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Former England Manager STEVE MCCLAREN "has joined the backroom team" at relegated Queens Park Rangers. QPR finished at the bottom of the EPL last season (REUTERS, 7/2). ... Lebanon has named former Roma and Italy player GIUSEPPE GIANNINI coach of its national team. Known by Giallorossi fans as "Il Principe," Giannini "put pen to paper on a two-year contract with the side that is 131st in the FIFA World rankings" (FOOTBALL ITALIA, 7/2). ... The 2nd Basketball Bundesliga has appointed DANIEL MÜLLER as its new managing director. The 28-year-old will replace NICOLAS GRUNDMANN on Aug. 1 (2nd Basketball Bundesliga). ... JESÚS GARCÍA PITARCH  has been named director general of Spanish second division side Real Zaragoza. He will "sign on for three years" (MARCA, 7/1).

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