Kent County Cricket Club Chair GEORGE KENNEDY will "leave his position" at the club at the end of March. The businessman "has been at the helm" at the St. Lawrence Ground since '08. His reign saw the club record a £1M ($1.2M) "improvement in its finances through cost-cutting, and increased sponsorship and ticket revenues" (BBC, 3/2). ... Finance industry exec RICHARD FENNELL joined Australian Football League side Adelaide Crows' board of directors. Fennell fills a vacancy left by ANDREW PAYZE, who leaves as the club's longest-serving director after joining the board in '00 (Adelaide). ... WTA Exec VP LAURENCE APPLEBAUM is departing the organization after five years (THE DAILY).
COACHES/MANAGERS: IGOR KRIUSHENKO has taken temporary command of Belarus' men's national football team, the position having been vacant since ALEKSANDR KHATSKEVICH's departure in December. The 53-year-old will coach the national team as well as Torpedo Zhodino, the team he led to Belarusian Cup success in '16 (UEFA).
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