Basketball Champions League side Holon sacks head coach Franco

JERUSALEM, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- Hapoel Holon has fired head coach Danny Franco, the Basketball Champions League club announced Monday.

The move came after a 114-60 home loss to EuroLeague leader Hapoel Tel Aviv in the Israeli Super League on Saturday, a defeat the club described as a catalyst for change.

"At this point, a change is needed to allow the team to emerge from this challenging period and move fo