Peseiro appointed Nigeria coach

Widely-travelled Portuguese coach Jose Peseiro has been appointed manager of Nigeria, the national football federation (NFF) confirmed yesterday.
“(Peseiro) has wide and varied experience coaching top clubs and national teams across four different continents, namely Europe, Asia, Africa and South America,” the NFF said in a statement.
Peseiro, who left his most recent position as Venezuela coach last August after not being paid for a year, will lead the Super Eagles in friendlies against Mexico and Ecuador.
The 62-year-old will be assisted by former Nigeria international forwards Finidi George, Ike Shorunmu and Salisu Yusuf. In March, former national coach Augustine Eguavoen and his assistants lost their jobs after the team failed to qualify for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
Eguavoen, a 56-year-old former international defender, had been appointed on an interim basis in December after Frenchman Gernot Rohr was sacked.
Peseiro, a former Real Madrid assistant coach, has previously managed Saudi Arabia and clubs including Sporting Lisbon, FC Porto, Panathinaikos, Rapid Bucharest, Al Hilal, Al Wahda, Al Ahly Cairo and Sharjah FC.
Former France footballer Vairelles convicted of armed assault
A French court yesterday sentenced former international footballer Tony Vairelles to five years in prison, with two suspended, for armed assault during a nightclub fracas near his home city of Nancy in 2011. His three brothers, Fabrice, Jimmy and Giovan, were also handed prison terms for taking part in the assault against security staff at the club after they were thrown out for drunken behaviour.
The four men later returned with baseball bats to attack the door staff, who responded with tear gas and a baton before one man opened fire with a 22 calibre rifle.
Three bouncers were shot and injured, but the court also gave them suspended prison sentences of three to four months for their part in the brawl. Vairelles’ lawyers had tried to have the case thrown out, saying the investigation had dragged on too long and seen four different presiding judges over 10 years. He and his brothers denied the attempted murder charges, and had been released on bail since 2012. Vairelles, 49, starred for local side AS Nancy, before notable spells with both Lens and Lyon. He won the French title with Lens in 1998 and with Lyon in 2003, and was capped eight times by France between 1998 and 2000.