Football: Southampton's Hughes gets the boot

Southampton sacked Mark Hughes as manager on Monday with the Premier League club mired in the relegation zone with only one win this season.

"Southampton Football Club can today confirm it has parted company with First Team Manager Mark Hughes," they said in a statement.

First team assistant coach Kelvin Davis will lead the team for Wednesday's match against Tottenham Hotspur at Wembley. (Reporting by Alan Baldwin, editing by Sudipto Ganguly)