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• Same old Arsenal? Rivals cry foul over TWO big handball let-offs in the Champions League final that led to their opening goal and denied PSG a penalty30 May 2026, 5:03 pm
  rsenal got off to the perfect start against Paris Saint-Germain in Budapest, with Kai Havertz, selected ahead of Viktor Gyokeres, fired in from a tight angle to give his side the lead early on.
  
• PSG vs Arsenal - Champions League final LIVE: Latest score, team news and updates as Kai Havertz fires Gunners ahead30 May 2026, 5:02 pm
  Follow Daily Mail Sport's live blog for the latest score, team news and updates as PSG take on Arsenal in the 2025-26 Champions League final at the Puskas Arena in Budapest.
  
• USA name Tim Ream captain for the World Cup - as two star men are both snubbed in massive call30 May 2026, 4:13 pm
  The decision was confirmed on Saturday morning and is a major step as Mauricio Pochettino prepares his team for the tournament as host nation.
  
• What people inside football are saying about Raheem Sterling: RIATH AL-SAMARRAI on the plummeting fall of ex-England star after drug driving arrest over crashing his Lamborghini30 May 2026, 4:02 pm
  Had events transpired differently, Raheem Sterling may have boarded a plane for Budapest in the colours of Arsenal on Thursday. Instead, he was driving his Lamborghini.
  
• Revealed: The two feuding PSG team-mates who REFUSE to shake hands and want no relationship with each other ahead of the Champions League final against Arsenal30 May 2026, 3:43 pm
  In a recent intra-squad friendly, the two players were put on opposite sides and, according to reports, refused to shake hands before the game, though are understood to remain professional.
  
• Arne Slot took Liverpool to the top of the tree but he deserved sacking for failing to stop their disastrous decline, writes IAN LADYMAN30 May 2026, 3:37 pm
  There was a certain symmetry about Arne Slot being relieved of his job at Liverpool in the hours before Arsenal were about to play in a Champions League final.
  
• Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard gives his verdict on Arne Slot's 'shock' sacking - and reveals whether he's open to managerial return30 May 2026, 3:36 pm
  With it looking like the Reds would opt to stick with the Dutchman on the back of a more-than-disappointing season, they opted to pull the trigger on Saturday and are now on the hunt for a new boss.
  
• Liverpool SACK Arne Slot after end of season review: Reds squad left surprised by decision as Andoni Iraola emerges overwhelming favourite to take the reins at Anfield30 May 2026, 3:36 pm
  The Reds finished fifth in the Premier League this season, only just qualifying for the Champions League after a record-breaking £415million transfer spend in the summer.
  
• Scots fans are in the pink as their Hampden heroes survive a scare to ensure World Cup party plans can kick off in earnest30 May 2026, 3:33 pm
  Given the boos which rang out during the friendly defeats in March, a World Cup send-off at Hampden against the Caribbean minnows of Curacao looked like a potential banana skin for Scotland.
  
• Scotland 4-1 Curacao: Scots have plenty cause for concern as Lawrence Shankland stops Hampden World Cup send-off becoming a damp squib30 May 2026, 3:16 pm
  Thank heavens Lawrence Shankland found his shooting boots just before the hour and gave 10-man Curacao what for.
  
• Kevin Keegan, 75, cuts upbeat figure as he makes first public appearance since his cancer diagnosis - and jokes: 'I'm still alive!'30 May 2026, 2:47 pm
  The former England and Newcastle United manager joined presenter Pete Graves to advertise their appearance at the Tyne Theatre, scheduled for Sunday evening.
  
• SCOTLAND RATINGS: Steve Clarke's men savour Hampden send-off but which players took their chance to shine, who looks set to lead the line and does boss have ANY idea of his best defence?30 May 2026, 2:39 pm
  Scotland got the World Cup send-off Steve Clarke so badly wanted as an excited Hampden crowd cheered their heroes to a 4-1 win over the island nation of Curacao.
  
• Budapest braced for biggest police operation in the city's history as 10,000 ticketless fans are set to arrive for Arsenal's Champions League final showdown with Paris Saint-Germain30 May 2026, 2:37 pm
  Each club has been allocated 17,000 tickets, but police are estimating around 10,000 more will descend on the nation's capital without a ticket.
  
• Why Liverpool - 'not a sacking club' - changed their mind on Arne Slot: What figures behind the scenes think of need for a rebuild, a failure to learn from errors - and how it's come as a shock to the players30 May 2026, 2:36 pm
  LEWIS STEELE: Just 12 months on from winning the Premier League title and looking formidable, nobody foresaw a scenario unfolding whereby Arne Slot would be anything but the right man for the job.
  
• Only THREE Arsenal stars make the cut and Bukayo Saka misses out: Stats boffins reveal combined PSG vs Arsenal XI ahead of the Champions League final30 May 2026, 2:31 pm
  On Saturday, Mikel Arteta's men look to become the first Arsenal team to ever win the Champions League , as they take on holders Paris Saint-Germain in Budapest's Puskas Arena.