LONDON-- Williams would be open to Valtteri Bottas joining Formula One champions Mercedes next season if a suitable replacement for the Finn can be found, deputy team principal Claire Williams said on Thursday.

ENGLAND-- English champions Leicester City failed to continue their mini-revival after a clinical finish by Bournemouth's Marc Pugh condemned them to a 1-0 away defeat in a scrappy Premier League clash on Tuesday.
  The outcome kept 14th-placed Leicester close to the relegation zone on 16 points, four above the bottom three who play their games in hand on Wednesday, and was a setback after Saturday's 4-2 home win over fourth-placed Manchester City.
  Bournemouth, who kept the visitors on the back foot for much of the contest, grabbed a 34th-minute winner when Pugh swept in a rebound from 13 metres after Leicester keeper Ron-Robert Zieler did well to parry a close range shot by Benik Afobe.
  Leicester had missed an early chance in the seventh minute when striker Jamie Vardy, who scored a hat-trick against City, rounded keeper Artur Boruc with a heavy first touch and saw his harmless shot from a tight angle blocked by a defender.
  Boruc came to the hosts' rescue in the 90th minute when he blocked a close-range shot by substitute Leonardo Ulloa to help seal the points as Bournemouth moved up to eighth on 21 points.

FA Cup third round draw
    Ipswich Town           v Lincoln City
    Barrow                 v Rochdale
    Manchester United      v Reading
    Hull City              v Swansea City
    Sunderland             v Burnley
    Queens Park Rangers    v Blackburn Rovers
    Millwall               v Bournemouth
    West Ham United        v Manchester City
    Brighton & Hove Albion v MK Dons
    Blackpool              v Barnsley
    Wigan Athletic         v Nottingham Forest
    Birmingham City        v Newcastle United
    Chelsea                v Notts County/Peterborough United
    Middlesbrough          v Sheffield Wednesday
    West Brom Albion       v Derby County
    Everton                v Leicester City
    Liverpool              v Newport County/Plymouth Argyle
    Wycombe Wanderers      v Stourbridge
    Watford                v Burton Albion
    Preston North End      v Arsenal
    Cardiff City           v Fulham
    Stoke City             v Wolverhampton Wanderers
    Cambridge United       v Leeds United
    Bristol City           v Fleetwood Town
    Huddersfield Town      v Port Vale
    Tottenham Hotspur      v Aston Villa
    Brentford              v Eastleigh
    Bolton Wanderers       v Crystal Palace
    Norwich City           v Southampton
    Sutton United          v AFC Wimbledon
    Accrington Stanley     v Luton Town
    Rotherham United       v Oxford United
   
 Ties to be played Jan. 6-9

ENGLAND-- Zlatan Ibrahimovic produced a brilliant finish two minutes from time to earn Manchester United a 2-1 Premier League win at Crystal Palace on Wednesday.

MADRID- - Atletico Madrid's title hopes faded after a costly 3-0 defeat at Villarreal on Monday saw Diego Simeone's side fall 12 points behind La Liga leaders Real Madrid and lose influential goalkeeper Jan Oblak to injury.