Former Denmark defender Per Nielsen has replaced Peer Lisdorf, who stepped down because of personal reasons, as coach of UEFA Women's Champions League contenders Brøndby IF.Nielsen has signed an 18-month contract with the Danish league leaders. With Brøndby on a winter break, the 41-year-old will not preside over a competitive fixture until 22 February, while in March his team resume their European campaign in the quarter-finals against Swedish outfit Linköpings FC.Capped ten times, Nielsen made 547 appearances for Brøndby between 1994 and 2008. He then moved into coaching, taking charge of Hvidovre IF's men's team for four years, leaving the role when his contract expired after the first half of this season."I am looking forward to this new challenge," said
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Jackman set for Head Coach role at Grenoble
Updated: Monday, 09 Dec 2013 18:49 | Comments Bernard Jackman: "I'm looking forward to expanding my role and hopefully becoming a better coach." Former Leinster and Ireland hooker Bernard Jackman is to take over as head coach of Grenoble next season. The 37-year-old will take over as head coach ahead of the beginning of the 2014-15 term. Fabrice Landreau, who is currently both head coach and Director of Sport at Grenoble, will continue solely in the latter role. Jackman, a Heineken Cup winner with Leinster, has worked on defence with Grenoble since the 2011 season, the same year the club returned to the Top 14 by finishing top of D2. This year, he has worked as defence and collisions coach for the south-eastern club, who are currently
Report: Joe Paterno’s Health in ‘Rapid Decline,’ As Former Penn State Coach Receives Daily Cancer Treatment
by Mike Cole on Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 8:42PM When news broke of Joe Paterno's cancer was diagnosed with cancer last month, Paterno's family went to great measures to ensure that the cancer was "treatable," and that Paterno's doctors were "optimistic he will make a full recovery." That sounds like it may have changed. SportsByBrooks reports that the former Penn State head coach, who was fired amid the ongoing Jerry Sandusky scandal, has seemingly took a turn for the worst. Brooks cited a "Penn State athletic department official" who told him that Paterno, 84, is seeing a rapid decline in his health. "Joe is a lot closer to dying soon than the public is aware. It is very bad," a Penn