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Digital sports consultancy Seven League hired LEWIS WILTSHIRE, Twitter's former U.K. senior director of media partnerships as consulting partner. Wiltshire left Twitter at the end of December "after almost five years building the social network's business" outside the U.S. He was the platform's first U.K. head of sport and inaugural global sports chair (THE DRUM, 2/9). ... Infront Netherlands Managing Dir BARBARA PEETERS decided to leave the company in mid-March. She will join World Tour Cycling Team Sunweb as CCO starting April 1 (Infront).

COACHES/MANAGERS: ERMAN KUNTER is no longer the coach of Pro A side Le Mans. The 60-year-old had been with the club since ’14. Assistant coach ALEXANDRE MÉNARD will replace Kunter for the rest of the season. Kunter was reportedly dismissed after a meeting with club President CHRISTOPHE LE BOUILLE (L’ÉQUIPE, 2/6). ... The Indonesian FA appointed VICTOR HERMANS of the Netherlands as the new head coach for the national futsal team. Hermans "previously coached several Asian teams, including Thailand and Iran." He "also led the coaching staff of Malaysia's and Hong Kong's national teams" (JAKARTA GLOBE, 2/6).

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