QPR have sacked manager Iain Dowie just 12 games into the Coca-Cola Championship season.
The 43-year-old, who only took over from previous boss Luigi de Canio in May, leaves Loftus Road with the west London club lying ninth in the table.
Veteran winger Gareth Ainsworth has been placed in caretaker charge ahead of Saturday's trip to Reading.
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