Coach pays price for poor start

– Stuttgart have axed coach Tayfun Korkut after one win in seven league games, making him the first Bundesliga coach to be shown the door this season.

Stuttgart are bottom after taking just five points this season and the 3-1 reverse at Hannover on Saturday sealed Korkut’s fate.

Korkut, a former Turkey international, had only taken over from Hannes Wolf in January.

The youth team coach has taken temporary charge. –

Berlin