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Sunderland axed Michael Beale yesterday, but the club won’t be appointment a new manager until the summer. Mike Dodds has been named interim boss until the end of the season. He’ll pick up the pieces following a turbulent 12-game tenure for the 43-year-old Beale, who despite winning four of his 12 games at the helm was said to have lost the dressing room. Several names are being linked with the Stadium of Light vacancy ahead of the summer, including Reims boss Will Still who was closely linked before Beale’s arrival. Another name now being linked is former Swansea City and Nottingham Forest bo…

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