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Qatar Sports Investments Communications Dir JEAN MARTIAL RIBES was named communications director of Paris St. Germain. He will report to PSG Chair NASSER AL-KHELAIFI (CB NEWS, 9/10). ... ANDREW PARSONS was elected to take over from PHILIP CRAVEN as president of the IPC. The Brazilian secured 84 votes out of 162 ahead of PATRICK JARVIS, JOHN PETERSSON and HAIDI ZHANG in round one. Craven, a five-time Paralympic wheelchair basketball player, stood down after 16 years in the role (BBC, 9/8). ... Discovery Communications announced a number of senior exec appointments and new roles. FRANCIS KEELING, a digital music exec, will join Discovery as senior VP, int'l digital. JAY TRINIDAD, currently running Discovery Northern Asia, will take on the additional role of managing director, digital ventures, and EUGENE HUANG was appointed to the role of senior VP, product and technology. All three roles report directly to President, Int'l Development & Digital MICHAEL LANG (BROADBAND TV NEWS, 9/7). ... Former Olympic Council of Ireland President PAT HICKEY resigned from the IOC's exec board after "becoming embroiled in a ticket-selling scandal at last year's Rio Games." Hickey, 72, was arrested by Brazilian police during the Games and held in jail. He has maintained he is innocent of all charges (REUTERS, 9/9).

COACHES/MANAGERS: Spanish second division side Nástic sacked Manager LLUÍS CARRERAS "just four games into the current season." Carreras "is the first second division coach to be sacked this season" (MARCA, 9/7). ... Malaysia Super League club Johor Darul Ta'zim appointed former striker LUCIANO FIGUEROA as its new sporting director, replacing ALISTAIR EDWARDS. The former Argentine int'l "takes over with immediate effect." Edwards will become the club's technical director (ESPN.com, 9/9). ... Hockey India announced women's field hockey coach SJOERD MARIJNE, who took charge in February for a four-year period, "will now guide the senior men's team," until '20 subject to periodical reviews. The women's team, currently on tour in Europe, will have former junior men's coach HARENDRA SINGH in charge (THE HINDU, 9/8).

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