Ince pays the price for Rovers' losses

LONDON: Struggling Premier League side Blackburn Rovers sacked manager Paul Ince on Tuesday, the club said.

Ince, the Premier League's first British black manager, was in charge at Ewood Park for six months. Rovers have suffered six consecutive league defeats and sit five points from safety in the relegation zone.

"It is with great sadness that the board announce that Paul Ince is to leave the club," Rovers chairman John Williams said in a club statement.