Skibbe sacked by Galatasaray

Turkish club Galatasary announced on its website on Monday that German coach Michael Skibbe had been sacked following a poor run of results.

The 43-year-old Sbibbe took over the job as coach of the Istanbul giants last summer after being fired by Bundesliga outfit Bayer Leverkusen.

But he has been unable to produce the results that officials demanded and the latest blow was a 5-2 home defeat on Sunday to lowly Kocaelispor which leaves Galatasary a disappointing fifth in the league, eight points behind leader Sivasspor.

There was no immediate word on who would take over from Skibbe as Galatasary prepared for the return leg of their UEFA Cup last 32 tie against Bordeaux having drawn 0-0 in the first leg in France.