A-League team Sydney FC has appointed ERICA BERCHTOLD, the managing director of sports retailing at Rebel, "to its board of directors."
Berchtold "will advise the club on its merchandising and retail operations."
Prior to joining Rebel, Australia’s largest manufacturer of sporting equipment and clothing, Berchtold "held management positions at Harvey Norman and Speciality Fashion Group." She is also the president of the Australian Sporting Goods Association (SOCCEREX, 9/30). ... Delta State Sports Association head AMAJU PINNICK "has emerged the president of the Nigeria Football Federation after an election held in Warri on Tuesday afternoon."
His emergence "is expected to bring an end to the rigmarole in the country’s football sector that has earned the ire of FIFA over the last four months."
Pinnick led the field with 32 votes, far ahead of the other candidates as DOMINIC IORFA polled eight votes and TAIWO OGUNJOBI got four votes (GOAL, 9/30).
COACHES/MANAGERS: England rugby coach STUART LANCASTER and his coaching team "have received a massive vote of confidence by having their contracts extended beyond the 2019 Rugby World Cup." The extensions for Lancaster, ANDY FARRELL, GRAHAM ROWNTREE and MIKE CATT "could be considered a fair reflection on the good work that they have done since they took over after the shambolic 2011 World Cup" (LONDON TIMES, 10/1).
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