Arsenal named Spaniard Unai Emery as their first new manager for 22 years on Wednesday following Arsene Wenger's departure at the end of the last campaign. The Premier League club's website said the 46-year-old would join as head coach, having spent the last two years at Paris St Germain, with whom he recently claimed a domestic treble.



Paris Saint-Germain coach Unai Emery during a press conference, May 5, 2018. (Photo: Reuters/Benoit Tessier)

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* Spain midfielder Andres Iniesta said he was moving to Japan and indicated he was signing for J-League side Vissel Kobe, posting a picture of himself on social media with the club's chairman, Hiroshi Mikitani.

* Napoli appointed the much-traveled and hugely successful Carlo Ancelotti as their new coach on Wednesday, handing him the job of trying to end Juventus' dominance of Serie A. Ancelotti will replace Maurizio Sarri, who led Napoli to two second-place and one third-place finish during his three seasons in charge.

* Ukraine's state security service (SBU) on Wednesday warned of a possible cyber attack on state bodies and private companies ahead of the Champions League soccer final in Kiev on Saturday.

* The Swiss government asked parliament on Wednesday to approve spending of up to 994 million Swiss francs (749 million pounds) on a bid to host the 2026 Winter Olympics and Paralympics. The Swiss city of Sion is one of seven candidate sites, alongside Canada's Calgary, Austria's Graz, Stockholm, Turkey's Erzurum, Japan's Sapporo and an Italian bid involving Cortina d'Ampezzo, Milan and Turin.

* Veteran Malaysian shuttler Lee Chong Wei enacted his revenge on world number one Viktor Axelsen by stunning the Dane in a two-game match in their final group encounter of the Thomas Cup on Wednesday (May 23).

* UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin criticised his FIFA counterpart Gianni Infantino's plans to create two new tournaments as "highly cynical and ruthless mercantilism" and accused the global body of selling the soul of the game. Infantino has proposed staging what would effectively be a mini-World Cup. It would feature eight international teams and take place every two years in addition to the traditional event.

* Australian Open semi-finalist Chung Hyeon has pulled out of the French Open with a persistent ankle injury, the rising South Korean said on Wednesday. Tipped as one of the few contenders capable of beating Rafa Nadal at Roland Garros this year, Chung said in a tweet that he had also withdrawn from this week's Lyon Open.

* The new head of USA Gymnastics apologised before Congress on Wednesday (May 23) for the "despicable" sexual abuse of Olympic gymnasts by disgraced team doctor Larry Nassar and pledged to make athlete safety the top priority.

 

                       Source: NDO

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