Barcelona's Board of Directors on Monday announced that LUIS ENRIQUE will sign a two-year contract as Barcelona's new coach. Enrique previously coached La Liga side Celta Vigo (Barcelona). ... Arsenal Manager ARSÈNE WENGER is "preparing to enter an unprecedented third decade" as the club's manager after agreeing to a new three-year contract worth £7.5M ($12.6M) that will commit him to the club until '17 (London TELEGRAPH). ... Reinstated Pakistan Cricket Board Chair ZAKA ASHRAF visited PCB headquarters in Islamabad on Monday. Ashraf said that he "did not want to pass any statement about the former chairman of the board" (PAKISTAN TODAY, 5/19). ... The defunct Cricket Association of Bihar Secretary and face of the anti-(former Board of Control for Cricket in India President) N. SRINIVASAN camp ADITYA VERMA on Monday wrote a letter to PM designate NARENDRA MODI "urging him to help young cricketers of his state and take action against" Srinivasan (PTI, 5/19). … Former Japan Sumo Association Chair KAIKETSU died Sunday "after he fell ill at a golf practice range in a Tokyo suburb." He was 66 (KYODO, 5/20).
RUGBY RETIREMENT: World Cup-winning former England rugby player JONNY WILKINSON "will retire from rugby at the end of the season." Wilkinson made 91 appearances for England and "kicked the drop-goal" that won the 2003 World Cup. Wilkinson: "It goes without saying that I have an enormous number of people to thank for their support from all around the world but especially here in France and England. I sincerely thank you all for everything you have given me and for making these last 17 years something I will never forget" (BBC, 5/19).
