Srecko Katanec has resigned as Uzbekistan head coach due to undisclosed health issues less than two months before the country's 2026 World Cup qualifiers against Kyrgyzstan and Iran, the Uzbekistan Football Association said on Wednesday. The 61-year-old, who coached Slovenia at the 2002 World Cup, leaves the role with Uzbekistan in a strong position to qualify for the World Cup for the first time, the nation sitting in second place in Group A of Asia's preliminaries. "The head coach of the