FORMER ITALY CAPTAIN Fabio Cannavaro has been sacked as coach of Saudi Arabian side Al-Nassr.
Cannavaro was originally given 22 games to help Al-Nassr retain their Saudi Pro League crown but his reign was cut short after just 12 matches at the helm, following a 4-3 defeat to third-from-bottom Najran on Thursday.
The former Juventus defender, who left Chinese champions Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao last June, only took control of first-team affairs in October, following the departure of Jorge da Silva, but has failed to help the club mount a title challenge.
Al-Nassr are sixth in the standings, some 18 points behind leaders Al Hilal, and have won just once in 2016 after claiming the league title last May.
Cannavaro’s contract at the Middle Eastern club was only due to run until the end of the campaign.
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Well done Kate. Absolutely outstanding
Delighted for you, so proud of achieving Silver, after a stunning indoor championship. What an athlete. A fantastic role model for every athlete in lreland, well done and thanks for time and effort put in to allow us to have Olympic dreams again
Fantastic achievement, well done.
Watched you all the way. Brilliant. Well done. Also well done to the BBC coverage who were cheering you on all the way. No “ Our Girl” language.
Well done Dundalk proud
Some achievement on the world stage, fair play to her and her team. Looking forward to watching her over the next decade please God. Another Irish female star.
Soooooooo proud
Brillent next its gold .Anyone know what station its on so i wont miss next two days
@SEAN: found it
@SEAN: bbc 2
Fair play Kate. Phenomenal performance!
Amazing stuff – what an achievement and what a 2 weeks! New Irish sporting superstar in the making, congrats Kate! Now imagine what she could do if she was a full time pro…
Amazing stuff
Only saw the 800m but she pulverised her rival for silver. And the gold medal winner didn’t find it too easy to keep up with her. There is surely more to come!
Outstanding achievement!
Will she be saying the same thing when she represents Northern Ireland at the commonwealth games next year? British occupied
@John Deane: Unlikely John if you knew anything about her! You should try and poison some other thread instead
@John Deane: born in the republic off ireland dundalk
Wens rhasisat racing