DUBAI — Former Senegal and United Arab Emirates coach Bruno Metsu has stepped down as manager of Dubai-based club Al-Wasl after being diagnosed with stomach cancer, local media reported. The Frenchman replaced Diego Maradona as coach of the Emirates side in July with a year still left on the former Argentina World Cup winner’s contract. The 58-year-old Metsu, who took Senegal to the quarterfinals of the 2002 World Cup, has been relieved of his duties after Al-Wasl’s board accepted his request to leave.



The Al-Wasl board thanked Metsu in a statement for “all he has given,” a daily said. — Reuters