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Tottenham’s Xavi Simons accepted on Harvard University course while recovering from ACL inury

The 23-year-old has been accepted onto Harvard's Crossover into Business program.

— The Athletic (NYT), publisher's words · Read the original ↗

14 outlets7 languages9 countriesUpdated

Who broke it

VoetbalPrimeur

NL · NL

Voetbalzone had it earlier but cites Britse, so we do not credit it.

Followed by

13

outlets in 7 languages over 22 h 56 min.

Our read

Corroborated (7)

7 of 13 outlets each added at least one detail no earlier report had; the other 6 repeat it. That is independence, not agreement: two of them can still contradict each other.

Judged on the 13 outlets in our latest edition; the timeline keeps all 14 we have seen.

Coverage timeline

14 outlets · first-seen order
  1. +0 min

    VoetbalzoneNL · NLOwn reporting

    Xavi Simons maakt plotseling opvallende stap in carrière: 'Ik ga...'

    Cites Britse

  2. +54 min

    VoetbalPrimeurNL · NLBroke it

    Xavi Simons (23) gaat terug naar school en wordt toegelaten tot Harvard: 'Zin in'

  3. +57 min

    Nu.nl VoetbalNL · NLOwn reporting

    Xavi Simons volgt studie aan Harvard tijdens revalidatie: 'Investeren in mezelf'

  4. +1 h 52 min

    De Telegraaf SportNL · NLOwn reporting

    Geblesseerde Xavi Simons (23) benut revalidatie om te studeren aan Harvard: ’Mezelf buiten het veld ontwikkelen’

  5. +4 h 33 min

    Evening Standard FootballEN · GBRepeats

    Xavi Simons: Tottenham star accepted to study at Harvard as decision explained

  6. +5 h 14 min

    BBC Sport — FootballEN · GBRepeats

    Spurs' Simons enrols at iconic university Harvard

  7. +14 h 3 min

    Complete SportsEN · NGOwn reporting

    ‘I’m Going Back To School’ –Tottenham Star Joins Harvard Business Program

  8. +14 h 51 min

    Mundo Deportivo — FútbolES · ESOwn reporting

    Xavi Simons da un giro a su vida: insospechado anuncio

  9. +15 h 28 min

    The Athletic (NYT)EN · USOwn reporting

    Tottenham’s Xavi Simons accepted on Harvard University course while recovering from ACL inury

  10. +15 h 40 min

    So FootFR · FRRepeats

    Tottenham : Actuellement en convalescence, Xavi Simons intègre un cursus de l’université d’Harvard

  11. +16 h 3 min

    MaisfutebolPT · PTRepeats

    Xavi Simons revela que está a estudar em Harvard

  12. +17 h 40 min

    Soccernews.nlNL · NLRepeats

    Xavi Simons maakt zéér opmerkelijk nieuws bekend via LinkedIn

  13. +18 h 50 min

    Nemzeti SportHU · HURepeats

    A Tottenham hollandja kihasználja a kényszerszünetet: visszaül az iskolapadba

  14. +22 h 56 min

    Rivista UndiciIT · ITOwn reporting

    Visto che un infortunio al crociato lo terrà fuori ancora per un po’, Xavi Simons ha deciso di iscriversi a un corso dell’università di Harvard

First seen is our own clock across 245+ feeds; it is not a guarantee of who published first. Each time is the earlier of the publisher's own timestamp and our first sighting. Headlines and summaries are the publishers' own words, linked to the original. How we work out who broke it.