Vasco da Gama coachAlfredo Sampaio quit on Monday after 12 games in charge and wasimmediately replaced by Antonio Lopes for a remarkable sixthstint at the helm.

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Factbox on Hugo Sanchez, who wassacked as Mexico soccer coach on Monday.

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Hugo Sanchez was fired as coach of Mexico’s soccer team on Monday, two weeks after El Tri’s under-23 team was eliminated from Olympic qualifying. The Mexican soccer federation fired Sanchez after 16 months on the job, having failed to deliver on promises of regional titles and an Olympic medal. The decision of the Mexican federation committee, made up of the directors of the first-division clubs,…

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Racing Club coach MiguelMico resigned on Monday in a new twist to the crisis at one ofArgentina’s biggest and most fanatically supported clubs.

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