Posted by Guardian 106 days ago
Tottenham's deal of the week; the football family; Colombia's 'gay contagion'; plus Grandpa's two-match banDeal of the week• £27m: Public money now committed to keeping Spurs in Tottenham – £9m from Haringey council, plus £18m from London's riot-recovery fund. • £2.7bn: Tax-exile Spurs owner Joe Lewis's fortune, partly from currency trades in 1992 which helped push the pound out of the ERM and cost the Treasury £3.3bn. Spurs, controlled by offshore Enic, are "delighted by the mayor and the council … We always said we could only invest in this area if our commitment was supported by others."Football family news 1) Woman of the week: ex-Zimbabwe FA head Henrietta Rushwaya, arrested in Harare. Rushwaya denies running a "vast" match-fixing rack...
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