After Cricket Australia CEO JAMES SUTHERLAND said that he "would not quit," CA Selectors Chair ROD MARSH "handed in his resignation, effective immediately." TREVOR HOHNS is "expected to be named" interim chair (SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, 11/16).
COACHES/MANAGERS: The Norwegian Football Federation said that coach PER-MATHIAS HOGMO "will step down" after three years in the job. With only three points from four matches in World Cup qualifying, Norway has "little chance to qualify for the 2018 tournament in Russia." Hogmo said he has "reached the point where the players and [the federation] weighed more" (AP, 11/16). ... London Irish assistant coach CLARK LAIDLAW has been appointed head coach of New Zealand's rugby sevens team "following GORDON TIETJENS' resignation," New Zealand Rugby said on Thursday. Laidlaw, "who played sevens for Scotland between 2004-07 and was also assistant coach at Super Rugby side Wellington Hurricanes," returns for another stint in sevens after "previously being New Zealand's skills coach and video analyst." Laidlaw will "take up the role next June" (REUTERS, 11/16). ... Former League Championship side Queens Park Rangers player MARC BIRCHAM has been appointed first team coach of the club. Bircham joins Manager IAN HOLLOWAY, who was announced as the manager of the Rangers on Nov. 11, “after the pair were on the touchline together during their time at Millwall” between ’14 and ’15. Bircham spent the last 22 months in the U.S., first with MLS side Chicago Fire bejore joining USL side Arizona United (PA, 11/15).
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