Russia appoints Slutsky as new coach

Russia appointed CSKA Moscow's Leonid Slutsky as national coach on a short-term deal to rescue its 2016 European Championship qualifying campaign.

Slutsky replaces Fabio Capello, who departed last month after poor results left Russia sitting third in Group G, outside the automatic qualifying places.

Slutsky's contract runs only until the end of the qualifying campaign in October for group games, or November for the playoffs.