Rob Walter named new New Zealand head coach
Walter replaces the highly successful Gary Stead as New Zealand men’s head coach after the latter stepped down from his role earlier this week.
Walter replaces the highly successful Gary Stead as New Zealand men’s head coach after the latter stepped down from his role earlier this week.
Former pistol ace and Olympian Jitu Rai was among the 16 new shooters, who were appointed as coaches of the national team. This was among the several key decisions taken at the Governing Body meeting of the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI), held here on Saturday.
With one notable exception, things seem to be business as usual for Mike Tullberg. While the 39-year-old Dane used to typically prepare Borussia Dortmund's under-19 side for the Youth League, he now finds himself coaching the senior team in its upcoming clash against Shakhtar - an interim solution after Nuri Sahin's dismissal.
Bengal coach Laxmi Ratan Shukla was amazed at the seamless return of star quick Mohammed Shami in competitive cricket after nearly 12 months and believed that the experienced right-armer would only get better as he got more cricket under his belt.
Parthiv replaced Gary Kirsten for the role, who left the IPL 2022 champions after being appointed as Pakistan’s white ball team’s coach — a post from which he resigned barely six months after taking charge.
Gautam Gambhir’s name has been a constant in all conversations surrounding the next coach of the Indian men’s national cricket team.
The 39-year-old Karthik retired from all forms of representative cricket at the end of the 2024 IPL season. The wicketkeeper-batter was a part of the RCB franchise since the IPL 2022 mega auction and stayed with them for three seasons. He also had a stint with them in 2015 for one season.
The 49-year-old Englishman’s exit followed days after Mahela Jayawardene quit as consultant coach after the team’s disappointing ICC men’s T20 World Cup campaign in which they failed to qualify for the Super 8s.
With Rahul Dravid set to vacate the position post the ICC men's T20 World Cup 2024, the BCCI had already invited new applicants for the role. The deadline to apply for the role was May 27 but it is still not clear if Gambhir has submitted his application.
Dutch soccer club Ajax unveiled John van't Schip as interim head coach for the rest of the season.