Michele Kang appointed president of Olympique Lyonnais


FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Women's Champions League - Semi Final - Second Leg - Olympique Lyonnais v Arsenal - Groupama Stadium, Lyon, France - April 27, 2025 General view outside the stadium REUTERS/Manon Cruz/File Photo

(Reuters) -Eagle Football Group, the holding company behind Olympique Lyonnais, has appointed women's football mogul Michele Kang as the president of the financially struggling French club, it said on Monday.

Kang, who owns Lyon's women's soccer team OL Lyonnes, will also be the CEO of Eagle Football Group, replacing U.S. businessman John Textor.

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