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• Liverpool vs Leeds - pre-season friendly LIVE: Big guns return for Andoni Iraola as Reds face their sternest test yet2 August 2026, 7:37 pm
  Follow Daily Mail Sport's live coverage for the latest updates as Liverpool take on fellow Premier League side Leeds in a pre-season match in Chicago.
  
• St Johnstone 4-3 Kilmarnock: Simo Valakari's fearless approach helps Premiership new boys make flying start2 August 2026, 7:15 pm
  Simo Valakari's team was presented with, perhaps, a defining test of their Premiership credentials in the 53rd minute of an opening-day thriller.
  
• England's World Cup nemesis Valentin Barco joins Chelsea: Argentina star who provoked Three Lions in semi-final defeat confirms switch to Stamford Bridge after Atlanta antics2 August 2026, 6:42 pm
  The Argentine hit the headlines last month when he clashed with Jude Bellingham after England's semi-final defeat at the World Cup.
  
• HIBERNIAN 1 MOTHERWELL 2: New manager Alfred Johansson fills the boots of Jens Berthel Askou in style as Steelmen get off to a winning start2 August 2026, 6:42 pm
  Meet the new boss, same as the old boss? Time will tell but Alfred Johansson has certainly hit the ground running as he embraces the task of filling Jens Berthel Askou's shoes at Motherwell.
  
• The Review: The lack of homegrown players in Scotland's top flight is turning into a crisis2 August 2026, 6:31 pm
  For many, the start of a new Premiership season was a chance to put behind them the traumas of the World Cup and forget about the future of the national side.
  
• Argentinian star signs for Chelsea, Newcastle's £27m goalkeeping target completes medical, Bournemouth bag Sevilla ace - while Hull are set to beat Rangers and Cardiff City to highly-rated Norwegian: WINDOW WATCH2 August 2026, 6:26 pm
  It's that time of the year again - the transfer window is now open until September 1 and it's sure to be a busy period with clubs looking to make big signings ahead of next season.
  
• Argentina's Valentin Barco earned a slap from Jude Bellingham and will feel the heat from English fans when he kicks off his Chelsea career... but here's how his talent can win over his petulance2 August 2026, 6:06 pm
  The Blues' latest acquisition is set to be given a hostile welcome to the Premier League by the vast majority of fans as a result of his behaviour in the semi-final.
  
• A 15-year-old in Greenock used to go straight to the shipyard. These days they go straight into the Morton first team2 August 2026, 4:41 pm
  The past is visible in Greenock. Any gaps in history are filled with the voices of memory and the remembrances of times past.
  
• Chelsea's new manager Xabi Alonso on how he 'reset' after the 'scar' Real Madrid disaster, the importance of signing Danny Welbeck and Jordan Henderson - and why he thinks the Blues is the right move2 August 2026, 4:00 pm
  INTERVIEW BY KIERAN GILL: He is a hell of a hire by their BlueCo owners, as good as an appointment that they could have secured after the hiring and firing of Liam Rosenior last season.
  
• Kai Havertz warns Arsenal must improve again to defend their Premier League title with rivals making big signings - as Gunners chase Bruno Guimaraes and Vinicius Junior2 August 2026, 4:00 pm
  ISAAN KHAN: Bruno Guimaraes is expected to have his medical on Monday, while Arsenal are chasing Real Madrid 's Vinicius Junior whose contract expires next summer.
  
• Promises unfulfilled will test Celtic's relations with disgruntled supporters from the get-go in new season2 August 2026, 3:50 pm
  You could well understand the ire of Celtic's hierarchy when they learned that they would be forced to raise the flag on a Monday evening rather than the traditional first Saturday of the new season.
  
• 'Some people prefer Manchester or London... but I love Burnley': How 0m NFL star JJ Watt has embraced his role as Clarets co-owner - and even designed their new shirt2 August 2026, 3:05 pm
  JJ Watt wants to restore the Burnley of old. For a man used to the glitzy environs of America's NFL, he comes across remarkably in touch with this humble corner of Lancashire.
  
• Worrying signs at Hearts are summed up by new boy with the touch of an elephant2 August 2026, 2:51 pm
  The emerging enigma that is Amadou Ba-Sy was hardly the key talking point from Hearts' outrageous collapse at Pittodrie.
  
• Spain's 'down to earth' World Cup hero Marc Cucurella praised for wholesome interaction with postman as he lets him wear his winner's medal2 August 2026, 1:59 pm
  Spain star Marc Cucurella thrilled his local postman after the World Cup winner offered him the medal he won Stateside last month to wear after dropping off his deliveries. 
  
• Son of music legend Phil Collins and half-brother of actress Lily Lily joins former Bundesliga champions - but there's a very slim chance he will face Harry Kane2 August 2026, 1:31 pm
  Phil, 75, had attended one of his matches in November, with Mathew sharing another picture alongside his music legend father in April.