De Villiers named new South Africa rugby coach
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Peter De Villiers made history on Wednesday by being named the first black coach of the world champion Springbok rugby team before making clear he would pick his teams based on merit, not colour.
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JOHANNESBURG: South African cricket coach Eric Simons was axed from his job Friday after a string of dismal performances which saw the country slip from second to sixth and eighth in world Test and one-day rankings.
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Springbok coach Jake White said South Africa&#39;s 40-15 victory over Scotland was very satisfying after defeats to Ireland and England in their previous two tests.
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Former Super 14 championship winning coach Heyneke Meyer is the favourite to succeed World Cup winning boss Jake White as the new South Africa coach next week.
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New Wallabies coach Robbie Deans says he arrives in the job with no "historical baggage" to revive Australian rugby's declining fortunes.
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Sport: Rugby union: Jake White has declared his interest in coaching England after South Africa.
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BUENOS AIRES, Sep 17 (SW) - The Argentine Football Association (AFA) has revealed their new national team coach to be JosÃ© Pekerman.
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MADRID, DECEMBER 30: Real Madrid have named former Brazil manager Vanderlei Luxemburgo as new coach in a bid to reignite their fading league campaign.
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London - Tottenham appointed assistant Martin Jol as their new head coach on Monday, three days after the sudden resignation of manager Jacques Santini.
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Romania&#39;s Soccer Federation appointed Victor Piturca, former coach of Bucharest club Steaua, as coach of the national team on Wednesday.
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Coaching South Africa, as Graham Ford did, is no easy job nor was playing for England for much of John Emburey&#39;s Test career.
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Rome, Italy (Sports Network) - Luigi Del Neri was named the new head coach on Wednesday at troubled Italian side AS Roma. Del Neri, who was in charge of Serie A club Chievo Verona last season, left to take
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Bucharest, Romania (Sports Network) - Victor Piturca has been re-appointed as Romania&#39;s national team coach. Piturca, 48, was fired four years ago after a dispute with Romania legend Gheorghe Hagi.
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KAMPALA, Uganda Feb. 27--South African President Thabo Mbeki on Monday named an interim health minister to replace the ailing but controversial Manto Tshabalala-Msiming, whose reluctance to embrace lifesaving AIDS drugs provoked international rebuke and landed her the derisive nickname Dr. No.
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With the appointment of Ray Jennings as coach, the United Cricket Board of South Africa is hoping to bring about a change in fortune for the national side.
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London - A 70-0 beating of Canada was effectively a warmup for new England coach Andy Robinson. Now Clive Woodward&#39;s successor has a real challenge when Tri-Nations champion South Africa returns to Twickenham to make up for a 53-3 loss two years ago.
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Walter Smith has been appointed as Scotland&#39;s new coach after signing a four-year deal to manage the Tartan Army. It has long been expected that the former Rangers and Everton boss would be named as Berti Vogts replacement.