EPL side Sunderland appointed DICK ADVOCAAT as its new manager until the end of the season. The former Netherlands coach takes over a day after the sacking of GUS POYET "with the Black Cats one point above the Premier League relegation zone." Advocaat has "never managed in the Premier League" but was in charge of Scottish Championship side Rangers from '98-02 (BBC, 3/17). ... Premiership Rugby side London Welsh named dual-code int'l ROWLAND PHILLIPS its head coach. He takes over from JUSTIN BURNELL, who has left the club (Premiership Rugby). ... Denmark national football team coach MORTEN OLSEN "will step down when his contract runs out after the Euro 2016 finals in France." The 65-year-old Olsen took charge after Euro 2000 and "led the Danes to the finals of two World Cups and two European Championships." He said, "After 19 years as a player in the red and white, and almost 16 years as coach, this is an emotional decision to take" (REUTERS, 3/17).
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