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• Hull City owner threatens legal action if his side don't win the Championship play-off final - with just MINUTES to go before kick-off23 May 2026, 1:53 pm
  Hull City owner Acun Ilicali has insisted the club will take legal action if they lose to Middlesbrough in Saturday's play-off final.
  
• Hull City vs Middlesbrough - Championship play-off final LIVE: Latest score, team news and updates as Tigers bus is attacked by fans en route to Wembley and Boro take Saints' place at Wembley after spygate scandal23 May 2026, 1:51 pm
    Follow Daily Mail Sport's live blog for the latest score, team news and updates as Hull City take on Middlesbrough in the Championship play-off final at Wembley Stadium.
  
• Pep Guardiola reveals his only regret as Man City boss as legendary manager says goodbye after heavily decorated 10-year stint in Manchester23 May 2026, 1:21 pm
  Guardiola, who on Friday confirmed Daily Mail Sport's exclusive that he will leave at the end of the season, is preparing to take charge of his final home game on Sunday against Aston Villa.
  
• Harry Maguire breaks cover after Man United star was brutally AXED from Thomas Tuchel's World Cup England squad23 May 2026, 1:21 pm
  Harry Maguire cut a glum figure as he broke cover for the first time since it was confirmed that the England defender will not be taking part in this summer's World Cup. 
  
• Former Premier League psychologist reveals how West Ham can gazump Tottenham and secure top flight survival as relegation battle goes to final game shootout23 May 2026, 1:09 pm
  While a legion of supporters in North London have been basking in title glory this week, other fans in the capital are nervously looking over their shoulder.
  
• Mohamed Salah's daughters share cheeky advice on what the Liverpool legend could have done BETTER as they take part in poignant Anfield farewell video with their superstar father23 May 2026, 12:58 pm
  Forget rival fans, pundits or even his sternest opponents - it turns out Mohamed Salah's toughest critics have been sitting at home all along.
  
• Where are Pep Guardiola's first Man City team now? Running a vineyard, launching a racing career - and returning to the club!23 May 2026, 12:13 pm
  It was on August 13 2016 when he led City for the first time. Ten years and 20 trophies ago, to be exact. Countless players and coaches have passed since. But Pep has remained - until now.
  
• Pastures new for Pep! Guardiola wastes no time moving out of his Manchester apartment DAYS BEFORE his Man City swansong - with outgoing boss confirming Sunday will be his final game23 May 2026, 11:15 am
  Hours after Man City confirmed Guardiola's departure - revealed by Daily Mail Sport on Monday - removal men were seen taking belongings away from his Manchester apartment.
  
• Heartbreak for Sydney FC as the A-League trophy heads across the Tasman for the first time23 May 2026, 11:10 am
  Auckland became the first New Zealand team to win an A-League grand final, doing so in front of a raucous 28,374-strong crowd on home soil on Saturday night.
  
• Revealed: The secret extra England player called up to training camp who Thomas Tuchel refused to name when unveiling his controversial squad23 May 2026, 11:05 am
  Head coach Tuchel named his final 26-man squad on Friday, but also called up a young trio - Liverpool forward Rio Ngumoha, Fulham's Josh King and Bournemouth's Alex Scott - to train with the squad.
  
• Cristiano Ronaldo is SNUBBED as Saudi Pro League Player of the Season despite finally winning a major trophy with Al-Nassr - with Chelsea flop picking up the award over £480,000-a-day star23 May 2026, 9:26 am
  Ronaldo scored twice as Al Nassr beat Damac 4-1 on the final day of the season on Thursday, clinching the £177million-a-year forward his first league title since joining over three years ago.
  
• Tottenham legend Glenn Hoddle launches withering attack on club captain Cristian Romero as defender jets back to Argentina to get fit in time for World Cup - and misses Spurs' relegation decider23 May 2026, 8:44 am
  SIMON JONES: Glenn Hoddle has launched a withering attack on club captain Cristian Romero for his plan to stay in Argentina this weekend rather than support Tottenham.
  
• Chelsea agree to sign former Brighton star from sister club Strasbourg - marking the 13th deal between the two BlueCo clubs since start of last season23 May 2026, 8:13 am
  The defender, who has been playing as a midfielder, would become the second player to join Chelsea this summer, with Emanuel Emegha having already agreed a move.
  
• Thomas Tuchel explains his World Cup squad: The damning reasons why Cole Palmer was snubbed, how England boss was surprised by Harry Maguire's 'unnecessary' reaction - and why Phil Foden's omission 'hurt'23 May 2026, 8:11 am
  The Manchester United defender fired back, saying he was left 'shocked and gutted' by the decision, while his mother Zoe labelled it 'disgraceful'.
  
• PEP AND MAN CITY - THE UNTOLD DECADE, Part 5: The Great Reinventor. JACK GAUGHAN reveals the reason Guardiola stayed one more year, how close City came to signing Lionel Messi and the epic parting gift the manager leaves behind23 May 2026, 8:10 am
  There was simply a recognition that Guardiola could not leave City in this state. Changes had to come. This was to become the final recycle job of Guardiola's City.