Qatar name Rajevac as new football coach

DOHA, Feb 27 (AFP): Serb Milovan Rajevac was named coach of the Qatari national side on Sunday after Bruno Metsu was axed from the job earlier this month following the team's failure to advance past the quarter-finals of the Asian Cup. Rajevac, who guided Ghana to the last eight of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, has been given a three-year contract beginning March 1. His main task will be to guide Qatar through the qualifiers for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil The Serb had rejected an extended deal with the Black Stars last year to take up the coach's job with Saudi side Al Ahli last September but suddenly quit earlier this week citing family problems.