Tunisia sacks coach Sabri Lamouchi after one World Cup game

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Tunisia caput  manager  Sabri Lamouchi watches the FIFA World Cup 2026 lucifer  against Sweden successful  Mexico connected  June 14, 2026. Lamouchi was sacked arsenic  Tunisia manager  aft  1  match.

Tunisia caput manager Sabri Lamouchi watches the FIFA World Cup 2026 lucifer against Sweden successful Mexico connected June 14, 2026. Lamouchi was sacked arsenic Tunisia manager aft 1 match. | Photo Credit: AP

Tunisia person responded to their 5-1 World Cup thrashing by Sweden by sacking manager Sabri Lamouchi and replacing him with Frenchman Herve Renard, the federation announced connected nationalist TV connected Monday (June 15, 2026).

Renard guided Saudi Arabia to a daze triumph against eventual winners Argentina astatine the 2022 World Cup successful Qatar and has since coached the France women’s team.

“The president of the Tunisian Football Federation, Moez Nassari, announced that an authoritative statement had been reached with French manager Herve Renard for him to instrumentality complaint of the nationalist shot squad until the extremity of the 2026 World Cup,” the Tunisian nationalist broadcaster announced.

Lamouchi, 54, had lone been successful complaint since January.

The erstwhile French planetary subordinate won conscionable 1 of his 5 games successful charge, a 1-0 triumph implicit Haiti.

The dense decision by Sweden connected Sunday (June 14, 2026) leaves Tunisia with a pugnacious task to scope the knockout round.

They look Japan successful their adjacent Group F lucifer connected Saturday (June 20, 2026) earlier taking connected the Netherlands.

Published - June 16, 2026 02:32 p.m. IST

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