Littler has beaten 2018 winner Rob Cross four sets to two to advance to the quarter-finals, but the 18-year-old has taken issue with some of the crowd reaction.

Ryan Searle is the other player through.

>> More Sports News

Other Sports News

30 Dec: It's job done and into the quarter-finals of the world darts championships in London for a third straight year for defending champ Luke Littler

30 Dec: Added speculation over the Ashes cricket futures of Australia's batters

30 Dec: The Victory have trounced the Phoenix 5-1 at home in men's A-League football, Wellington's fifth loss in seven matches

30 Dec: Australian cricket coach Andrew McDonald looks poised to pick off spinner Todd Murphy for the fifth and final Ashes test starting January 4 in Sydney

30 Dec: The glory of crossing the line first in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race might have been celebrated in the bars beyond Constitution Dock, but the contest for the Tattersall Cup to crown the overall handicap winner remains on the water

30 Dec: Auckland have beaten the wet weather and Wellington in men's Super Smash T20 cricket after a five-wicket win at the Basin Reserve

29 Dec: Brydon Carse is England's last out-and-out speedster standing, after fellow bowler Gus Atkinson was officially ruled out of the Ashes finale with a hamstring injury

Top Stories

RUGBY
Nick Kyrgios has blitzed Aryna Sabalenka in straight sets 6-3, 6-3 across what has been coined their battle-of-the-sexes tennis match in Dubai More...

BUSINESS
The EU's new deforestation regulation could be favourable to New Zealand - when it eventually kicks in More...

Today's News

Entertainment:
Chevy Chase was "hurt" by his exclusion from Saturday Night Live's 50th anniversary celebrations 13:38

Rugby League:
It's job done and into the quarter-finals of the world darts championships in London for a third straight year for defending champ Luke Littler 13:37

Cricket:
Added speculation over the Ashes cricket futures of Australia's batters 13:27

Entertainment:
Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner died "minutes" after sustaining "multiple" knife wound injuries, their death certificates have revealed 13:08

National:
Babblers, cops and quacks: the sometimes dark – but often amusing – origins of nicknames for jobs 13:07

Environment:
Officials are closely monitoring strong winds across the West Coast, upper South Island, and lower North Island, which have left thousands of people without power 12:47

Entertainment:
Laura Dern has found it difficult to process the death of her mother Diane Ladd 12:38

Cricket:
The Victory have trounced the Phoenix 5-1 at home in men's A-League football, Wellington's fifth loss in seven matches 12:27

Politics:
Donald Trump calls for Hamas to disarm after meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu 12:17

Entertainment:
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex and Prince Harry "sat on the floor" when their beloved dog was having surgery 12:08

News Search

Power Search