Sports news (May 24): Napoli wins Serie A, Real Madrid officially...

* In the early morning of May 24, Napoli defeated Cagliari 2-0 at home to win the Italian national championship (Serie A) for the 2024-2025 season.

With home advantage, Napoli did not miss the opportunity to win the Scudetto for the fourth time in history. The 2-0 victory at Diego Armando Maradona Stadium helped coach Antonio Conte and his team turn Inter into former champions, although in the same match, Nerazzurri also won 2-0 against Como.

Napoli won the Serie A title in an emotional way. Photo: The Straits Times

In the end, Napoli finished with 82 points, just 1 point more than Inter. Lautaro Martinez and his teammates paid a heavy price for running out of steam at the most important stage of the season, allowing Napoli to surpass them.

It can be said that the arrival of Scott McTominay, Romelu Lukaku, David Neres, Billy Gilmour,.. at Napoli has created a team with a cohesive and stable playing style under the leadership of Napoli coach Conte.

Latest Serie A rankings. Photo: Google

* In the latest announcement on Real Madrid's homepage, the club and coach Carlo Ancelotti have reached an agreement to end his term as "captain" of Los Blancos.

Carlo Ancelotti led Real Madrid through one of the most successful periods in the club's 123-year history. The Italian tactician also became the most decorated coach in Real Madrid's history, winning 3 European Cups, 3 FIFA Club World Cups, 3 European Super Cups, 2 La Liga titles, 2 Spanish Cups and 2 Spanish Super Cups. A total of 15 titles in 6 seasons with the Bernabeu team.

Coach Carlo Ancelotti had a successful time with Real Madrid. Photo: Daily Mail

Tonight (May 24), Hanoi time, Real Madrid will hold a tribute to coach Carlo Ancelotti at Bernabeu stadium in his final match as head coach of Los Blancos (against Sociedad in round 38 of La Liga).

Earlier, the Brazilian Football Confederation announced that coach Carlo Ancelotti will officially become the head coach of Selecao. The Italian strategist will lead the Brazilian team until the end of the 2026 World Cup and start work with the upcoming two qualifying matches against Ecuador and Paraguay.

* Recently, Barca confirmed the successful contract extension with striker Raphinha until 2028. Raphinha is one of Barca's most important names in the 2024-2025 season. The 28-year-old player has been explosive and is an irreplaceable choice on the left wing under coach Hansi Flick. He left his mark with 34 goals and 25 assists, contributing greatly to helping the Catalan team win the domestic treble of La Liga, the Spanish King's Cup and the Spanish Super Cup.

* Daily Mail reported that after losing to Tottenham in the Europa League final, MU faced heavy financial losses and a wave of large-scale staff cuts. Accordingly, a number of club employees were notified of losing their jobs just hours after this painful defeat.

MU cut staff on a large scale after losing the Europa League final. Photo: The Peoples Person

Although the layoffs had been planned in advance, the announcement came so soon after the defeat that many staff were shocked and confused. One insider described the atmosphere at the club as “heavy and uncertain”, with those working behind the scenes now directly affected by poor results on the pitch.

* The England team has just announced the list of players preparing for friendly matches and the 2026 World Cup qualifiers. Notably on the list is the appearance of Ivan Toney, a striker who plays in Saudi Arabia for Al Ahli. The 29-year-old player had a very successful season when he scored 29 goals in 43 matches in all competitions. Toney also contributed greatly to helping Al Ahli win the AFC Champions League. Toney has made 6 appearances for the "Three Lions". He was part of the England team that competed in Euro 2024, but mainly played as a reserve player.

Ivan Toney has been called up to the England squad. Photo: Irish Examiner

* On May 23, after a dramatic 2-2 draw with Da Nang in round 24 of the 2024-2025 V-League in a match considered the "final" of the season, HAGL almost reached the relegation ticket with 28 points. Meanwhile, Da Nang had 21 points.

* On May 23, Nguyen Thuy Linh ( world No. 26) failed to create a surprise, losing 0-2 (11-21, 15-21) to Chinese No. 1 Wang Zhiyi (world No. 2, tournament No. 1 seed) in the quarterfinals of the 2025 Malaysia Open Super 500 Badminton Tournament. However, this achievement helped the Dong Nai player accumulate 5,040 bonus points, which helped her improve her position on the world rankings.

Nguyen Thuy Linh stopped at the quarter-finals of the Super 500 Malaysia Open 2025. Photo: BWF

After this tournament, Nguyen Thuy Linh will participate in the Indonesia Open Badminton Tournament, part of the World Tour 1,000 system of the Badminton World Federation, taking place from June 3 to 8.

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