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• England World Cup squad announcement: Thomas Tuchel's squad - and three surprise additions to training camp - confirmed as Ian Ladyman responds to YOUR comments on Maguire, Palmer and Trent calls22 May 2026, 12:21 pm
  Follow Daily Mail Sport's live blog as Thomas Tuchel names his 26-man squad for the 2026 World Cup in USA, Canada and Mexico.
  
• Pep Guardiola finally confirms he is QUITTING Man City and will leave the Premier League after 10 years - with Enzo Maresca ready to take over22 May 2026, 12:05 pm
  Pep Guardiola has officially confirmed that he is bringing an end to his illustrious decade in charge of Manchester City this weekend.
  
• JEFF POWELL MBE: Harry Maguire's wailing over World Cup snub was undignified and broke a golden rule. And here's what else it could cost him22 May 2026, 11:57 am
  JEFF POWELL MBE: It is the phone call or the arm round the shoulder every World Cup wannabe dreads. The moment when he's told he won't be going to the greatest show on earth.
  
• Thomas Tuchel has never been one to lack the courage of his convictions but Harry Maguire's England World Cup snub makes less sense the more you think about it - while Ivan Toney's call-up is a luxury pick, writes IAN LADYMAN22 May 2026, 11:43 am
  Harry Maguire's mum had two words for it as news of Thomas Tuchel's World Cup England squad began to eke out on Thursday afternoon.
  
• Celtic boss Martin O'Neill hits out at Hearts investor Tony Bloom over 'assaults' allegation and reveals he has had to change his mobile phone number due to abusive texts and calls22 May 2026, 11:42 am
  Celtic boss Martin O'Neill has fired back at Tony Bloom's claims that Hearts players were assaulted on the pitch during the chaos at Parkhead last weekend.
  
• Thomas Tuchel admits he HASN'T picked England's '26 most talented players' for the World Cup and axed big names including Harry Maguire to have an 'unselfish' team22 May 2026, 11:41 am
  Thomas Tuchel says he was 'surprised' by Harry Maguire and his family's public outbursts about the England World Cup squad - and admits he prioritised an 'unselfish' team.
  
• Real Madrid's embattled boss Alvaro Arbeloa announces he is LEAVING and won't work under Jose Mourinho - despite being one of the returning manager's acolytes22 May 2026, 11:31 am
  Real Madrid head coach Alvaro Arbeloa, who replaced Xabi Alonso in January, has confirmed that he will exit the club amid former boss Jose Mourinho's imminent return.
  
• 'We're certainly not the data darlings': Hull City insiders reveal the secrets of their success - the low xG, how to deal with spies, the 'chip on the shoulder', the Pep Zone, the Google guru and Oli McBurnie's pink Stone Island tracksuit22 May 2026, 11:02 am
  Hull are the forgotten club amid the controversy over Southampton's cheating, which puts Middlesbrough into the final instead, though being overlooked is a predicament they're accustomed to here.
  
• THE SALAH FILES, Part 4: The secrets of the greatest season in Premier League history. LEWIS STEELE reveals the deal with Arne Slot and a Virgil van Dijk bombshell that fuelled Salah's magnum opus22 May 2026, 11:00 am
  THE SALAH FILES - PART FOUR: In many ways, this was Mohamed Salah's best season in a Liverpool shirt, and perhaps the greatest individual season ever in the Premier League.
  
• Tottenham legend Glenn Hoddle launches withering attack on club captain Cristian Romero as defender jets back to Argentina to get fit in time for World Cup - and misses Spurs' relegation decider22 May 2026, 11:00 am
  SIMON JONES: Glenn Hoddle has launched a withering attack on club captain Cristian Romero for his plan to stay in Argentina this weekend rather than support Tottenham.
  
• Michael Carrick confirmed as new Man United manager on two-year contract and becomes SEVENTH manager since Sir Alex Ferguson retired 13 years ago22 May 2026, 10:42 am
  Carrick has been handed a two-year contract with the option for United to extend it by a further year as a reward for the job he has done since being installed until the end of the season in January.
  
• PEP AND MAN CITY, THE UNTOLD DECADE: Part 1 - The Real Guardiola. From putting 'the fear of God into you' to his astonishing generosity, those who know him best reveal their stories of the ultimate 'football genius'22 May 2026, 10:40 am
  This is chapter one of the untold story of Guardiola and his decade of Manchester City glory - starting with the enigmatic personality at the heart of it all...
  
• PEP AND MAN CITY - THE UNTOLD DECADE, Part 4: Pep and his players. The 'philosophy of crazy' that spat some stars out, took them all 'to a level you didn't know you had', was powered by gravity inversion... and how he slapped down backchat22 May 2026, 10:39 am
  'You must have had a boss who has to know everything and control everything you do,' one prominent agent told Daily Mail Sport about Pep Guardiola's reign. 'Pep is that boss.'
  
• PEP AND MAN CITY, THE UNTOLD DECADE: Part 2 - His troubled first season. Why 'nervous wreck' Guardiola 'set fire' to plans, banished overweight players... and went to war over the grass length, black nets, Yaya Toure, Joe Hart and referees22 May 2026, 10:39 am
  At 45, Guardiola was at the peak of his powers, the genius City and their Spanish executive team had been prepared to wait for. He was the coach who made winning look easy. Wasn't he?
  
• PEP AND MAN CITY - THE UNTOLD DECADE, Part 3: The journey to the Treble. For the first time, JACK GAUGHAN reveals the secrets of Guardiola's masterplan for immortality - from magnets to Coldplay, a 'trap', a secret weapon and tactical perfection22 May 2026, 10:38 am
  PEP AND MAN CITY - THE UNTOLD DECADE, PART 3: Guardiola and his shellshocked players did not know it - but from the sky blue funeral of the Santiago Bernabeu began an ascent to immortality.