9am Briefing: Hearts managing director Ogilvie to leave at end of June

HEARTS have confirmed managing director Campbell Ogilvie will leave the club at the end of June.

Ogilvie, who is also first vice-president of the Scottish Football Association, will be focusing on his role with the national governing body.

He will also be leading the implementation of Henry McLeish's report on the future of the game in Scotland.

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Ogilvie has worked with Hearts since November 2005 and he will be retained in a consultancy role through to May 2011.

Hearts director Sergejus Fedotovas said: "Campbell has been a great asset to the club and, while we will be sorry to see him leave Hearts, we fully understand his commitment and desire to improve the game in Scotland.

"This desire was one of the main reasons we approached Campbell five years ago and his knowledge, integrity and understanding of the game have been highly beneficial to the club in that time.

"We have agreed an ongoing consultancy relationship with Campbell in order that we can still benefit from his wide-ranging football expertise at both domestic and European levels."

Ogilvie said: "I am both delighted and very proud to have worked with Heart of Midlothian Football Club.

"It is a club that is an institution in Scotland and is recognised positively worldwide and I am grateful for the opportunity it has offered to me.

"I'd also like to thank the staff, supporters and sponsors for their support in my time at the club.

"I'd particularly like to thank everyone at the club who has made myself and my family so welcome since my very first day at Tynecastle.

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"I am sure however that people will understand I have a new challenge ahead which is a task that requires 100 per cent focus."

Vitalijus Vasiliauskas, who was appointed as a director of the club in March 2009, will now assume commercial responsibilities at Hearts with a continuing remit to identify stadium redevelopment options.

The club will decide on a replacement for Ogilvie in the near future, with Fedotovas adding: "The club will seek the best replacement for Campbell in terms of professional skill and personal qualities.

"The club is on track to continue extending its communication with fans, implementing an efficient management structure and becoming cost effective."

Murray looks to get back on track

ANDY MURRAY is looking to build on an improved showing in Rome at this week's Madrid Open, but the world No.4 admits he cannot get too far ahead of himself following a disappointing run of results this year.

Murray started 2010 in fine style by reaching the Australian Open final in January, but he has struggled since then and won just five of his 10 outings heading into the Madrid Open.

However, after failing to win a match in either Miami or Monte Carlo, Murray returned, albeit briefly, to winning ways in the Rome Masters with a 6-2, 6-4 win over Italian Andreas Seppi in his opening tie.

The 22-year-old was unable to follow that up with another win as he was knocked out by the in-form David Ferrer in the next round, but Murray at least felt his performance in Rome was a step in the right direction.

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"I was a lot happier with the way I played in Rome than I was a few weeks before that," he said.

"I didn't play well in Miami and I was disappointed in Monte Carlo and Rome was a lot better so I'll just try and play well again here (in Madrid)."

Having been given a bye in the opening round, the third seed will face either Pablo Cuevas or Juan Ignacio Chela in the second round. Cuevas and Chela face each other this morning.

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