Date:22/05/2006 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2006/05/22/stories/2006052209321800.htm

Sport - Football

AIFF prunes coaches list

NEW DELHI: The Technical Committee of the All India Football Federation (AIFF) has pruned the list of 11 coaches to four, from which the chief coach of the Indian team will be selected.

Bob Houghton, Clemence Westerhoff, Ian Porterfield and Brian Kerr have made it in the order of priority as set out by the Technical Committee.

The selected coaches have been called to India to meet the AIFF Technical Committee before the end of the month, the AIFF general secretary, Alberto Colaco, said in a press release here on Sunday.

Kerr had been Ireland's National coach while Dutch Westerhoff has coached PSV Eindhoven and Nigeria.

Porterfield had once coached Chelsea and the 58-year-old Englishman, Houghton, had been coach of Uzbekistan, China and several Asian club teams. — Sports Reporter