22 Wednesday, May 31, 2017 SPORTS Wenger to stay at Arsenal London director of football to work of Wenger’s new contract rsene Wenger has told with Wenger had sparked is expected to come on Arsenal owner Stan claims the Frenchman was Wednesday. AKroenke he will accept the considering ending his “The club are planning Premier League club’s offer 21-year reign. to make an announcement of a new two-year contract, But after leading Arsenal on Wednesday afternoon,” according to reports to an impressive 2-1 FA Cup a spokesman said after yesterday. final victory Premier refusing to confirm the Wenger met Gunners League champions Chelsea reports of Wenger’s decision. majority shareholder with Kroenke watching Wenger, who has won Kroenke and chief executive from the stands on Saturday, three Premier League titles Ivan Gazidis on Monday to Wenger had hinted he was and a record seven FA Cups discuss his future before his willing to stay. with the Gunners, will attend contract expires next month. And the Daily Mail and an Arsenal board meeting on The 67-year-old has been Daily Mirror reported Tuesday when the contract heavily criticised this season, Wenger has informed should be rubber-stamped. with Arsenal fans calling for American tycoon Kroenke, Wenger will outline his resignation after their who remains a firm his plans for close-season team failed to qualify for the supporter of his manager, signings and while there Champions League for the that he wants to remain in may still be some tinkering first time in 20 years. charge of the north London with his backroom staff Suggestions that Arsenal club. it will not be without his may insist on hiring a A formal announcement approval. (AFP) Arsene Wenger Paulinho the hero as Guangzhou Evergrande into last eight

Kashima Thailand’s Muangthong United 4-1 x-Tottenham Hotspur midfielder to complete a 7-2 aggregate win and Paulinho grabbed a crucial goal reach the quarter-finals at a canter. asE two-time winners Guangzhou Kashima’s game was much closer Evergrande squeaked past Kashima and they had the best early chances Antlers on away goals yesterday to when Pedro Junior was denied by During the ceremony reach the AFC Champions League Feng Xiaoting’s last-ditch block, and quarter-finals. Yuma Suzuki fired just wide. Pakistan Club to host the Paulinho, the scorer in last week’s Pedro Junior showed skill and 1-0 win in Guangzhou, scored a tap- tenacity to open the scoring on 28 first Academy in on 55 minutes and it was enough to minutes, when he brushed off two put the Chinese team through despite challenges and launched a brilliant DT News Network Chairman Pakistan Club and their 2-1 defeat on the night. shot into the top corner. Manama hundreds of cricket fans at The result was cruel for Kashima, Evergrande nearly hit back when he Pakistan Club will host the opening of the Ramadan who went ahead through Pedro Liu Jian’s full-stretch volley rebounded the first Cricket Academy Tennis Ball 7-A Side Cup Junior’s superb strike in the first half off the post, but the most enterprising asT part of the Club’s efforts 2017 at the Pakistan Club. and scored again via Mu Kanazaki in attacking play remained at the other to revive the cricket game “The efforts to preserve injury time for an aggregate score of end. Pedro Junior skilfully lifted a ball by providing training and the cricket as a game at the 2-2. But it was a major step forward to his fellow Brazilian Leandro, whose technical support to the local grass-root level, the CBA for Luiz Felipe Scolari’s Chinese volley went straight at the goalkeeper, talent of this game. is planning to open the league-leaders, who lifted the Asian before Shoma Doi bundled a close- Mohamed Sajid Shaikh first cricket academy at the title in 2013 and 2015 but exited last range half-volley over the bar. recently elected Vice Pakistan Club. This will help year’s competition at the group stage. The hosts looked comfortable but President of the CBA Board to polish the talent and sustain In yesterday’s other last-16 tie Evergrande seized back the initiative Kashima Antlers’ forward Pedro Junior made this announcement the cricket as a sporting game in Japan, Kawasaki Frontale beat on 55 minutes. (AFP) (L) and midfielder Paulinho compete for in the presence of Salim which had been one of the key the ball Elyas, CBA Chairman and areas of sports of the Pakistan Mahmood Rafique the Club till early 2000,” Sajid said. Bangla suffer woeful warm-up London away by holders as they first game of the Champions in just five overs at the start angladesh coach Chandika piled up 324 for seven. Trophy. of their seven- defeat Hathurusinghe insisted his There were half-centuries “But our preparation was against at Lord’s Bside’s morale remained intact from reserve wicket-keeper good apart from this game so we on Monday. after they suffered a dispiriting Dinesh Karthik (94), Hardik are confident anyway,” added Both sides will hope for warm-up for their Champions Pandya (80 ) and opener the former batsman, much improved performances Trophy opener against England (60). with the Tigers having beaten with the bat when they kick off by crashing to a 240-run defeat then collapsed to both New Zealand and Ireland the tournament at on against India yesterday. 22 for six in just 7.3 overs at the in a triangular warm-up event Thursday. With the start of the Oval before being bowled out in Dublin earlier this month. “In cricket anything can Champions Trophy -- a for 84 under cloudy skies in India’s happen early on, especially in tournament featuring the south London. and shared the England,” said Hathurusinghe. world’s top eight one-day “Obviously it affects the first six as Bangladesh “I think the overcast international sides -- just two confidence a little bit, but this is a demonstrated they can be just as conditions played a part, but India’s Shikhar Dhawan (L) days away, this was a poorly- practice game,” Hathurusinghe vulnerable as England to seam hopefully in two days’ time we plays a shot for four runs timed flop from Bangladesh, told reporters. and swing in helpful conditions. can get off to a good start and whose bowlers were swatted “It’s a big game for us, the England folded to 20 for six do things differently.” (AFP)