Dec 26-Jan 3 - DARTS - PDC Ladbrokes.com World Championships (Purfleet).

Jan 1-9 - DARTS - BDO Lakeside World Championships (Frimley Green).

Jan 2-6 - CRICKET - Third Test: South Africa v England (Cape Town).

Jan 7-9 - RUGBY UNION - Heineken Cup: Match Day 5.

Jan 8 - FOOTBALL - FA Cup third round.

Jan 8 - FOOTBALL - Tennent's Scottish Cup third round.

Jan 8-9 - AMERICAN FOOTBALL - NFL Playoffs: Wild Card games.

Jan 9 - RACING - Pierse Hurdle (Leopardstown)

Jan 10 - FOOTBALL - Carling Cup semi-final first legs.

Jan 13-17 - CRICKET - Fourth Test: South Africa v England (Johannesburg).

Jan 14-16 - RUGBY UNION - Heineken Cup: Match Day 6.

Jan 15-16 - AMERICAN FOOTBALL - NFL Playoffs: Divisional playoff games.

Jan 16 - BASKETBALL - BBL Cup final (Birmingham).

Jan 17-23 - SNOOKER - Welsh Open.

Jan 17-30 - TENNIS - Australian Open (Melbourne).

Jan 21-25 - CRICKET - Fifth Test: South Africa v England (Centurion Park).

Jan 21-23 - RUGBY UNION - Powergen Cup quarter-finals.

Jan 21-23 - RALLYING - Monte Carlo Rally.

Jan 22 - RACING - Peter Marsh Chase (Haydock).

Jan 23 - RACING - AIG Champion Hurdle (Lepardstown)

Jan 23 - AMERICAN FOOTBALL - NFL Playoffs: Conference Championship games.

Jan 24 - FOOTBALL - Carling Cup semi-final second legs.

Jan 28 - CRICKET - One-day match: South Africa v England (D/N, Kimberley).

Jan 29 - FOOTBALL - FA Cup fourth round.

Jan 29 - RACING - Victor Chandler Handicap, Cleeve Hurdle, Pillar Property Chase (Cheltenham).

Jan 29 - ATHLETICS - Norwich Union International (Glasgow).

Jan 30 - CRICKET - First one-day international: South Africa v England (Johannesburg).

Jan 31-Feb 6 - SNOOKER - Malta Cup (Portomaso).