The head of UnitedHealth Group has said the healthcare system “does not work as well as it should”. Andrew Witty made the admission after Brian Thompson, the chief executive of its subsidiary UnitedHealthcare, was shot dead in New York last week.

The killing of a health care executive kicked off a firestorm of anger at a troubled system. The CEO of UnitedHealth responds to the concerns.

Ange Postecoglou has defended not signing another centre-back in the summer as the club struggling with a crippling injury crisis. Injuries to first-choice centre-back partners Micky van de Ven and Cristian Romero had already left Tottenham depleted in recent weeks,

Spurs will be without nine players for Sunday’s trip to Southampton, which is followed by a midweek Carabao Cup quarter-final tie.