FA in no hurry for new chief exec - Triesman

LONDON - Football Association chairman David Triesman insisted on Tuesday the English governing body would not rush the appointment of a new chief executive following Ian Watmore's shock resignation.

The FA board announced on Tuesday that chief operating officer Alex Horne had been asked to become acting chief executive with immediate effect.

Triesman said no permanent successor would be appointed before either the start of the World Cup in South Africa in June or the December vote on the hosts for the 2018 World Cup, which England's hopes of staging will not have been helped by Watmore's exit.