Antananarivo, Jan. 31 -- Former France midfielder Corentin Martins has been appointed as the new Madagascar coach.
The 55-year-old takes over from Romuald Rakotondrabe and will lead the team for the remainder of their FIFA World Cup 26 qualifying campaign, the FIFA reported.
"The objectives are short-term because I've signed for one year with the national team," said Martins in a press conference.
"There's already a mission underway, started by Coach Roro, who gave the Malagasy people a lot of hope with the strong results at the start [of qualifying]. So my job will be to build on the work of my predecessors and, of course, to try to reach what seems like an unimaginable goal-taking Madagascar to the World Cup. In any case, we're going...