UAE to host 9th Asian Swimming Championships
Dubai, Oct 30 (IANS/WAM) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will host the 9th Asian Swimming Championships between Nov 15-25 in Dubai.
Soccer-Sermanni to take charge of U.S. Olympic women's champions
Oct 30 (Reuters) – Former Australia women’s soccer team coach Tom Sermanni was named on Tuesday to take charge of the top-ranked United States from Jan. 1 next year. The 58-year-old Scot replaces Pia Sundhage, who quit after the U.S. women’s team won their third successive Olympic gold medal at Wembley in August to return to her native Sweden. Sermanni was twice Australia’s coach and steered them to the World Cup finals three times, reaching the quarter-finals in 2007 and 2011. …
Basketball-Blatt quits as Russia coach
MOSCOW, Oct 30 (Reuters) – David Blatt, an American-born Israeli, has quit as coach of the Russian men’s basketball team after guiding them to the Olympic bronze medal in London, the country’s basketball federation (RBF) said on Tuesday. Blatt, 53, who holds dual U.S. and Israeli citizenship, has coached Russia for the past seven years, leading the team to the 2007 European title – the country’s first major championship since 1985. He also helped them to the Eurobasket bronze medal last year. “I am leaving Russia with mixed feelings,” he was quoted as saying by the RBF website (www.basket.ru). …
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