Having left Notts County at the beginning of February and seemingly doomed to wander the earth forever, Sven-Goran Eriksson was appointed coach of Ivory Coast today. Not much of a chance of our boys running into him and his new charges this summer: they have to face Brazil, Portugal and the thousand mile horses of North Korea in the group stage and would only play us in the semis – assuming get that we both get that far. Still, it’ll be fun to see how Svennis gets on with his new team, who begin their campaign with Didier Drogba versus Cristiano Ronaldo in the 10m men’s diving competition on Tuesday 15th June.