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Championship club SACK manager amid nine-match winless run which has left them facing a relegation battle

Championship strugglers Hull have confirmed the departure of head coach Tim Walter with immediate effect.

The Tigers' 2-0 defeat to Sheffield Wednesday on Tuesday was their ninth match without a win and left them languishing in the relegation zone.

The club said in a statement: 'Hull City can confirm we have parted company with head coach Tim Walter with immediate effect.

'Assistant head coaches Julian Hubner and Filip Tapalovic have also left the club.

'First-team coach Andy Dawson will take interim charge while the club conducts a thorough recruitment process for a permanent successor.