AC Milan have sacked coach Sergio Conceicao after just six months in charge of the Serie A club. Former manager Massimiliano Allegri – who spent four years in charge at San Siro between 2010 and 2014 – is reportedly set, external for a return. Conceicao, 50, was handed the job last December after the the sacking of Paulo Fonseca and signed an 18-month deal. He won won 11 trophies in six years at Porto and won the Italian Super Cup with Milan just a week after taking the job. But they lost the Coppa Italia final to Bologna and their league form never really picked up. Under Conceicao, they…
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The Uruguayan replaces Tom Cleverley, who was sacked on 6 May after the Hornets failed to reach the Championship play-offs, finishing in 14th place. Pezzolano is Watford’s 12th head coach since Javi Gracia departed in September 2019 and the ninth since the end of the 2020-21 season. The 42-year-old has achieved promotion as a head coach in Spain, Brazil and his home country. “Paulo has a hugely impressive track record working with young players, which is essential when you look at the age profile of our squad,” sporting director Gianluca Nani told the Hornets website, external. “He has had success at virtually every club,…
Zinedine Zidane has resigned as Real Madrid manager with immediate effect, the Spanish club said on Thursday, just days after the club were beaten to the La Liga title by Atletico Madrid. “It is now time to respect his decision and show our appreciation for his professionalism, dedication and passion throughout all these years, and for what he represents as his figure for Real Madrid,” the club said in a statement. “Zidane is one of Real Madrid’s great icons and his legacy extends beyond what he has achieved as a coach and player at our club. He is aware that…
NFL Hall of Fame coach Tony Dungy announced on Jan. 30 that he will not be running for Senate in Michigan. This was in response to speculation that the former Indianapolis Colts head coach, who led the team to a Super Bowl title in 2006, might run to succeed Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.), who announced this week that he will not be running for reelection next year. “Not sure where this idea came from but it didn’t come from me. I love my home state of Michigan. I pray they will elect a Senator who honors the Lord and leads…
The American coach of Olympic champions Andre De Grasse and Marcell Jacobs has been kicked out of the Paris Games. Rana Reider was investigated for alleged sexual misconduct by the U.S. Center for SafeSport and placed on a one-year probation that ended in May. He was accredited for the Summer Games through the Canadian Olympic Committee for his personal work with De Grasse, the defending 200-meter champion. He’s also the personal coach of Jacobs, the Italian who won the 100 meters in Tokyo three years ago, and several other sprinters. “The decision to provide him with that access was based…
Gregg Berhalter was fired as U.S. men’s soccer coach on Wednesday, nine days after his team’s first-round exit from the Copa America flamed doubts he was the right person to remain in charge for the 2026 World Cup. Berhalter’s second term as coach was cut short 10 months after he returned to the bench with high hopes and proclaimed the team’s goal was “to change soccer in America forever.” The U.S. had seven wins, six losses and one draw in his second stint, leaving his overall record at 44 wins, 17 losses and 13 draws. Sporting director Matt Crocker rehired Berhalter and also will make the…
To shouts of “Coach” and “Let’s go Spartans,” Michael Vick was introduced Monday as Norfolk State’s football coach, a homecoming for the former NFL star and a splashy, attention-grabbing hire for a program that has struggled in recent years. Vick, who grew up about 30 minutes away in Newport News, donned a Norfolk State letterman’s jacket and cap in front of a crowd of supporters that included fellow Hampton Roads, Virginia, sports greats Allen Iverson and Bruce Smith. Vick’s introduction was the culmination of whirlwind courtship, the timing of which took even Vick by surprise. “I was talking to my high school coach a couple weeks…
The NCAA announced a four-year, show-cause order for former Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh on Wednesday for impermissible contact with recruits and players during the COVID-19 pandemic, effectively banning him from college athletics until August 2028. The NCAA said Harbaugh, who left his alma mater to coach the Los Angeles Chargers after last season’s undefeated national championship, “failed to promote an atmosphere of compliance and violated head coach responsibility obligations.” “Harbaugh engaged in unethical conduct and failed to cooperate when he denied any involvement in impermissible recruiting contacts despite substantial information to the contrary,” the NCAA said in a 48-page decision that several times suggested the coach…
Being a private person from a small town, Kim Caldwell keeps her business to herself. That’s why she ducked and dodged questions for months about her first pregnancy. Then the woman who announced with a social media post on Sept. 3 that “Baby Caldwell” was on the way realized that being the first-year coach of the historic Tennessee Lady Vols’ women’s basketball program allows her to help other working mothers not stress out or feel alone. “I have an opportunity here to help the next person that is going to get pregnant during basketball season or anyone that’s going to…
Former Manchester United youth team manager Eric Harrison has no doubt Ryan Giggs will be a success in his new coaching role at Old Trafford. Giggs has been appointed to David Moyes’ backroom team along with another member of the famed ‘Class of 92’ which Harrison was responsible for bringing through the ranks, Phil Neville. Although Giggs will be eased in gradually, having entered his 24th top-flight campaign as a United player, it is clear that is the direction he is heading, with some already speculating he will end up as Red Devils boss at some stage in the future.…