The 64-year-old Sampaoli, who was in charge of Argentina at the 2018 World Cup, replaces Julien Stephan, who was dismissed last week.
The revamped competition features a league system in which each team plays eight games, replacing the old group stage with eight groups of four teams.
Nishad clinched the silver medal in the Men’s High Jump T47 event with a season-best jump of 2.04m after Preeti rewrote the history books with her second medal in the
Defending champions Germany, led by world number three Alexander Zverev, were pitted alongside Brazil and China, who have Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen.
ISL 2024-25: Odisha FC and Mohun Bagan SG face off at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneshwar.