Esports event company ESL restructured its operations in the Asia-Pacific Japan region. As part of the restructure, interim CEO SEBASTIAN RADU will step down and two of the company's current managing directors for ESL Australia, NICK VANZETTI and J.B. HEWITT, will serve as managing directors. Vanzetti was appointed SVP of the region (THE ESPORTS OBSERVER, 8/1). ... Horse racing media consultancy HBA Media appointed WILL OSCROFT as managing director under an overhaul of its senior management structure. Oscroft joins HBA from Dubai-based Falcon & Associates (SPORT BUSINESS, 8/2).
COACHES/MANAGERS: Egypt named JAVIER AGUIRRE its national football team manager after HÉCTOR CÚPER left following this summer's World Cup. Aguirre, who played for Mexico at the 1986 World Cup, signed a four-year deal (BBC, 8/1). Cúper was hired as the Uzbekistan national football team head coach, receiving a contract through '22 (REUTERS, 8/2). ... Austrian ANDREAS HERZOG is set to be appointed Israel national football team coach. Israel has been without a full-time coach since the departure last October of ELISHA LEVY (REUTERS, 8/1). ... The Algerian Football Federation (FAF) appointed former int'l DJAMEL BELMADI as its new manager after he agreed to a four-year deal. Belmadi becomes the North African nation's sixth manager in two years (BBC, 8/2). ... Spanish second division side Córdoba Manager FRANCISCO RODRÍGUEZ "left the club by mutual agreement" ahead of the upcoming season. Córdoba announced its signing of Rodríguez on June 28 (MARCA, 8/2).
