BIRMINGHAM, England -- Aston Villa has fired manager Roberto Di Matteo following the teams dire start in its bid to make an instant return to the Premier League.The Italian, who won the Champions League with Chelsea in 2012, has been dismissed by second-tier club Villa after only a few months in charge. He was hired in June.Villa says it decided to act following a run of disappointing results.Villa, European champion in 1982, is 19th in the 24-team League Championship and two points above the relegation zone with only one win from its opening 11 games.The club spent about 50 million pounds ($64 million) following relegation to enhance its chances of promotion. Swell Water Bottle Sale . "Theyve both been real good," said Babcock. "Havent changed our minds." A decision has seemingly been made - Sundays Group B-deciding tilt against Finland ahead - but it could not have been an easy one. Price opened the tournament with a sturdy 19-save performance against the Norwegians, yielding just one goal. Swell Traveler Sale . -- Bobby Ryan helped the U. http://www.swellbottlesale.com/ . -- Nathan Pancel scored twice as the Sudbury Wolves defeated the North Bay Battalion 4-2 on Saturday in Ontario Hockey League action. Swell Bottle Wood Collection . It was Kerbers third final of the year after losing to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia in Monterrey in April and to Petra Kvitova of Czech Republic in Tokyo two weeks ago. The 10th-ranked German improved her record in finals to 3-5. Discount Swell Bottles . -- Jakob Silfverberg is making himself right at home with the Anaheim Ducks, scoring four goals in his first four games. BERLIN -- Lukasz Kubot and Marcin Matkowski recovered to beat Germanys Daniel Brand and Daniel Masur 6-7 (5), 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 and keep alive Polands hopes in their Davis Cup World Group playoff on Saturday.With Sundays reverse singles to come, Germany leads 2-1, and its higher-ranked singles players are favored to seal victory.Kubot and Matkowski seemed to be in trouble against Brand and debutant Masur when they lost the first two sets, and it took them more than 3 1/2 hours to recover.ddddddddddddThe winner of the tie will stay in the 16-team World Group in 2017. ' ' '