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• Derek McInnes rues costly red card for ill-disciplined Hearts as St Mirren inflict damaging defeat on title hopefuls4 February 2026, 12:20 am
  Derek McInnes admitted 10-man Hearts had paid the price for again 'playing with fire' as they fell to their third Premiership defeat of the season at St Mirren.
  
• Paul Merson lays into Chelsea for 'going out with a whimper' in dull Carabao Cup semi-final second leg and jokes Wesley Fofana cried at full-time because they 'didn't give it a go'4 February 2026, 12:04 am
  Liam Rosenior's side lost 1-0 on the night and 4-2 on aggregate as Kai Havertz scored deep in stoppage time to send the Gunners to Wembley.
  
• Pep Guardiola gets political: Man City boss criticises Donald Trump over killings by ICE agents and brings up wars in Ukraine, Gaza and Sudan in extraordinary press conference - after making spending claim4 February 2026, 12:00 am
  JACK GAUGHAN: In a remarkable press conference, the City boss criticised the Trump administration after the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by ICE agents in Minneapolis.
  
• Arsenal survive a tense and ill-tempered battle of attrition against Chelsea to reach the Carabao Cup final - it is another step forward in their bigger quest for a first Premier League title for 22 years, writes OLIVER HOLT3 February 2026, 11:07 pm
  OLIVER HOLT AT EMIRATES STADIUM: Arsenal survived an increasingly frenetic and ill-tempered battle of attrition with Chelsea to advance to the Carabao Cup Final.
  
• Arsenal vs Chelsea - Carabao Cup semi-final RECAP: Mikel Arteta's side book final spot3 February 2026, 11:03 pm
  Relive Daily Mail Sport's live blog for the latest score, team news and updates as Arsenal host Chelsea at the Emirates for the second leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final
  
• Arsenal 1-0 Chelsea (4-2 agg) - PLAYER RATINGS: Who won the stodgy midfield battle? Which Blues star lacked creativity? And who was anonymous and ineffective?3 February 2026, 11:00 pm
  Here, Daily Mail Sport's Isaan Khan delivers the player ratings for Mikel Arteta's side, while Kieran Gill scores the Blues out of 10.
  
• St Mirren 1 Hearts 0: Saints, Sinners... and the Old Firm are the winners as a red card finally costs McInnes' men in title race3 February 2026, 10:29 pm
  At the same venue where their League Cup dreams expired earlier in the season, how costly might this league defeat be for Hearts in their championship chase?
  
• Man United Confidential: Revealed: Big-money deadline day transfer weighed-up, Casemiro's next move, the Tyrell Malacia mystery and when Ruben Amorim intends to have his say on Old Trafford nightmare3 February 2026, 8:48 pm
  It may have been a quiet transfer window for Manchester United, but Confidentialunderstands that United were still weighing up a big-money move for a midfielder until late in January.
  
• League One manager emerges as favourite to take over as Blackburn boss - as Championship strugglers bid to avoid relegation amid eight-game winless run3 February 2026, 8:17 pm
  EXCLUSIVE BY SIMON JONES: Leam Richardson is emerging as a leading candidate to become the next manager of Blackburn Rovers.
  
• Celtic boss Martin O'Neill insists he's satisfied with club's January business as he makes fresh plea for fans to get behind team and end war with board3 February 2026, 6:49 pm
  Martin O'Neill has launched an impassioned defence of Celtic's January transfer business - before issuing a fresh plea for peace between the club's board and furious supporters.
  
• Crystal Palace weigh up knee surgery for Jean-Philippe Mateta as France striker bids to be fit for World Cup - after £30m deadline day move to AC Milan failed due to medical issues3 February 2026, 6:24 pm
  Jean-Phillipe Mateta and Crystal Palace are weighing up whether he should undergo surgery in a bid to make the World Cup with France.
  
• Rangers boss Danny Rohl says new £4m signing compares to German stars Fredi Bobic and Nick Woltemade3 February 2026, 5:56 pm
  Danny Rohl claims Rangers' deadline-day signing Ryan Naderi has been favourably compared to past and present Germany stars Fredi Bobic and Nick Woltemade.
  
• Sandro Tonali's transfer denial unpacked: The reasons why deadline-day drama should not be ignored but it's not Alexander Isak all over again... plus the Newcastle stance revealed should summer offer arrive3 February 2026, 5:51 pm
  Lost amid claim and counter-claim and words like 'rubbish' and 'wild', was the germ of a story whose first page was turned on deadline day: Sandro Tonali and his future at Newcastle.
  
• Police SHUT DOWN major UK-based illegal streaming network used for Premier League football - and make string of arrests - after Sky Sports complained3 February 2026, 5:28 pm
  Police have arrested four people and seized servers worth £750,000 in a major new development in the war against illegal streaming. 
  
• Football chiefs to vote on drastic new measures to clamp down on time-wasting by goalkeepers and during substitutions3 February 2026, 5:22 pm
  MIKE KEEGAN: Football's lawmakers will vote later this month on whether to bring in countdowns to prevent time wasting and on the introduction of a 10-second substitute rule.