Sven-Goran Eriksson, Ivory Coast’s new manager, will be coaching at his third World Cup. Photograph: PA Wire/PA

Sven-Goran Eriksson was tonight named Ivory Coast’s manager for the World Cup in South Africa. The former England manager’s appointment was announced on live television by a member of Ivory Coast’s football federation (FIF), Souleymane Alex Bamba.

Eriksson replaces Vahid Halihodzic, [...]