Former Australian Football League side Fremantle Dockers captain PETER BELL "quit his role as breakfast presenter at ABC Radio Perth" and was named GM of football at Fremantle. Bell, 42, is "stepping down immediately from his position on Fremantle's board and from his media roles" to replace long-term football manager CHRIS BOND at the club. Fremantle said that Bell's appointment was a "key plank in the restructure of its football operations," which was foreshadowed in August with the departures of Bond and GM of List Management BRAD LLOYD (ABC NEWS, 9/25). ... Basketball Australia will begin the search for a new CEO, with ANTHONY MOORE to leave the role at the end of October. Moore and Chair NED COTEN "sent word around basketball circles" on Tuesday about Moore's departure, which will come at the BA annual general meeting on Oct. 27. It is not known what his next move will be but Moore is "tipped to remain in sport" (THE AGE, 9/25). ... Star India OTT video service Hotstar CEO AJIT MOHAN was reportedly named Facebook India's VP and managing director. The development is understood to have been announced by Star India CEO UDAY SHANKAR in a company town hall meeting (ECONOMIC TIMES, 9/24).
COACHES/MANAGERS: Middlesex County Cricket Club appointed STUART LAW as its head coach, with the Australian set to leave the same position with the West Indies in December. The former Australia batsman agreed to a four-year deal and will lead the Division Two side in all formats. The 49-year-old's appointment means Twenty20 coach DANIEL VETTORI will leave after two seasons with the club (BBC, 9/24). ... The Gabon Football Federation named former captain DANIEL COUSIN the new "sole coach of the national team." It announced last week that Cousin would share the role with PIERRE-FRANÇOIS AUBAMEYANG. But Aubameyang's son, Arsenal's PIERRE-EMERICK AUBAMEYANG, said that his father, who was ill, did not agree to accept the job (BBC, 9/25).
