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• Tottenham vs Leeds - Premier League LIVE: Latest score, team news and updates as Spurs chase third straight win in relegation fight11 May 2026, 6:05 pm
  Follow Daily Mail Sport's live blog for the latest score, team news and updates as Tottenham host Leeds at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in the Premier League.
  
• Nicolas Jackson 'attracts interest from FOUR top clubs' ahead of outcast striker's awkward Chelsea return11 May 2026, 5:57 pm
  Nicolas Jackson is believed to have attracted the interest of an array of international clubs, according to reports in Germany. 
  
• USA soccer star Johnny Cardoso OUT of the World Cup in huge blow with the tournament just a month away11 May 2026, 5:57 pm
  The 24-year-old from New Jersey was a nailed-on inclusion in Mauricio Pochettino's team before injury struck. The news of his absence is a massive blow.
  
• Celtic defender Auston Trusty eyes a 'magical' ending to a season of turbulence at Parkhead11 May 2026, 5:55 pm
  Auston Trusty feels Celtic have something magical within their grasp after cutting the gap to Hearts to one point with two games to play.
  
• Named: The Premier League manager on Chelsea's shortlist along with Andoni Iraola, Xabi Alonso and Marco Silva - with surprise ex-Blues star also in the frame to be club's next boss11 May 2026, 5:50 pm
  The Blues are on the hunt for another new boss after sacking Liam Rosenior, with a new permanent manager to be appointed at the end of the season - Calum McFarlane is taking temporary charge.
  
• VARcical! From scaling it back to just offsides, to escalating to higher offences or simply scrapping it altogether... how our Daily Mail experts would fix the failing technology11 May 2026, 5:49 pm
  Arsenal's 1-0 victory at West Ham has caused debate for the nature of the Hammers' disallowed equaliser in second-half stoppage-time. 
  
• THE GHOST OF FIR PARK: Martin O'Neill looking for an exorcism at Motherwell as Celtic boss returns to the scene of his most painful moment in football11 May 2026, 5:49 pm
  Even with the noise shaking Celtic Park to its foundations, there wasn't a chance that Martin O'Neill would be dragged down the road of discussing the prospect of a final-day shoot-out against Hearts.
  
• America's World Cup crisis EXPOSED: Five glaring problems that threaten to turn Trump's '104 Super Bowls' dream into a disaster and the race against time to avoid humiliation11 May 2026, 5:43 pm
  A month out, the World Cup is mired in controversy over concern over eye-watering ticket prices and transport costs, travel bans, war, peace prizes and the USMNT's performances.
  
• OLIVER HOLT: The Arsenal haters can shout and scream about West Ham's 'goal' all they want but their anger is not about VAR. This is the REAL reason they're losing their minds11 May 2026, 5:41 pm
  When the counting of the fouls in the box late in West Ham's defeat to Arsenal are done, when the freeze-frames have been exhausted, it is clear that one underlying theme remains.
  
• Revealed: The key evidence that could sink Southampton in Spygate scandal and the punishment they face if found guilty after analyst was caught watching Middlesbrough training session from the bushes11 May 2026, 5:29 pm
  EXCLUSIVE: This comes after we revealed last Thursday that a Southampton first-team analyst was caught allegedly recording Middlesbrough 's training from the bushes.
  
• Revealed: The 'secret clause' in Jose Mourinho's contract allowing him to leave Benfica on the cheap - and his two demands to Real Madrid as he closes in on stunning return11 May 2026, 5:00 pm
  The former Madrid manager is closing in on a sensational return to his former side, with Madrid president Florentino Perez personally sounding him out as a replacement for Alvaro Arbeloa.
  
• How Leandro Trossard became Mikel Arteta's leading man: The proof he's Arsenal's best pound-for-pound attacker, what he demanded in contract talks and the dilemma facing the club now11 May 2026, 4:08 pm
  This is the time Arteta needs his 'clutch' players to stand up. Trossard is one of those - playing 122 Premier League games since arriving in January 2023, eight more than any other Arsenal player.
  
• Rio Ferdinand reveals the England team-mate he 'hated' after he branded their Three Lions side 'egotistical losers'11 May 2026, 3:54 pm
  Though the era was deemed a somewhat golden generation, they failed to win a single trophy in the period, which also included the failure to qualify for Euro 2008 under Steve McClaren.
  
• Iconic stadium hosting opening game of the World Cup 'is SINKING and being monitored by NASA'11 May 2026, 3:49 pm
  The showpiece event will be held in the United States, Mexico and Canada between June 11 and July 19, with the first game set to be Mexico vs South Africa at Estadio Azteca in Mexico City.
  
• Predictor review: Find out how our experts fared in gameweek 31 with £1,000 up for grabs each week11 May 2026, 3:40 pm
  How did you get on against our experts in Daily Mail Sport's Predictor challenge in gameweek 31?