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• Celtic vs Hearts - Scottish Premiership LIVE: Latest news and updates as Derek McInnes' side bid for first title triumph since 1960 in huge all-or-nothing clash at Celtic Park16 May 2026, 11:51 am
  Follow Daily Mail Sports live blog for the latest score, team news and updates as Celtic host Hearts in Scottish Premiership title decider at Celtic Park.
  
• Barcelona chief Deco heads to FA Cup final to sound out move for £55m Chelsea star Joao Pedro - as Spanish champions announce Robert Lewandowski's summer exit16 May 2026, 11:43 am
  The 48-year-old Barcelona executive and former Chelsea midfielder has been in London this week for a series of meetings ahead of formulating transfer plans for the summer.
  
• GARY KEOWN: Now that they've blamed anyone and everyone else, there are plenty of other 'inconvenient truths' the SFA might like to show the same appetite for addressing with windy statements...16 May 2026, 11:08 am
  If individuals feel compelled to leak the personal details of match officials online, they deserve to face retribution. Same goes for anyone who uses those details in a menacing or abusive way.
  
• Trabzonspor make plans to keep Andre Onana after exiled goalkeeper is told he is NOT wanted back at Man United - who fear extroverted £120,000-a-week star wouldn't cope well as No 216 May 2026, 10:53 am
  Onana has impressed at Trabzon since arriving on loan from United in September, and helped the club to reach the Turkish Cup final on Wednesday night.
  
• The Returning One! Jose Mourinho 'will become Real Madrid's manager for a second spell beating Didier Deschamps and Mauricio Pochettino to the role' - as Spanish media reveal when he'll 'arrive'16 May 2026, 9:17 am
  Despite Mourinho's claims pre-match that he has had no contact with Real Madrid, reports in both Spain and Portugal state that his return has been agreed.
  
• David Moyes hails Seamus Coleman as the ultimate 'glue guy' - and claims Everton may have been relegated without their departing captain16 May 2026, 8:33 am
  LEWIS STEELE: David Moyes has hailed Seamus Coleman as 'the glue' that held Everton together for 17 years - and says the club might well have got relegated if not for the long-serving captain. 
  
• Rank your favourite (and least!) World Cup kits - from Uruguay's dazzling home strip to THAT Puma-manufactured Swiss horror show16 May 2026, 8:25 am
  Germany's home shirt pays tribute to their 1990 and 2014 designs, which might make for troubling reading if you're an England fan, because they won the tournament in those years.
  
• Danny Rohl's mishandling of James Tavernier's farewell has exposed his naivety and inexperience as a manager16 May 2026, 6:33 am
  The fallout from what happened at Fir Park on Wednesday has been nuclear. Social media exploded, whilst TV and radio stations down south had Scottish football at the top of their news agendas.
  
• David Beckham and Gary Neville are off to Wembley! Man United legends' League Two club Salford City secure place in play-off final16 May 2026, 1:10 am
  David Beckham and Gary Neville threw their support behind their club Salford City from 5,000 miles away as the long-time friends and former team-mates enjoyed a holiday in California's Napa Valley. 
  
• Michael Carrick has the Man United job at last - now there are four things he must do to succeed16 May 2026, 1:00 am
  As Michael Carrick edges ever closer to the Manchester United job, Daily Mail Sport looks at what the 44-year-old must do over the summer and at the start of next season to make a success of the job.
  
• Aston Villa vs Liverpool - Premier League RECAP: Unai Emery's side run riot against Arne Slot's visitors as Jamie Carragher says Reds have been 'ripped apart'15 May 2026, 11:01 pm
  Follow Daily Mail Sport's live blog for the latest score, team news and updates as Aston Villa welcome Liverpool to Villa Park in the Premier League.
  
• While Aston Villa aim to make history in Istanbul, Liverpool can only look to the past, writes TOM COLLOMOSSE as Unai Emery's side secure Champions League status with ruthless win that raises more questions over Arne Slot's position15 May 2026, 11:01 pm
  TOM COLLOMOSSE AT VILLA PARK: The Reds had one of their greatest European nights in the Turkish city. Unlike Villa, Arne Slot 's men still have work to do to qualify for the competition.
  
• Jamie Carragher hits out at 'embarrassing' Liverpool star's attempt to get rival Aston Villa player sent off as Anfield legend unloads on Arne Slot's 'mentally, physically WEAK' team after mauling at Villa Park15 May 2026, 10:43 pm
  Jamie Carragher had little time for Alexis Mac Allister's 'embarrassing' attempt to see Aston Villa rival Ezri Konsa handed his marching orders during Liverpool's testy Premier League clash.
  
• Broken Arne Slot has made Liverpool a feeble mess and needs a miracle to win back the fanbase, writes LEWIS STEELE - how long can the Anfield hierarchy ignore the alarm bells?15 May 2026, 10:27 pm
  LEWIS STEELE: Like Liverpool at half-time in that fabled final of 2005, where the Reds were 3-0 down but came back to win, Slot looks down and out.
  
• Alistair Johnston: Celtic stars relishing the role of Premiership party poopers15 May 2026, 9:44 pm
  Alistair Johnston  appreciates why so many people who are ordinarily so dismissive of Scottish football are suddenly fully engaged with it.