Championship - Briatore lands new Hoops role

Eurosport - Mon, 04 Feb 15:56:00 2008

Flavio Briatore has been appointed chairman of QPR Holdings Limited, the parent company of QPR.

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Renault F1 chief Briatore, who alongside fellow Grand Prix mogul Bernie Ecclestone and billionaire steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal completed a takeover of the Championship club in November, was appointed following a board meeting last week.

Rangers, who were languishing at the foot of the table when Briatore arrived, are now up to 18th place and are just nine points adrift of a play-off place.

Briatore, Ecclestone and Mittal bankrolled a spending spree of around £5million for manager Luigi De Canio during the January transfer window.

Amit Bhatia, who is Mittal's son-in-law, has been named vice-chairman while Gianni Paladini remains chairman of the football club.

Sporting Life / Eurosport