Sports Desk 2016

A New Year arrives and the first football fixtures of the year brought some great goals, questionable red cards and last minute excitement or heartache. Pretty much usual fare for the Premiership this season.
But while yesterday it rained cats and dogs in London in sunny Cape Town world records came tumbling down.
The Cricket headlines read "Ben Stokes hits the fastest double century for England, the second fastest in history, on day two of the second Test with South Africa in Cape Town".
He took just 163 balls to score 200 runs, 10 more than the record by New Zealand's Nathan Astle.

World Darts

Congratulations also to Scotland's Gary Anderson who won the World Darts Championship in a match that contained the most maximum scores of 180 (34), than in any other match.
Quote of the day was from Anderson, who miscounted three times during the final, told BBC Radio 5 live: "I need to get my eyes tested - I am seeing numbers that aren't there".