Sporting Digest: Football

Nedo Sonetti, the Torino coach, has been sacked after 14 months in charge. Torino, 15th in Serie A, were trounced 5-0 by Juventus on Sunday. Rumours suggest Sonetti's successor would be Franco Scoglio, who has had coaching spells with Genoa, Udinese, Bologna and Messina.

FA CUP Third-round draw: Saturday 6 January (3.0): Crewe v West Bromwich; Reading v Gillingham; Tranmere v Queen's Park Rangers; Norwich v Brentford; Leicester v Manchester City; Cinderford or Gravesend & Northfleet v Aston Villa; Crystal Palace v Port Vale; Stoke v Nottingham Forest; Swindon v Enfield or Woking; Bradford v Bolton; Huddersfield v Blackpool; Plymouth v Coventry; Grimsby v Luton; Southampton v Portsmouth; Birmingham v Wolves; Peterborough v Wrexham; Barnsley v Oldham; West Ham v Southend; Torquay or Walsall v Wigan; Millwall v Oxford Utd; Manchester Utd v Sunderland; Liverpool v Rochdale or Darlington; Hereford v Tottenham; Arsenal v Sheffield Utd; Fulham or Brighton v Scunthorpe or Shrewsbury; Ipswich v Blackburn; Charlton v Sheffield Wednesday; Notts County v Middlesbrough; Watford v Wimbledon. Sunday 7 January: Everton v Stockport (3.0); Derby v Leeds (1.0) (live on Sky Sports); Chelsea v Newcastle (3.0).

PREMIERSHIP AND FIRST DIVISION SUSPENSIONS: Sendings off: W Boland (Coventry) 1 match from 14 Dec; S Ogrizovic (Coventry) 1 match from 13th Dec; R Shaw (Coventry) 1 match from 9th Dec; P Williams (Coventry) 1 match from 9th Dec; K Ready (QPR) 1 match from 9th Dec; S Wood (Coventry) 1 match from 7th Dec; J Bentley (Manchester City) 1 match from 7th Dec; D Challinor (Tranmere) 1 match from 7th Dec; J Hughes (Tranmere) 2 matches from 9th Dec. 21 Penalty Points: D Dichio (QPR) 3 matches from 9th Dec; A Thompson (Bolton) 3 matches from 9th Dec; J Gayle (Stoke) 3 matches from 9th Dec; M Gooding (Reading) 3 matches from 9th Dec; C Whyte (Birmingham) 3 matches from 10th Dec; K Ball (Sunderland) 3 matches from 9th Dec; R Van Der Laan (Derby) 3 matches from 9th Dec.