HENRY DEEDES - There was was a tweaked sense of humility about the Health Secretary as he entered the No 10 State Dining Room to address the social care crisis, as highlighted by the Mail.

HENRY DEEDES: Dominic Raab announced the news at yesterday's Downing Street press briefing. It was a gloomy, fun-free affair.

HENRY DEEDES: With his scheme now up and running, Rishi might have afforded himself a little strut at the lectern - but for the embarrassing issue of NHS protection equipment shortages.

Back at last in their favorite Downing Street rehearsal room, the Prime Minister (pictured), gave the government's daily coronavirus briefing with his scientific and medical advisers.

Darts legend Raymond van Barneveld has crashed out of the 2020 Darts World Championship in the first round at the hands of Darin Young.

JORDAN SEWARD AT ALEXANDRA PALACE: The Ally Pally has become synonymous with the festive period and is a Christmas ritual for many from all walks of life. It's a night out like no other.

Mother-of-one Fallon Sherrock, 25, was left speechless after she beat 22-year-old Ted Evetts 3-2 at the PDC World Championships at Alexandra Palace on Tuesday.

The 25-year-old from Milton Keynes created history on Tuesday night by becoming the first woman to beat a man at the PDC World Darts Championship when she overcame Ted Evetts.

From hairdresser to history-maker, Fallon Sherrock is through to the third round of the PDC World Darts Championship - and has her heart set on lifting the Sid Waddell Trophy.

Fallon Sherrock will look to continue her pulsating World Darts Championship run at Alexandra Palace, having spent four hours of her Christmas Day practising.

After the fesitivies of Christmas Day, Boxing Day is made for one thing and one thing only - sport. We have you covered, with your definitive watching brief to ensure you can cram in every bit of action.

Defending champion Michael Van Gerwen cruised into the quarter-finals of the PDC World Championship, as two-time winner Gary Anderson tumbled out.

The 25-year-old's fairytale run came to an end in a 4-2 defeat to Chris Dobey in front of a raucous crowd, with Dobey forced to use earplugs in an attempt to drown out the support for Sherrock.

Labanauskas, who had taken the opener to threaten a surprise, drew blood after accidentally stabbing himself with a dart, but showed no ill effects after the brief interruption.

Peter Wright will be the man to challenge defending champion Michael van Gerwen in the PDC World Championships final, as the pair came out on top on Monday night.

The PDC have announced that the 2020 Premier League will feature nine 'challengers' in a move which potentially opens the door for Fallon Sherrock to feature.

Fallon Sherrock became the first woman to win a World Championship match when she beat Ted Evetts last month, and Barry And Hearn believes it has put darts back on the global map.

Fallon Sherrock has been confirmed as one of the nine 'challengers' who will feature in the 2020 Premier League. She shot to fame at the World Darts Championship.

Olympic gold medallist Alex Danson has said she will make an extraordinary return to training with the Great Britain hockey team on Monday after her career was derailed by a freak concussion.

Parents of young sports men and women have been warned about predatory coaches who may use their position to take advantage of children and how to spot the warning signs.

An offender involved in a brutal fight during an NHL match has defended his actions after punching his opponent and throwing him to the ground during Edmonton Oilers clash with Calgary Flames.

The former F1 driver, alongside Marc Coma, was driving a Toyota Hilux over a sand dune when he lost control of the car. It flipped twice, landing back on its wheels, but the pair did complete the 10th stage.

EXCLUSIVE: The Norwich-born star, who had a film made about her life story in 2019 called Fighting with My Family, has been retired from wrestling due to a neck injury since April 2018.

JEFF POWELL: My long-range admiration for Courtney Lawes as a man has been cemented by his principled stand against the fake allegations that criticism of Meghan Markle is racist.

HECTOR NUNNS AT ALEXANDRA PALACE: Stuart Bingham became the oldest Masters champion on Sunday night in a final dramatically halted by a phantom raspberry-blower.

Fallon Sherrock will face Glen Durrant on her Premier League debut in Nottingham next month. The 25-year-old was named as a challenger for the second night of the tournament

The controversial hybrid Nike shoes used to break world records are set to be banned pending further research. Some variations of the Vaporfly are likely to be forbidden by World Athletics.

From April 2020, any shoe must have been available for purchase by any athlete on the open retail market for a period of four months before it can be used in competition.

This is the hilarious moment San Antonio Spurs star Jakob Poeltl forgot to put his jersey on as he walked out on to the court for their match with La Clippers.

EXCLUSIVE BY DAVID COVERDALE: British women have been tipped to make history in Tokyo, with the head of Team GB boldly predicting that 2020 will be 'the year of the female Olympian'.

Great Britain set up a winner takes all encounter against old rivals Hungary in Nottingham on Sunday when they took another step on the road to the Beijing Winter Olympics by beating Estonia 7-1.

Jemma Reekie's astonishing early-season form has continued with a third national record in the space of two races. The 21-year-old set new bests in the 1500m and mile in New York.

Arnold, whose 46-year coaching career yielded over 70 major medals, said: 'After London 2012 and the opportunity that brought, you have to wonder how it has been allowed to get like this.'

EXCLUSIVE BY DAVID COVERDALE: Alex Partridge won silver at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and bronze at London 2012. The 39-year-old now tells Sportsmail about his battle with depression.

Fallon Sherrock narrowly failed to create more history as she drew 6-6 with Glen Durrant at the Premier League in Nottingham after her PDC World Championship success in December.

The elephant in the room remains, running laps at improbable speed. It has been two weeks since Jemma Reekie came to wider attention with an astonishing performance - now she must talk.

Former Great Britain captain Alex Danson-Bennett has retired from hockey after failing to fully recover from a 'life-changing' head injury.

EXCLUSIVE BY DAVID COVERDALE: Organisers of the 2022 Commonwealth Games are set to face a grilling after it was confirmed that the archery and shooting will be held in India.

British Cycling have been dealt a major financial blow after HSBC pulled the plug on their £20million sponsorship deal four years early.

World champion Judd Trump has become the first player to win six ranking titles in a season after beating Kyren Wilson 4-3 in the final of the BetVictor Gibraltar Open.

Sportsmail is shadowing seven British stars from a variety of sports as they prepare for Tokyo. Tom Bosworth takes the spotlight today. Here's an update on the other six...

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Race walker Tom Bosworth stands to miss out on as much as £20,000 this spring due to events that have been called off because of coronavirus.

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: Daley Thompson doesn't break people and crush souls these days unless he absolutely has to. As it happens, he had to on the morning we met.

RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: Roman Abramovich, Gary Neville and anyone else who has had the decency to do what they can to help a few others in a unique time of crisis deserve enormous credit.

RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: Amir Khan has proved himself to be a wonderful fighter and donating his four-storey building in Bolton to be a temporary hospital shows what he is as a man.

EXCLUSIVE BY DAVID COVERDALE: Ed Clancy has decided to delay his retirement by another year in a bid to win a historic fourth Olympic gold medal at the age of 36.

O'Sullivan is a five-time world champion and his dad was spreading the word from when he was just a small child, including to one of the country's greatest ever footballers.

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY DAVID COVERDALE: Going from globe-trotting gymnast to stay-at-home dad was not part of Max Whitlock's career plan for at least another four years.

A wide-ranging review of UK Athletics has heard that the under-fire organisation 'couldn't get any worse' - and has raised specific concerns about its ethics.

The Keeping Up with the Kardashians star is currently studying to become a lawyer, and has now said that following in the footsteps of her late father Robert Kardashian has always been a dream.