WARSAW, Poland — Michal Probierz has been appointed as coach of Poland, the president of the national soccer federation said on Wednesday.
Probierz, who is promoted from the under-21 team, takes over from Portuguese Fernando Santos.
Santos was fired last week with Poland fourth in its five-team European Championship qualifying group.
Santos, who led his native Portugal to the Euro 2016 title, was dismissed after almost nine months in the job.
“The Poland team coach is Michal Probierz,” federation president Cezary Kulesza wrote on X, formerly Twitter. “This is the best possible choice. I wish the new coach good luck.”
Probierz, who will be 51 on Sunday, previously coached a string of teams including Greek side Aris Salonika and Polish clubs Gornik Zabrze and Widzew Lodz.
A news conference with Kulesza and Probierz is due to take place in Warsaw at noon local time.
Poland is behind leader Albania, Czech Republic and Moldova in Euro Group E qualifying after losing three of its five games, despite three goals from Robert Lewandowski.
Poland next plays rock-bottom Faroe Islands on Oct. 12.
LONDON — Terry Venables, a former England soccer player who led the national team to the European Championship semifinals as a charismatic coach and won trophies at club level with Barcelona and Tottenham, has died.
FALMOUTH, MA – The police in Falmouth have identified the victim in an accident involving a car plunging into the ocean on February 20, NBC10 Boston reported.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Step inside the White House during the holidays by walking beneath the branches of a Christmas tree.
LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Greek Film Festival (LAGFF) hosts an in-person screening of Greece’s Oscar entries which compete for nominations in December - Asimina Proedrou’s top Iris Award-winner ‘Behind the Haystacks’ (Πίσω από τις Θημωνιές) and Thanasis Neofotistos’ multiple-award-winning short film ‘Air Hostess – 737’ - on Sunday, December 10, 5:30 PM, at the Gianopulos Family Theater at St.
LOS ANGELES – The Saint Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral community is calling for cookies for the reception following the 24th Annual Christmas Concert on Sunday, December 3.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Step inside the White House during the holidays by walking beneath the branches of a Christmas tree.
UTTARKASHI, India (AP) — All 41 construction workers who were trapped in a collapsed mountain tunnel in northern India for more than two weeks were pulled out on Tuesday, bringing an end to a drawn-out rescue mission that had grabbed the country's attention for days.
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