Coverage of the afternoon session on day 13 at Alexandra Palace in London, featuring four second-round matches, played over the best of five sets. With the second round almost at an end, it remains to be seen whether any international qualifiers will make it through to round three and follow in the footsteps of Jeffrey de Graaf and Paolo Nebrida, who were the only players to progress that far last year.
What's On
23 Dec
PDC World Darts Championship (Darts)
23 Dec
Arsenal v Crystal Palace (EFL Cup)
Coverage of the quarter-final match at Emirates Stadium. Both of these teams beat fellow Premier League opposition in the previous round, with the Gunners defeating Brighton & Hove Albion 2-0 here, while the Eagles got the better of Liverpool for the third time this season, with a 3-0 win at Anfield following on from a 2-1 win the Premier League and before that a penalty shootout victory in the Community Shield.
26 Dec
Sale Sharks v Harlequins (Rugby Union - Premiership Rugby Cup)
All the action from the match in the eighth round of fixtures, held at CorpAcq Stadium. Both teams made inconsistent starts to the season and will be looking to build momentum with a victory this evening.
26 Dec
Manchester United v Newcastle United (Premier League)
Coverage of the top-flight match at Old Trafford. A 2-0 victory here last season saw the Magpies triumph over the Red Devils in a league game at Old Trafford for only the second time since 1972 - and condemned their hosts to a third straight home loss for the first time in 45 years.
27 Dec
PDC World Darts Championship (Darts)
Coverage of the afternoon session on day 14 at Alexandra Palace in London, featuring three third-round matches, played over the best of seven sets. It has taken a long time to get to this stage as part of the new expanded format, and the players participating will hope to put on the kind of show that saw last year's third round commence with two matches that went to a final set, with Luke Woodhouse and Jonny Clayton claiming 4-3 wins over Damon Heta and Daryl Gurney, respectively
27 Dec
Nottingham Forest v Manchester City (Premier League)
All the action from the match at The City Ground. Forest claimed a 1-0 win here in last season's corresponding fixture thanks to Callum Hudson-Odoi's 83rd-minute strike, and they will be looking to emulate that outcome against a City side that are hoping to challenge for the title but have suffered several defeats on their travels this term.
27 Dec
Gloucester v Saracens (Rugby Union - Premiership Rugby Cup)
All the action from Gloucester v Saracens the top-flight match at Kingsholm.
27 Dec
Bath Rugby v Northampton (Rugby Union - Premiership Rugby Cup)
Coverage of Bath Rugby v Northampton the top-flight match at The Recreation Ground.
27 Dec
Chelsea v Aston Villa (Premier League)
Coverage of the Premier League match at Stamford Bridge. The side playing at home came out on top in each of the games between these teams last season, with the Blues claiming a comfortable 3-0 triumph here courtesy of goals from Nicolas Jackson, Enzo Fernandez, and Cole Palmer.
28 Dec
PDC World Darts Championship (Darts)
Coverage of the afternoon session on day 15 at Alexandra Palace in London, featuring three third-round matches, played over the best of seven sets. Last year's tournament featured a back and forth encounter between Ryan Joyce and Ryan Searle in round three, with the former eventually coming out on top after taking a 2-0 lead, getting pegged back to 2-2, then going back up 3-2 before seeing the tie leveled again at 3-3, and finally clinching the match 4-3 to move on to round four
28 Dec
Sunderland v Leeds United (Premier League)
Coverage of the Premier League match at The Stadium of Light. These sides were involved in a seesaw Championship encounter when they met here last season, with Chris Rigg putting the hosts 1-0 inside 10 minutes, only for Joel Piroe and Junior Firpo to produce a reversal of fortunes and put the Whites 2-1 up, before Firpo turned from hero to villain by scoring an own goal in the 90th-minute to give the Black Cats a share of the spoils in a 2-2 stalemate.
28 Dec
Exeter Chiefs v Leicester Tigers (Rugby Union - Premiership Rugby Cup)
All the action from Exeter Chiefs v Leicester Tigers the match at Sandy Park.
28 Dec
Crystal Palace v Tottenham Hotspur (Premier League)
Coverage of the Premier League match between the London rivals at Selhurst Park. A first-half goal from Jean-Philippe Mateta was enough to gift the Eagles a 1-0 win in the corresponding clash last term, and they followed that by winning 2-0 at Spurs in the reverse fixture later in the campaign.
29 Dec
PDC World Darts Championship (Darts)
Coverage of the afternoon session on day 16 at Alexandra Palace in London, featuring three third-round matches, played over the best of seven sets. Only three players recorded a three-dart average on excess of 100 at last year's tournament, those being Stephen Bunting, Ryan Searle, and Callan Rydz, and unfortunately for Searle he was still eliminated at this stage in his match against Ryan Joyce.
30 Dec
PDC World Darts Championship (Darts)
Coverage of the afternoon session on day 17 at Alexandra Palace in London, featuring three fourth-round matches, played over the best of seven sets. Nathan Aspinall and Stephen Bunting were the only players to register 4-0 victories in round four 12 months ago as they overcame Ricardo Pietreczko and Luke Woodhouse, respectively
30 Dec
Burnley v Newcastle United (Premier League)
Coverage of the top-flight match at Turf Moor. The Magpies have triumphed in each of the last four meetings with the Clarets, and were comfortable winners the last time they came here two season ago, with Callum Wilson, Sean Longstaff, Bruno Guimaraes, and Alexander Isak all scoring in a 4-1 victory.
30 Dec
Chelsea v Bournemouth AFC (Premier League)
Coverage of the top-flight match at Stamford Bridge. Reece James rescued a point for the Blues in the corresponding match last term with a 90th-minue equaliser, after seeing his side take the lead through Cole Palmer in the 13th minute, only for the Cherries to battle back with two goals in the second-half from Justin Kluivert and Antoine Semenyo.
30 Dec
Nottingham Forest v Everton (Premier League)
Coverage of the top-flight match at The City Ground. Abdoulaye Doucoure scored a 94th-minute winner when the teams met in the corresponding clash towards the end of last season, given them a second successive 1-0 win here.
30 Dec
West Ham United v Brighton (Premier League)
Coverage of the top-flight match at London Stadium. The Hammers have changed manager twice since the last time they played host to the Seagulls, when they earned a 1-1 draw via a Mohammed Kudus equaliser after first going a goal down when Mats Wieffer netted his first goal for the club.
30 Dec
Arsenal v Aston Villa (Premier League)
Coverage of the top-flight match at Emirates Stadium. The Gunners let a two-goal lead slip through their grasp when they hosted Villa last season, with Youri Tielemans and Ollie Watkins finding the back of the net in eight second-half minutes to cancel out goals from Gabriel Martinelli and Kai Havertz.
30 Dec
Manchester United v Wolves (Premier League)
Coverage of the top-flight match at Old Trafford. Wolves came out on top in both encounters with the Red Devils last season, with Pablo Sarabia bagging a 70th-minute winner here. However, United have shown signs of improvements this term, while the Midlanders have struggled.