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Football legend Diego Maradona is in line to become the United Arab Emirates new head coach. The new president of the UAE Football Association, Yousuf Al Serkal, said on Wednesday the Argentine is among the leading candidates for the position. Maradona, who won the World Cup as a player in 1986 and coached his national side to the quarterfinals of the 2010 edition in South Africa, is currently working at the Al Wasl club in Dubai. "As Maradona is within the family of UAE football, we can't neglect or overlook such a name. Whether we like it or not, his name will always be a great influence (but) we have a few names including Mahdi Ali, our local coach of the Olympic squad," Sports24 quoted Serkal, as saying. The UAE has been without a head coach since the sacking of Srecko Katanec last year following successive defeats in their opening 2014 World Cup qualifying matches. Maradona claimed last week he was 'happy and proud to have been linked with the national team job.' "Whoever will be chosen at the end of the day by the (UAE) FA will be the right choice based on their judgment," he added. XXXXXXXXXXXXX FGN UN report says Syria continues to be main destination of illegal Iranian weapons Damascus (Syria): An expert panel monitoring United Nations sanctions on Iran has claimed that Syria continues to be the main destination of illegal weapons from Tehran, a Security Council diplomat has said. The diplomat said the report, which is yet to be released, identified three new illegal shipments, two involving Syria which was also the previous destination of a majority of Iranian arms shipments. "It said there was 'a high probability' that the third large shipment of rockets originated in Iran," Fox News quoted the diplomat, as saying. "Syria continues to be the central party to illicit Iranian arms transfers," he added. The diplomat also said the report cites efforts by Iran to try to circumvent sanctions by constantly change the ownership, names and flags of ships from companies that are under U.N. sanctions. "It said these changes 're suited to obscuring the identity of vessels' and it is likely that maritime shipments of prohibited items are continuing," the diplomat said. "It has also been using front companies, concealing the end use and end users of items, falsifying documents, reaching out to multiple suppliers for the same item, and using the Iranian diaspora to procure banned items," he added. The report to the U.N. Security Council committee monitoring sanctions is expected to be discussed by the 15 council members and could be changed before it is finalized.

Maradona in race to become UAE national coach