Russia appoint Capello as new national coach

By AFP Monday Jul 16, 13:00 +0200
Fabio Capello

The Russian Football Union (RFU) on Monday appointed Italian coach Fabio Capello as new national manager to revive the flagging fortunes of the team, the RFU deputy president Nikita Simonyan said.

"Today we decided to appoint Capello as our national team's new manager," Simonyan told ITAR-TASS news agency. "We expect him to come to Moscow in the nearest future to finalise the details of his contract and sign it."

©2011 AFP

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