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• Ajax suffer 'unprecedented humiliation' after 6-0 Dutch Cup humbling consigns them to a fourth trophyless year in a row15 January 2026, 10:17 am
  The Amsterdam giants went down within three minutes and were skewered by a hat-trick from Ireland striker Troy Parrott in the last 16 of the KNVB Cup.
  
• Gerard Pique's brutal WhatsApp jibe at old El Clasico rival Alvaro Arbeloa is LEAKED after Real Madrid's 'shameful' Copa del Rey exit under new manager15 January 2026, 10:14 am
  Barcelona legend Gerard Pique has mocked his old rival Alvaro Arbeloa with a brutal jibe on WhatsApp after the new Real Madrid manager endured a nightmare first match in charge on Wednesday.
  
• Premier League star striker looking for a move away months after new deal talks and £40m midfielder lined up to replace Conor Gallagher by Atletico Madrid: TRANSFER WINDOW WATCH15 January 2026, 10:14 am
  The transfer window is open and here are today's latest developments from Daily Mail Sport's Simon Jones...
  
• PSG 'target £107m Chelsea star unsettled by Enzo Maresca's exit'15 January 2026, 9:52 am
  Enzo Maresca was sacked by the west London club on New Year's Day after an explosive fallout with Chelsea's hierarchy, leading to the appointment of new head coach Liam Rosenior last week.
  
• Micah Richards reveals his VERY famous babysitter from when he grew up in Leeds - but can you guess who his iconic 90s pop group minder was?15 January 2026, 9:47 am
  Micah Richards left Gary Lineker and Alan Shearer stunned with the revelation that he had a very famous babysitter as a child. Lineker said 'unbelievable' when hearing the information.
  
• Team-mate of gay football star who branded his club homophobic reveals the 'REAL reason' he couldn't make the team15 January 2026, 9:43 am
  Socceroo Craig Goodwin has hit back at former Adelaide United team-mate Josh Cavallo after he sensationally claimed that 'internal homophobia' existed at the club.
  
• The signs that clunky Viktor Gyokeres has turned a corner as Arsenal end their awful semi-final record: ISAAN KHAN on striker's struggles and scoring at Chelsea15 January 2026, 9:33 am
  ISAAN KHAN: It doesn't matter how they go in, a goal is a goal. And how badly Viktor Gyokeres needed his on Wednesday night, benefiting from a poor Robert Sanchez error
  
• Real Madrid humiliated in Copa del Rey: Alvaro Arbeloa suffers nightmare start as they crash OUT to second tier strugglers after Xabi Alonso's sacking15 January 2026, 8:27 am
  Alonso was sacked as Madrid boss on Monday after just a matter of months at the helm on the back of his side's 3-2 defeat by arch rivals Barcelona in the Spanish Super Cup final.
  
• Liam Rosenior's new Chelsea tactic that exposed them to Arsenal's attack - and the idea that he's married to that has Stamford Bridge fed up: KIERAN GILL on the Blues' slim Arsenal hopes15 January 2026, 7:47 am
  KIERAN GILL: Liam Rosenior wanted to show his football to Stamford Bridge for the first time but Arsenal were the worst opponents he could have encountered for that introduction.
  
• Making a big noise in Nashville! Wolves face competition to bring Sam Surridge back to England... after only Lionel Messi scored more MLS goals last season15 January 2026, 7:17 am
  Surridge has been a sensation in two-and-a-half years since his transfer from Nottingham Forest to Nashville. He finished the last regular season with 24 goals, five behind Messi's 29.
  
• Meet Tommy 'Tucker' Sloan... the forklift driver who is one of Scotland's most successful football managers and the man whose job it is to try to shock Celtic in the cup15 January 2026, 7:00 am
  Tommy Sloan faces his biggest game in his 23 years as manager of Auchinleck Talbot. His side will take on Celtic at Rugby Park on Sunday.
  
• Premier League stars come to me to buy their cars - this is the one high-tech modification they ask for to play better, the other unusual add-ons they all want and why one player was told by his club to sell his Lamborghini immediately15 January 2026, 1:41 am
  When a Premier League player wants a car, Riccardo Leighton sorts it. The list of names he's worked with down the years would give any team a run for their money.
  
• Luigi Mangione's cousin signs soccer contract in Brooklyn a year after UnitedHealthcare killing in Manhattan15 January 2026, 1:29 am
  As Luigi Mangione sits in a New York cell awaiting the latest development in his murder trial, a relative of his is moving to the same city for an entirely different purpose. 
  
• We can't keep leaving ourselves short with red cards, Derek McInnes warns his title-chasing Hearts side after another momentous win with 10 men14 January 2026, 11:56 pm
  Derek McInnes warned his table-topping Hearts players they can't keep leaving themselves short-handed in the title run-in.
  
• Chelsea 2-3 Arsenal: Mikel Arteta shows Liam Rosenior the size of the task at hand at Stamford Bridge as feelgood factor evaporates in tough night for the new boss, writes OLIVER HOLT14 January 2026, 11:56 pm
  OLIVER HOLT AT STAMFORD BRIDGE: Rosenior's arrival has brought at least hints of optimism amid the misgivings about the ownership.