Coverage of day seven at Alexandra Palace in London, featuring four first-round matches, played over the best of five sets. The seventh day of last year's event featured two sessions, with the evening's action featuring both Raymond van Barneveld and Luke Littler in action, and while the Dutchman suffered an early exit after a 3-1 loss to Nick Kenny, Luke The Nuke triumphed 3-1 over Ryan Meikle.
What's On
17 Dec
PDC World Darts Championship (Darts)
18 Dec
PDC World Darts Championship (Darts)
Coverage of the afternoon session on day eight at Alexandra Palace in London, featuring four first-round matches, played over the best of five sets. The corresponding stage of day eight last year featured a couple of one-sided affairs, with Ryan Searle beating Matt Campbell 3-0, and Joe Cullen winning against Wessel Nijman by the same scoreline.
20 Dec
Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool (Premier League)
Coverage of the Premier League match at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. There were four meetings between these teams last season, and aside from a 1-0 loss in the first leg of the Carabao Cup semi-final the Reds very much came out on top, winning the second leg 4-0, as well as the two league encounters 6-3 and 5-1, respectively.
20 Dec
Everton v Arsenal (Premier League)
Coverage of the Premier League match at Hill Dickinson Stadium. Both of last season's matches between these teams ended in a draw, including a 1-1 stalemate at Goodison Park in which Iliman Ndiaye equalised from the penalty spot for the Toffees, but Gunners manager Mikel Arteta was left angry at the soft nature of the decision to award it.
20 Dec
Leeds United v Crystal Palace (Premier League)
Coverage of the top-flight match at Elland Road. The Eagles will hope to emulate the performance and result of their last visit here in the 2022/23 season, when goals from Marc Guehi, Eberechi Eze, Odsonne Edouard, and a brace from Jordan Ayew secured a 5-1 win
21 Dec
PDC World Darts Championship (Darts)
Coverage of the afternoon session on day 11 at Alexandra Palace in London, featuring four second-round matches, played over the best of five sets. Nathan Aspinall claimed a comprehensive 4-0 win over Andrew Gilding in a third round match on day 11 last year, but the best match of the corresponding session saw Ryan Joyce beat Ryan Searle 4-3
21 Dec
Aston Villa v Manchester United (Premier League)
All the action from the Premier League match at Villa Park, featuring two teams hoping to qualify for Europe next season. The Villans have a disastrous home record against the Red Devils, winning just once since the turn of the century, that being a 3-1 victory three seasons ago, while last season's meeting was a drab 0-0 draw
22 Dec
PDC World Darts Championship (Darts)
Coverage of the afternoon session on day 12 at Alexandra Palace in London, featuring four second-round matches, played over the best of five sets. Callan Rydz put in a near perfect performance in the corresponding session last year when producing a three-dart average of 105.31 in a 4-0 win over Dimitri Van den Bergh, which only saw him surrender 4 legs in total
22 Dec
Fulham v Nottingham Forest (Premier League)
Coverage of the Premier League match at Craven Cottage. Fulham emerged victorious from both encounters between these teams last season, winning 1-0 at the City Ground and then 2-1 in front of their own fans after Emile Smith Rowe and Calvin Bassey scored either side of an equaliser from Chris Wood.
23 Dec
PDC World Darts Championship (Darts)
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.