England coach Fabio Capello said he regretted the way he announced the end of David Beckham’s international career but added he still had a good relationship with the former captain who would make a top manager one day.
Diego Maradona’s stormy spell as Argentina coach came to an end on Tuesday when soccer chiefs voted unanimously not to renew his contract, the country’s AFA football association said.
Diego Maradona said he wanted to continue coaching Argentina’s national soccer team but only if he could keep absolute control over the choice of his assistants.
Diego Maradona will decide whether to stay on as Argentina coach after a meeting next week, the head of the country’s football association said on Tuesday.
Bosnia’s national coach Safet Susic will quit his job if UEFA and FIFA suspend the Balkan country’s Football Federation (NSBIH) from international competition, Bosnian media reported on Monday.
Serbia coach Radomir Antic has been given a four-game touchline ban for dissent after their World Cup match with Australia last month, the Serbian Football Association (FSS) website (www.fss.rs) said on Wednesday.
Coach Raymond Domenech was the chief architect of France’s World Cup failure because of his inability to communicate with the players, Arsenal’s William Gallas said on Wednesday.
Argentina coach Diego Maradona told a local newspaper on Monday his “chapter had ended,” although the country’s local football association and a close friend told Reuters he had not resigned.
razil coach Dunga and his entire coaching staff have been sacked after the team’s quarter-final exit from the World Cup.
The Brazilian Football Federation (CBF) released a statement on Sunday confirming the dismissals.
Diego Maradona’s Argentina, having promised so much at the World Cup, find themselves back at square one with the same problems which plagued them in the South American qualifiers.
Argentina’s four wins at the finals, scoring first in them all, hid frailties subsequently exposed by Germany in their 4-0 rout in Saturday’s quarter-final at Green Point Stadium.