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Spurs welcome Villarreal to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Tuesday evening as the Champions League gets underway for another season.

Thomas Frank will make his managerial debut in the competition proper, after predecessor Ange Postecoglou led Spurs to Europa League victory at the end of 2024-25.

Tottenham’s league phase draw has pitted them against several top sides across Europe, including Spanish outfit Villarreal who are first to visit North London.

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• Tuesday 16 September – Villarreal (H) – 8pm UK
• Tuesday 30 September – Bodo/Glimt (A) – 8pm UK
• Wednesday 22 October – AS Monaco (A) – 8pm UK
• Tuesday 4 November– FC Copenhagen (H) – 8pm UK
• Wednesday 26 November – Paris Saint-Germain (A) – 8pm UK
• Tuesday 9 December – Slavia Prague (H) – 8pm UK
• Tuesday 20 January – Borussia Dortmund (H) – 8pm UK
• Wednesday 28 January – Eintracht Frankfurt (A) – 8pm UK

Ahead of the transfer deadline earlier this month, Spurs allowed surplus-to-requirements winger Manor Solomon to join Villarreal on a season-long loan.

The former Leeds United loanee, who excelled in the Championship last term, is yet to make his debut for ‘The Yellow Submarine’ but could feasibly do so against his parent club Spurs.

Manor Solomon with the Championship trophy, May 2025 (Image credit: Getty Images)

This is because unlike English football in which the rules prohibit players from competing in matches against their parent clubs, UEFA competition allows it.

According to UEFA rules, a loan player is eligible to face their parent club in European competition as long as the loan agreement doesn’t include a clause preventing it and the host club has the player registered and cleared to play.

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Solomon is included in Villarreal’s ‘List A’ squad for the league phase, as is ex-Arsenal midfielder Thomas Partey.

The 26-year-old Israeli winger was an unused substitute at the weekend as Villarreal were beaten by Atletico Madrid.

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In Test cricket, play cannot start, is immediately suspended, or cannot restart if the on-field umpires agree the light conditions are “dangerous or unreasonable”.

That wording comes from section 2.8 of the International Cricket Council’s Test match playing conditions, which states the decision on whether lighting is unsafe is solely down to the umpires, following consultation with the ICC match referee.

Umpires are allowed to use light meters, which must be supplied by the ICC, as a guideline to determine whether light is fit for play or is improving or deteriorating. Light meters must be uniformly calibrated.

When natural light has worsened to a level deemed unfit for play, the umpires will authorise the ‘ground authority’ – those responsible for hosting the match – to use any available artificial lighting so play is able to continue in acceptable conditions.

Should artificial lighting at the ground not work, rules on natural lighting and weather will apply.

For day/night Test matches, the home cricket board will decide the latest times at which the floodlights are to be switched on prior to the start of a day’s play, and must inform the match referee.

Once play is suspended, it is the responsibility of the match umpires to continue to monitor conditions.

Thanks to Terry in Hull for the question.

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

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