MEN’S DARTS:

Luke Humphries came from 4-2 down to beat 16-yea- old Luke Littler 7-4 and claim the World Darts Championship crown late on Wednesday night in London’s Alexandra Palace.

The new world number one has now bagged four major victories in a row, adding the world title to successes in the World Grand Prix, Grand Slam of Darts and Players Championship finals. He has lost just one match since October.

MEN’S FOOTBALL:

The FA Cup third round continues on Saturday evening with eight-time winners Tottenham taking on 1914’s champions Burnley. Spurs last picked up the silverware in 1991.

Elsewhere, on Saturday night, Brentford host four-time trophy holders Wolves and 1975’s runners-up Fulham are up against Championship strugglers Rotherham.

Arsenal, the FA Cup’s most successful team with 14 wins, face Liverpool on Sunday.

MEN’S RUGBY UNION:

England’s elite rugby union squad has announced that it will end its relationship with the Rugby Players Association (RPA) at the end of this season.

The players will retain their individual memberships of the RPA, which is the trade organisation for over 800 current, and 400 former professional players, but will be represented by a new agency in negotiations over international match fees and commercial deals.

ICE HOCKEY:

Darren Craighead secured Glasgow’s 4-3 shoot-out victory over the Dundee Stars on Wednesday evening to move them up to fifth in the Elite League, one place ahead of Dundee.

Glasgow head into Saturday night’s match with runaway league leaders Sheffield in decent form, winning three of their last four matches.

Sheffield suffered one of their only three season losses at home to Glasgow in November but have won their last nine games.

WOMEN’S CRICKET:

England all-rounder Nat Sciver-Brunt is in contention to retain her title as women’s ODI player of the year after being named on a shortlist of four in the International Cricket Council’s awards.

Sciver-Brunt played just six times in the format in 2023 but still made a splash, hitting three centuries, including two against Australia in last summer’s drawn Ashes contest.

In all, she hit 393 runs at a stellar average of 131, also chipping in with three wickets and two catches.