Germany's Hrubesch takes over women's team on interim basis


2016 Rio Olympics - Soccer - Final - Men's Football Tournament Gold Medal Match Brazil vs Germany - Maracana - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 20/08/2016. Germany's coach Horst Hrubesch looks on before the match. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci/Files

BERLIN (Reuters) - Former Germany international Horst Hrubesch has been named interim coach for the women's national team after the sacking of Steffi Jones, the German Football Association said on Tuesday.

Hrubesch, a European champion and World Cup runner-up as a player with Germany, has been a successful youth coach leading the men's Under-21 team to the European title in 2009 and earning the silver medal at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in 2016.

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