DARTS: Raymond van Barneveld made history by becoming the first man to compile a nine-dart finish at the Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship as he swept aside Jelle Klaasen to reach the semi-finals.

The Dutchman set up a last-four clash with third seed James Wade after crushing Klaasen 5-1 at Alexandra Palace.

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RACING: Today's National Hunt meeting at Wincanton has been abandoned due to a frozen track. Racing at Sandown was also called off.

Monday's meeting at Ludlow is already subject to an 8am inspection tomorrow.

The track has been hit by severe frost for the last three nights and with conditions unlikely to improve greatly over the weekend, clerk of the course Bob Davies is not optimistic.

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CRICKET: A superb bowling effort and a fine rearguard action by Ramnaresh Sarwan and Denesh Ramdin helped the West Indies secure a tense five-wicket win via the Duckworth-Lewis method in their rain-affected second one-day international in New Zealand.

With the match reduced to 28 overs per side after a four-hour rain delay in Christchurch, the Windies were set a target of 158 after they kept the Black Caps to 152-8 in their innings.

The West Indies looked dead and buried at 110-5 in the 23rd over but a quickfire 28 from 18 deliveries by Ramdin and 67 off 65 from Sarwan saw the tourists win to go 1-0 up in the five-match series.

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FOOTBALL: Following an 8.30am pitch inspection, today's Blue Square North league game between Alfreton Town and Gateshead definitely goes ahead (3pm).

Postponed matches included Hereford v Leeds, Chester v Luton and Morecambe v Lincoln City, Cheltenham v Doncaster, Birmingham v Wolves, Histon v Swansea, Barnet v Grimsby and Stalybridge v Hucknall.

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CRICKET: South Africa took the opening honours in the third Test, leaving Australia on 267 for six following an absorbing first day's play at the SCG.

The hosts will resume day two with Michael Clarke (73) and the clean-hitting Mitchell Johnson (17) continuing the challenge of pushing their side past 300.

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FOOTBALL: QPR have confirmed the signing of winger Wayne Routledge from Aston Villa for an undisclosed fee.

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CRICKET: A commanding 162-run knock by Tillakaratne Dilshan allowed Sri Lanka to recover from a shaky start against Bangladesh and reach a healthy score at stumps on day one of the second Test.

Dilshan enjoyed century stands with Malinda Warnapura and Chamara Kapugedera as the tourists hit back from a precarious 75-4 to post 371-6 at the close in Chittagong.

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FOOTBALL: Roman Pavlyuchenko struck twice in the second half to carry Spurs to a 3-1 win over Wigan in the FA Cup at White Hart Lane.

Henri Camara netted a consolation for Wigan in the dying minutes.