Alain Giresse named national team coach of Senegal

 　　DAKAR, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- Senegalese football federation¹ president Augustin Senghor announced Wednesday that French veteran Alain Giresse has been named the new coach of Senegal's national football team.

　　The Frenchman signed a two-year deal which will take him through the 2014 World Cup in Brazil and the 2015 African Cup of Nations in Morocco.

　　The former coach of Senegal, Joseph Koto, was fired in October due to the team's poor results.

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n.同盟，联邦，联合，联盟，联合会

参考例句：

• It is a federation of 10 regional unions.它是由十个地方工会结合成的联合会。
• Mr.Putin was inaugurated as the President of the Russian Federation.普京正式就任俄罗斯联邦总统。