FIFA names Arsene Wenger as global football development chief

Veteran coach Arsene Wenger has been named FIFA’s chief of global football development, the governing body.

The former Arsenal and Monaco coach would be responsible for the growth of the game for both men and women around the world and would also be the leading authority on technical matters, including potential changes to the sport’s laws.

Wenger made the English Club Arsenal one of the strongest football clubs in Europe, winning three Premier League titles and seven FA Cups and taking his team to the 2006 Champions League final. He also won the French league in 1987 with Monaco, adding the French Cup four years later before departing for Japan in 1995.

Nilam Sawhney appointed as Andhra Pradesh Chief Secretary

Senior IAS officer Nilam Sawhney has been appointed as the new Chief Secretary of Andhra Pradesh.

Sawhney is the first woman Chief Secretary of the truncated state of Andhra Pradesh.

She belongs to the 1984 batch of the IAS and from AP Cadre. She will replace Neerabh Kumar who is holding the additional charge as the Chief Secretary of Andhra Pradesh.