Ex-Latics boss Iain Dowie has been sacked as manager of Queens Park Rangers. Gareth Ainsworth will take on the role in a caretaker capacity. Dowie only took the role in summer and has had just fifteen games to make an impression. New chairman lavio Briatore as and super-rich shareholder Lakshmi Mittal have not been impressed as QPR were tipped to be promotion candidates but they have struggled of late and have achieved just one victory in their last six league matches, that win coming against struggling Nottingham Forest.The club made an official statement which read: "The board of Queens Park Rangers Football Club has terminated the contract of manager Iain Dowie with immediate effect. Dowie, who took over the reins at Loftus Road in the summer, oversaw 15 matches in charge in all competitions and leaves the Rs in ninth place in the Coca-Cola Championship. Player-coach Gareth Ainsworth has been appointed caretaker manager on a temporary basis and will take charge of first-team affairs until further notice."