Sport in brief

Motor Racing

The family of Stirling Moss says the British motor racing great is recovering from a severe chest infection in a Singapore hospital. The 87-year-old Moss, a fourtime runner-up in the Formula One championship and widely recognised as one of Britain’s greatest ever drivers, was taken ill on Nov 22. A family statement says “because of the severity of the infection it resulted in some complications and his recovery has not been as speedy as was expected or wished. However, his condition continues to improve and his doctors now consider him to be stable.” Moss’s family added he “is in good spirits and only upset about having missed his Christmas cruise with friends.”

Motorcycling

Sam Sunderland has become the first Briton to lift the Dakar Rally crown by racing to victory in the motorcycling classification. The 27-year-old Red Bull KTM rider from Poole sealed the title with a sixth-place finish in the 12th and final stage which ended in Argentina. Sunderland came home 32 minutes ahead of nearest challenger and Austrian team-mate Matthias Walkner, with Gerard Farres of Spain third overall almost four minutes further back. This year’s competition was Dubai-based Sunderland’s third attempt at winning the event as he previously entered in 2012 and 2014 with Honda, only to retire on each occasion due to mechanical problems.

Boxing

Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor have been offered £20.5 million each to fight by Ultimate Fighting Championship president Dana White. “Floyd, here’s a real offer – and I’m the guy who can make the offer – we’ll pay you $25m and Conor $25m,” White told Fox Radio.

Darts

Glen Durrant will get the chance to show why he is the numberone ranked player after reaching the final of the BDO World Championship. The Middlesbrough man destroyed Jamie Hughes 6-1 at Lakeside to reach the final, where he will face Danny Noppert after the Dutchman beat England’s Darryl Fitton 6-3.