BDO World Championship

Three-time Lakeside champion Martin Adams' bid for a fourth BDO world title is over after he was beaten 5-4 by fourth seed Jamie Hughes.

Wolfie, who revealed last year that he has been battling prostate cancer, had been hoping to continue a fairytale run at Frimley Green having already beaten Jeff Smith and Ryan Joyce, but 'Yosser' edged him out in a nine-set thriller that went all the way
Hughes was beaten in the semi-final last year and had to battle all the way to repeat the feat and eventually see off the 60-year-old crowd favourite who made a blistering start.

Adams, champion in 2007, 2010 and 2011, roared into a 2-0 lead, averaging over 100 for each of the first two sets before moving 3-1 in front but Hughes took advantage of a wilting Adams.
The veteran missed 16 darts at a double in the sixth set, allowing Hughes to level the match at 3-3 before a clinical 80 check-out wrapped up the seventh set to give Hughes the lead for the first time.
However Adams took advantage of Hughes' miscalculations in the eight set. The Wolverhampton thrower went for bull rather than the double 12 that he needed to hand Wolfie a chance that he snaffled before going on to clinch the set and level the match.
There was nothing between the pair in the decider but trailing 2-1 Adams saw opportunities to level the set go begging and Hughes stepped up to pin double top and secure victory in a Lakeside classic.

Next up for Hughes will be Glen Durrant after the top seed beat Lithuania's Darius Labanauskas 5-2.