O'Sullivan lands Eagles role - Sport in brief - Evening Standard
       

O'Sullivan lands Eagles role

Former Ireland boss Eddie O'Sullivan has been appointed head coach of the United States national team.

O'Sullivan, one of the most successful Irish coaches of all time, previously worked for USA Rugby as an assistant and technical director in the late 1990s.

"I am delighted to accept the invitation to coach the US Eagles," O'Sullivan said. "It is an exciting challenge, which comes at a crucial period when I share their ambitions to qualify for Rugby World Cup 2011."

USA Rugby chief executive Nigel Melville added: "We are obviously delighted to announce Eddie as the new Eagles coach.

"He is knowledgeable about the American game and has an outstanding track record as an international coach. Eddie has worked with the world's top players and will bring enormous enthusiasm to the role."

Sport in brief in Pictures

Don't Miss
The Glamour Awards - stars turn on the style

Glamour Awards

Stars turn on the style
Duchess of Cambridge is pretty in pink at her first Buckingham Palace garden party

Garden party

Duchess of Cambridge is pretty in pink
FIRST review of Ridley Scott's latest sci-fi blockbuster Prometheus

First review

Is Ridley Scott's Prometheus any good?
Fair-weather goths

Fair-weather goths

The sultry shades of summer darks are coming out of the shadows
London gets ready for the Diamond Jubilee - in pictures

Diamond Jubilee

London gets ready - in pictures
Dog save the Queen: Corgis surge in popularity

Dog save the Queen

Corgis surge in popularity
'He’s a better ex than he was a husband', says Boris Johnson's ex wife

A better ex than husband

We talk to Boris Johnson's ex wife
TV Baftas - in pictures

Best of the Baftas

Stars on the red, white and blue carpet
You big softie: Has Giles Coren put down his poison pen?

You big softie

Has Giles Coren put down his poison pen?
Pop star Paloma Faith, former Labour minister and Tory blogger back gay marriage video

Gay marriage

Pop star, former Labour minister and Tory blogger back gay marriage video