Sports news today August 8: Arsenal wins big at home, Cuban boxer makes Olympic history, U11 Song Lam Nghe An wins Nestlé MILO Cup 2024

* Early morning of August 8, Arsenal welcomed Leverkusen at home at Emirates Stadium in the 2024 Emirates Cup friendly tournament before the next Premier League season.

Arsenal put in an impressive performance at the Emirates Cup, beating Leverkusen 4-1.

Oleksandr Zinchenko and Leandro Trossard scored in the first eight minutes, laying the foundations for the win.

Gabriel Jesus and Kai Havertz also contributed with their goals, helping Arsenal assert their strength.

Although Adam Hložek scored a consolation goal for Leverkusen, it could not prevent Arsenal's convincing victory.

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta was certainly pleased with the result, as well as his side's powerful attacking display.

In the end, Arsenal won convincingly 4-1 against Leverkusen.

* In the final match of the Greco-Roman wrestling 130kg category at the Paris 2024 Olympics, Cuban wrestler Mijain Lopez Nunez won an overwhelming 6-0 victory over his Chilean opponent. This result helped Mijain Lopez Nunez make Olympic history, as the first and only athlete to date, to win 5 consecutive Olympic Games in the same event.

According to football transfer expert Fabrizio Romano, Deco, Barcelona's sporting director, is in RB Leipzig to discuss a contract with Dani Olmo. Negotiations are progressing to an important stage, Barcelona have presented a new proposal that matches the 60 million euros that RB Leipzig value the player.

Dani Olmo also expressed his desire to join the team at Nou Camp.

* According to the official announcement of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), Alvaro Morata and Rodri were banned for one match for their controversial celebration after winning EURO 2024.

Specifically, during a fan meeting at Cibeles Square, Rodri shouted a political message related to the territory of Gibraltar. Morata also responded to Rodri's behavior. UEFA said that Morata and Rodri violated the general code of conduct, the basic rules of proper conduct, using sports events for non-sporting purposes, affecting the image of football as well as UEFA.

The two pillars of the Spanish team will serve their punishments in the next official match, the confrontation between Serbia and Spain in the UEFA Nations League. After UEFA announced the punishment, Marca reported that Morata and Rodri had apologized to the people of Gibraltar.

* On the afternoon of August 7, at the Bac Ninh Provincial Multi-purpose Gymnasium, the Final match, Closing Ceremony and Award Ceremony of the 2024 Nestlé MILO Cup National Children's Football Tournament (U11) took place. Accordingly, Song Lam Nghe An won with a final score of 1-0 against Bac Ninh to be crowned champion.