Espanyol sack coach Flores

 Barcelona, April 21: La Liga football club Espanyol has sacked coach Quique Sanchez Flores and sporting director Jordi Lardin. The decision on Friday followed Espanyol’s 0-1 defeat at home against Eibar on Thursday night, the club’s fifth consecutive game without a goal. Flores, who had coached Valencia, Atletico Madrid and Watford during his career, joined Espanyol at the start of the 2016-17 campaign. He led them to a creditable eighth place finish, which seemed to be on track with the plans to qualify for the Champions League within the next two years.