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• Premier League LIVE: TEN goals shake-up the table at the top and the bottom - as West Ham and Arsenal face game NEITHER can afford to lose10 May 2026, 3:12 pm
  Follow Daily Mail Sport's live blog from this Sunday's Premier League ties of West Ham vs Arsenal, Nottingham Forest vs Newcastle, Burnley vs Aston Villa and Crystal Palace vs Everton.
  
• Iran says it WILL take part in the World Cup before issuing list of demands to FIFA and the US10 May 2026, 2:59 pm
  The Iranian Football Federation (FFIRI) said the national side would take part 'without any retreat from our beliefs, culture and convictions'.
  
• Lionel Messi names his 'successor' who reminds him of himself - and he's not Argentinian!10 May 2026, 2:57 pm
  Lionel Messi has made one footballer's dreams come true by giving him the seal of approval as his successor. The Argentinian icon, 38, says the star takes him back to the days when he was young.
  
• Celtic star scores INCREDIBLE overhead kick as they beat Rangers and put Scottish title destiny in their own hands10 May 2026, 2:54 pm
  On Friday at Auchenhowie, Danny Rohl took a straight bat to the question he would have known was coming.
  
• The former Barcelona star who PREACHES in football stadiums after claiming 'Christ has set me free' following overturned rape conviction10 May 2026, 1:59 pm
  Alves, 43, spent just over one year in prison after being convicted of raping a woman in a Barcelona nightclub in 2022. His conviction was overturned in March 2025.
  
• Real Madrid FIGHT CLUB: Man United target in 'heated argument with team-mate' as some players 'barely speak to each other' in third row in a week after Kylian Mbappe and Antonio Rudiger10 May 2026, 11:52 am
  Two more Real Madrid players are believed to have been involved in a training session spat as tensions show no sign of dying down amid a turbulent end to the campaign. 
  
• 'Rotten Real Madrid need to rip it up and start again': La Liga expert Guillem Balague looks ahead to an explosive El Clasico in Barcelona that could be bruising for the Galacticos10 May 2026, 11:51 am
  The El Clasico is on collision course with history tomorrow. Real Madrid players, meanwhile, have been on collision course with each other.
  
• Real Madrid boss Alvaro Arbeloa breaks silence on dressing room chaos and player leaks after shocking physical fight - but blames HIMSELF for toxic atmosphere10 May 2026, 11:50 am
  Valverde and Tchouameni have both been hit by €500,000 fines - around £430,000 - for their roles in a training ground altercation on Thursday that left the former in hospital.
  
• Inside Jose Mourinho's looming Real Madrid return: How training ground chaos has provided conditions for shock move and the Kylian Mbappe vs Vinicius Jnr divide his predecessors have failed to solve10 May 2026, 11:50 am
  The bust-up was one of a series of confrontations between warring players and president Florentino Perez is set-on bringing back Mourinho who coached the club between 2010 and 2013.
  
• Kylian Mbappe shocks his Real Madrid team-mates with 'bombshell that no-one saw coming' as he walks out on the eve of El Clasico - after week of yacht holiday rows and fights between team-mates10 May 2026, 11:50 am
  Mbappe, 27, has been the subject of widespread criticism from Madrid supporters after he elected to go on a yacht holiday with his girlfriend while recovering from an injury.
  
• Cape Verde footballer investigated after alleged sex attack at team hotel in New Zealand during FIFA Series10 May 2026, 11:25 am
  A player from the World Cup bound Cape Verde national team is being investigated by police over an alleged sex attack in Auckland. 
  
• Senne Lammens urges Man United chiefs to launch summer spending spree with Red Devils set to compete on multiple fronts after securing Champions League qualification10 May 2026, 11:00 am
  CHRIS WHEELER: United were stretched in Saturday's goalless draw at Sunderland where Casemiro , Benjamin Sesko and Manuel Ugarte missed the game.
  
• Is this the secret behind Viktor Gyokeres' transformation? Fans convinced off-field decision has inspired turnaround for £64m man10 May 2026, 10:32 am
  Arsenal fans have credited Viktor Gyokeres' girlfriend for the Swede's stunning transformation on the pitch after the Gunners striker rekindled his relationship with the Portuguese actress.
  
• What Chelsea sources are saying about their top choice to be their new manager - and how the Blues FINALLY ended a 35-game run: KIERAN GILL10 May 2026, 10:25 am
  KIERAN GILL: Calum McFarlane insisting Chelsea are not a broken club before this trip to Liverpool was a little like that internet meme, the one where the cartoon dog is sitting at a table.
  
• Chaos in Prague: Football thugs invade pitch and 'attack rival goalkeeper' in shocking scenes - despite their team being just THREE minutes away from winning the title - as match is called off10 May 2026, 9:27 am
  Slavia Prague hosted local rivals Sparta Prague and led 3-2 in their top-of-the-table clash in the Czech first divison, with victory for the hosts securing them the title.