services between Manchester and London Euston. United had to return from their last London game at Fulham three weeks ago by coach after their flight on Sunday evening was cancelled.

Strikers Rasmus Hojlund and Joshua Zirkzee have travelled after head coach Ruben Amorim suggested academy centre forward Chido Obi could be promoted to the matchday squad.

An injury crisis is mounting at United, with Amad, Kobbie Mainoo, Manuel Ugarte and Toby Collyer all reputedly out of the Tottenham match. Collyer is unwell.

A second coach left from Carrington that is understood to have ferried academy players who have been added to the matchday squad.

Amorim revealed United had doubts over three unnamed players who were injured or unwell. "Was a good week until two days ago," Amorim said on Friday. "We had some problems also. So we don’t have players back, maybe we have one or two issues but we are waiting.

"We have one player also who is sick so we will see the team at the weekend. But was good to work with the team, to feel the players and to try to improve our performance.

"I don't want to say names (which could be promoted from the academy) because we have to be careful with that. They are working with us.

"We had some problems this week, we called some young players to be in our training so we will have the data and evaluation and he (Obi) is one of them."

Players notice Amorim is closest to two squad members

Ruben Amorim is maintaining a professional distance from the United players three months into the role as head coach.

Dressing room sources say Amorim is not as close with most of the players as predecessor Erik ten Hag was, while United players also appreciated the man-management of Ruud van Nistelrooy during his two-week caretaker stint in November.

Players have noticed that Amorim is naturally closest with compatriots Bruno Fernandes and Diogo Dalot but, with another squad upheaval planned for the summer, the Portuguese is not getting attached to the majority of squad members.

Despite Ten Hag's gruff nature and public fallouts with star players, he had loyal bonds with a number of players he bought having worked with them at Ajax. He was also popular with academy graduates Alejandro Garnacho and Kobbie Mainoo, who came to prominence under Ten Hag and scored in last season's FA Cup final triumph against Manchester City.

A senior United player described Van Nistelrooy's squad management as "excellent" when he took charge for four matches before Amorim arrived on November 11. Casemiro particularly appreciated Van Nistelrooy as they conversed in fluent Spanish.

Kendrick Lamar and SZA have announced they are adding an extra UK date to their Grand National Tour later this year.

After Kendrick's iconic Super Bowl halftime performance, the 22-time Grammy award-winning rapper announced he was to add 13 UK and European dates to his US 2025 tour.

Tickets go on general sale at 9 am on Friday 14 February on Ticketmaster. On the tour, he will be joined by platinum selling artist SZA, who guest performed alongside Kendrick at the Super Bowl, and the pair will visit four UK cities - Glasgow, Birmingham, Cardiff and London.

It was originally one night in each city, but now, it has been announced that the Lamar and SZA will treat UK fans to an extra date at London's Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, making it 14 nights in the UK.

With just one day to go before the general sale kicks off (at 9 am on Friday 14 February), fans will be pleased to know that another 60,000 of them will be able to secure tickets.

Kendrick recently made history when he became the first artist to be awarded with a Grammy for a diss track after Not Like Us picked up a whopping five prizes at the Grammy Awards 2025.

When do tickets go on sale for Kendrick Lamar and SZA?

Tickets go on general sale at 9 am on Friday 14 February on Ticketmaster.

Full list of SZA and Kendrick Lamar tour dates (UK and Europe)

Jul 02 – Cologne, Germany – RheinEnergieSTADION

Jul 04 – Frankfurt, Germany – Deutsche Bank Park

Jul 08 – Glasgow, UK – Hampden Park

Jul 10 – Birmingham, UK – Villa Park

Jul 13 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Johan Cruijff ArenA

Jul 15 – Paris, France – Paris La Defense Arena

Jul 19 – Cardiff, UK – Principality Stadium

Jul 22 – London, UK – Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

Jul 23 – London, UK – Tottenham Hotspur Stadium (new date)

Jul 27 – Lisbon, Portugal – Estadio do Restelo

Jul 30 – Barcelona, Spain – Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys

Aug 02 – Rome, Italy – Stadio Olimpico

Aug 06 – Warsaw, Poland – PGE Narodowy

Aug 09 – Stockholm, Sweden – 3Arena

Full list of SZA and Kendrick Lamar tour dates (worldwide)

Tottenham Hotspur supporters will be protesting against their ownership on Sunday when they take on Manchester United in North London.

Spurs fans have grown increasingly angry with chairman Daniel Levy and the running of their club. Tottenham currently sit two points and a place behind United in the Premier League table and were also knocked out of the FA Cup at the weekend.

Now fan group 'Change for Tottenham' is calling on Spurs supporters to join them in a protest this weekend to attempt to force change in the boardroom. In a tweet entitled: 'Time for change. Time to stand up. Time to join us in the protest,' details of their actions this weekend.

The afternoon will start with a peaceful march to the stadium before supporters congregate in the concourse pre-match to protest against Levy. Fans are then asked to clap the players off, no matter the result, before conducting a sit-in protest at full-time.

United are no stranger to protests against their owners having conducted their own sit-ins and marches against the Glazers in the past. Mass protests have been rarer since Ineos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe acquired a minority stake in the club.

However, Ratcliffe has proven himself to be unpopular in recent months due to his cost-cutting measures and decision to dispose of the concession price bracket for remaining tickets this season. This week, the British billionaire caused more controversy after it was announced that another 100 jobs will be axed at Old Trafford.

This follows 250 redundancies last autumn at United. Kick off between United and Spurs is at 4:30pm on Sunday with the march against Levy starting at 3pm on the crossroads of Lordship Lane and High Road.

Kendrick Lamar and SZA will treat UK fans to a performance at London's Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in July as part of their Grand National World Tour.

After their iconic performance at the NFL Super Bowl, the pair announced that they will be adding 13 UK and Europe stadium shows to their Grand National tour which was announced late last year. Tickets will be available on Ticketmaster.

The duo performed All The Stars together on stage at Caesars Superdome as part of Kendrick's show-stopping halftime performance during the Super Bowl 2025.

It comes shortly after Kendrick made history as the first person to be awarded with a Grammy for a diss track, after winning Song of the Year, Record of the Year, Best Rap Song, Best Rap Performance and Best Music Video for his Drake diss track Not Like Us.

Throughout his story-telling Super Bowl performance, he teased playing the hit song, before going all out and bringing out tennis player Serena Williams.

As well as visiting London on July 22, the pair will also take their tour to Birmingham, Villa Park, and Glasgow, Hampden Park, the same month.

To be in with a chance of securing tickets for the anticipated UK and Europe tour, there will be various presales on Ticketmaster from Wednesday 12 February, before general sale kicks off at 9 am on Friday 14 February.

Tottenham Hotspur Stadium seating plan and venue map

Tottenham Hotspur Stadium map according to Ticketmaster. Seating plan is subject to change.

What is the capacity of Tottenham Hotspur Stadium?

For music events such as Kendrick Lamar and SZA's Grand National Tour, Tottenham Hotspur Stadium can hold up to 62,850 fans. The duo are performing one night at the North London stadium, meaning tickets could be very competitive!

How to get tickets for SZA and Kendrick Lamar at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium?

Presale tickets will be available for from Wednesday, February 12. There are various different presales going on at each venue.

Live Nation presale: From Thursday at 9am

Ticketmaster presale: From Thursday at 9am

Metropolis presale: From Thursday at 9am

General tickets for all UK dates will be available from 9am on Friday, 14 February, via Ticketmaster.

Full list of SZA and Kendrick Lamar tour dates (UK and Europe)

Jul 02 – Cologne, Germany – RheinEnergieSTADION

Jul 04 – Frankfurt, Germany – Deutsche Bank Park

Jul 08 – Glasgow, UK – Hampden Park

Jul 10 – Birmingham, UK – Villa Park

Jul 13 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Johan Cruijff ArenA

Jul 15 – Paris, France – Paris La Defense Arena

Jul 19 – Cardiff, UK – Principality Stadium

Jul 22 – London, UK – Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

Jul 27 – Lisbon, Portugal – Estadio do Restelo

Jul 30 – Barcelona, Spain – Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys

Aug 02 – Rome, Italy – Stadio Olimpico

Aug 06 – Warsaw, Poland – PGE Narodowy

Aug 09 – Stockholm, Sweden – 3Arena

Full list of SZA and Kendrick Lamar tour dates (world-wide)

Manchester United defender Victor Lindelof has responded to his return from injury with a simple message on social media.

The 30-year-old had missed eight games in all competitions after suffering an injury during the Carabao Cup quarter-final loss against Tottenham back in December. The problem forced him to withdraw at half-time.

Lindelof has, however, since returned to training and has been named on the bench for the games against FCSB in the Europa League, Fulham and Crystal Palace in the Premier League and Leicester City in the FA Cup. He was, however, an unused substitute for all four games.

Lindelof and his teammates are now preparing for the Premier League clash against Tottenham on Sunday afternoon. United travel to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium for the 4.30pm kick-off with both teams having disappointing seasons so far.

United currently sit in 13th place, with Tottenham one position and two points behind in 14th. Ahead of the match, Lindelof has posted pictures of him in training with United, along with a caption simply reading: “Back.”

The Sweden international’s return from injury comes at a good time for United, with the club confirming last week that fellow centre-back Lisandro Martinez will miss the rest of the season after suffering a cruciate ligament injury in his knee.

Ruben Amorim will therefore now have Lindelof to turn to should he need more defensive options between now and the end of the campaign.

Young Manchester United goalkeepers Elyh Harrison and William Murdock featured in Monday's first-team training session at Carrington.

United have released images of the pair training alongside first-choice shot-stopper Andre Onana as they prepare for Sunday's Premier League clash with Tottenham Hotspur at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

The Reds were light on senior goalkeeping options against Leicester City on Friday night, missing both Altay Bayindir and Tom Heaton through injury. It meant Onana started between the posts when he would have otherwise made way for Bayindir to start.

In the absence of the Turkish international and experienced shot-stopper Heaton, 21-year-old Hubert Graczyk was named on the substitutes bench for the very first time. The goalkeeper joined United from Arsenal last summer and was recently promoted to the first-team squad, appearing in pre-match warm ups. He was spotted featuring in the warm ups ahead of last month's clashes with Arsenal and Southampton.

However, Friday night's FA Cup win over Leicester saw him officially named in the matchday squad for the very first time. Fellow youngster Murdock conducted the role Graczyk had in recent matches against the Foxes, appearing as the third goalkeeper.

Murdock, 17, joined United's academy in 2023 and has been a regular for the Under-18s this season. He has started United's opening two matches in this season's FA Youth Cup and has been capped for Northern Ireland at Under-17s level.

Harrison, meanwhile, was not part of head coach Ruben Amorim's plans for the win over Leicester as a result of being cup-tied. The goalkeeper was on loan at Chester earlier this season and appeared for the non-league outfit in the qualifying rounds of the competition.

United recalled Harrison from his stint at Chester in early-January with a view to him training regularly with the first-team and getting more minutes under his belt for the academy. He kept seven clean sheets in 18 league appearances for the Seals.

Following her success at the Grammy Awards 2025, music sensation Beyonce has revealed that she will soon be embarking on a US and European tour for her latest album, Cowboy Carter.

Queen B will be visiting London's Tottenham Hotspur Stadium for six dates in June before travelling to Paris for three nights.

The Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter kicks off her tour with four nights in Los Angeles in April, before heading to Chicago for three nights, New Jersey for four nights, then London, followed by Paris, Houston, Washington and Atlanta.

Ticket prices are yet to be confirmed, but below we have collated the prices of her latest UK gig as an idea of how much they might cost.

To be in with a chance of seeing the Texas Hold 'Em singer in the UK, there are multiple pre-sales going ahead next week from Tuesday, Feb 11, before general ticket sale on Friday, Feb 14.

The highly anticipated tour announcement comes just after Beyonce won Album of the Year as well as Best Country Album at the Grammy Awards 2025 for Cowboy Carter.

Here's everything you need to know about Beyonce visiting Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on June 5, 7, 10, 12 14 and 16.

Tottenham Hotspur Stadium seating plan and venue map

Tottenham Hotspur Stadium map according to Ticketmaster. Seating plan is subject to change.

What is the capacity of Tottenham Hotspur Stadium?

For music events such as Beyonce's Cowboy Carter tour, Tottenham Hotspur Stadium can hold up to 62,850 fans. Beyonce is performing at the north London venue for four nights, giving plenty of UK fans the opportunity to see her.

How to get tickets for Beyonce

You can get Beyonce tickets through Ticketmaster and Live Nation. General sale will begin next Friday, February 14, at 12pm local time by using the links above.

It has also been announced there there will be a number of pre-sales taking place next week for fans hoping to secure their spot at the shows. The first of these will begin on February 11 from 12pm local time and will be open to members of the BeyHive fan community.

There will also be an Artist Presale from February 13 which you can sign up for here, alongside other presale opportunities with Citi and Mastercard.

How much will tickets cost?

According to Ticketmaster tickets are priced from £71.60 to £950 (including fees) with a per order handling fee of £2.75. Here is a full breakdown:

South standing: £201 and £20.75 fees

Cat 1: £251.60 and £24 fees

Cat 2: £141.60 and £15.75 fees

Cat 3: £106.60 and £12.60 fees

Cat 4: £86.60 and £10.60 fees

Cat 5: £61.60 and £7.50 fees

Full list of dates for Beyonce's Cowboy Carter tour

After booking their place in the fifth round of the FA Cup on Friday night, focus now switches back to the Premier League for Manchester United.

As a result of automatically qualifying for the Europa League last-16, United have the rare luxury of a clear midweek this week, meaning they are not in action again until Sunday, facing Tottenham Hotspur at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Despite recently progressing in the FA Cup and in the Europa League, United's league form has been terrible in recent weeks, highlighted by a run of five defeats in their last eight matches. They were beaten 2-0 by Crystal Palace at Old Trafford in their last league outing.

With an extended period of time to prepare for the trip to Spurs on offer this week, head coach Ruben Amorim will be hoping a full week on the training ground will be worth its weight in gold.

The players were put through their paces at Carrington on Monday and below are five things that we picked out from the training session:

Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim will enjoy the rare luxury of a clear midweek this week after his side automatically qualified for the last-16 of the Europa League last month.

United finished the league phase of the new Europa League format third in the table, meaning they are one of eight clubs who have automatically progressed to the first knockout round of the competition.

Those who finished between ninth and 24th now face a two-legged play-off tie to try and join United in the last-16, with the first legs of those ties taking place this Thursday evening. The return legs will take place the following Thursday.

United went into their concluding league phase fixture against FCSB in Bucharest just under a fortnight ago with the knowledge that a win would be enough to see them through. Second half goals from Diogo Dalot and Kobbie Mainoo sealed a routine 2-0 win.

Amorim wanted to avoid the play-off round at all costs, saying ahead of the 2-1 win over Rangers a week earlier: "We need to win it because it is really important for the classification to try and avoid two games in the play-offs to have more time to train, so everything is important in this moment."

As a result of winning five and drawing three of their eight league phase outings, United can plan for Sunday's Premier League clash with Tottenham Hotspur at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium without the distraction of a midweek assignment.

United have experienced something of a fixture marathon since Amorim's first game in charge on November 24, playing 20 games in just under 11 weeks. The longest period they went without a game during that time was just seven days.

That seven-day period came between United's 2-2 draw with Liverpool at Anfield, which they had six days to prepare for since their previous outing, and their FA Cup third round triumph over Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium.

United's performances against Liverpool and Arsenal last month rank as the best they have produced under Amorim thus far, meaning it may not be coincidental that they have come on the back of extended periods of time on the Carrington training pitches.

"Obviously, it always helps when you have time to train and to prepare the games a little bit more," said United captain Bruno Fernandes the day after the victory at Arsenal. "It is important."

As a result of qualifying for the Europa League last-16 automatically, nine days will have past since United's last outing when they arrive at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday afternoon. It will mark the longest gap they have had between matches since the November international break.

The Portuguese chief has regularly banged the drum about the importance of getting to spend time on the training pitches at Carrington ever since arriving from Sporting Lisbon three months ago. His 3-4-2-1 system has forced United's players to adapt to a completely new way of life.

Any transitional period is going to feature setbacks, and United have experienced no shortage of those recently, but getting time on the training ground to continue adapting to the head coach's demands and philosophy should only stand the players in good stead.

However, the onus will be on them to prove Amorim right come kick-off time in north London on Sunday afternoon. Once they cross the white line, there is only so much the United head coach can control.

United do not have a midweek fixture again until facing Ipswich Town at Old Trafford on February 26, meaning both this week and next week are clear of a midweek assignment. United face Everton in what will be their very last visit to Goodison Park a-week-on-Saturday, six days after the clash with Spurs, meaning they will get more adequate training time next week.

United's best performances so far under Amorim have followed a solid number of days worth of training, meaning it should not be too great a surprise if United turn up in north London and add to Spurs' woes. However, Amorim needs his players to ensure history does repeat itself.