Former Newcastle assistant Mark Jones will return to the A-League club as head coach after signing a two-year deal.Jones, 50, takes the role following the shock sacking earlier this month of Scott Miller.Fellow Novocastrian Clayton Zane, who had been overseeing the team since Millers departure, has been named as Jones assistant.Jones was an assistant coach at the Jets when they won the championship in 2008 and played for Newcastle in the 1980s and 90s, while Zane had also held an assistants role at the club and coached their W-League side.It is no secret that this is a position that I have long coveted, and to realise my ambition of becoming a head coach in the city I love is a dream come true, Jones said.But now the hard work begins. The club has assembled a competitive and balanced squad brimming with local talent.I am personally excited to work with each and every member of the squad.Jones leaves his position as Adelaide United W-League and youth coach to move to Newcastle.The Jets were sensationally left without a coach a month out from the start of the A-League season when Miller was fired in early September after a falling out during a pre-season trip to China.Zane, a former Socceroo, will take charge for the Jets pre-season match against Western Sydney on Saturday in Cessnock.Carlos Santana Jersey . With Parker having a quiet game for once, Nicolas Batum and Boris Diaw provided the scoring as France won its first major basketball title by beating Lithuania 80-66 on Sunday. It was a victory that ended a decade of frustration for Parker and a talented French generation, which lost the final against Spain two years ago and took bronze in 2005. Franmil Reyes Jersey . 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Spiller left Week 3s 27-20 loss to the New York Jets with a thigh injury, but fully practiced with the team all week and expects to be ready to go on Sunday.Jenson Button says he will never get bored of the unique test of skill and concentration presented by Monacos iconic circuit.While the circuit has gained an unwelcome reputation for producing processional racing, the drivers themselves remain adamant that the legendary circuit - arguably the most famous in motorsport - continues to represent the ultimate challenge for man and his machine.Earlier this week, Lewis Hamilton described a lap of the revered 3.4km circuit as one of the purest thrills you can have in a racing car while championship leader Nico Rosberg said Monaco was the most legendary, exciting and challenging event on the calendar - the ultimate drivers track. Those sentiments were echoed by Button - like Hamilton and Rosberg, a Monaco resident - as he prepares for his 17th race at the unique setting.I really enjoy it. When you have a good car underneath you, and the balance is right which you are confident with under braking, there is nothing better than driving around Monaco. It doesnt matter what youre in - or at the front, the middle or the back - the whole way round you are pushing the limits, said Button.F1 Gossip: Vandoorne in, Button out?You are always trying to find that extra thousandth of a second. Its a very special place and a special grand prix. We will never get bored of it and its also very special that it has never changed - and probably will never change. Jenson Button collides with a drain cover after it was dislodged by Nico Rosberg in Practice One of the Monaco GP But while Button added a lot of other circuits can learn from this place, the Englishman was, ironically, the victim in a freak incident during Thursday practice when a loose drain became dislodged and clattered into his McLaren, wrecking the front-wing.dddddddddddd It was, nevertheless, an accident which could have had a far worse outcome.It was an incident that we definitely dont want to see again. We were lucky in a way that it only damaged the car, said the former world champion.According to team-mate Fernando Alonso, the incident has reinforced the case for introducing a form of canopy protection in F1 next year.Maybe sometimes its a drain that comes away, sometimes its a bird, sometimes its a mechanical part from another car that can hit yourself, Alonso told Sky Sports News HQ. So this is another reason to come back to the canopy idea. Lets make sure that between all of us, the sport in general, we minimise the risk that will be always there.Watch the Monaco GP live on Sky Sports F1. The race starts at 1pm on Sunday, with build-up underway at 11.30am. Or watch the race without a contract for £6.99 on NOW TV. Also See:F1 gossip: Button out, Vandoorne in?WATCH: Button hits drain cover ' ' '