1 hour ago Beau Greaves will be a pane for the darts elite after loving job as a window cleaner

The Doncaster star has been dubbed the best-ever woman player and is aiming to shine at the Alexandra Palace

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4 h. ago Beau Greaves: ‘I started beating better players and the penny dropped: I can be good enough to do this full

Back at the PDC world championship for the first time since 2022, the women’s world champion means business, starting on Friday against the world No 22“When I was younger, they thought I was a mute,” Beau Greaves says with a wry smile, thinking about all the ways darts has changed her. “Never said owt in school, really shy. Didn’t really know what to say half the time. I suppose playing darts just brought me out of my shell. When you get popular, people want to meet you and talk. It’s matured me.”Greaves was 18 the first time she won the Lakeside women’s world championship, thrusting herself firmly into the crosshairs of public adulation. And even if she played like a natural born star, with her beautiful fluid throwing arc, she didn’t always feel like one. Endless interviews, viral fame, global domination: this was never what she had craved from the sport. She was Beau, and she just wanted to throw. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago World Darts Championship star Beau Greaves reveals the humble job she did before sport breakthrough

BEAU GREAVES used to clean windows for a living – now she wants to smash glass ceilings. Before she became the finest female thrower on the planet, the Yorkshirewoman, 21, used to stand on ladders with a bucket of soapy water in one hand and a squeegee in the other. During that time in her...

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4 h. ago Phil Taylor fires Beau Greaves 'just get on with it' warning to darts star

Beau Greaves, 21, will take on Daryl Gurney in the World Darts Championship at Alexandra Palace tomorrow and Phil Taylor has warned the Northern Irish player

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14 h. ago ‘Just get on with it’ – Phil Taylor fears scrappy Daryl Gurney could lose to Beau Greaves because of Ally Pally CROWD

PHIL TAYLOR has warned Daryl Gurney not to engage with the crowd when he faces Beau Greaves tomorrow — and forget he is facing a woman. Gurney, 39, has the unenviable task of trying to stop Greaves, the best female thrower of her generation, in round one in a Friday-night blockbuster. One half of Northern...

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62 h. ago Beau Greaves, 21, reveals shock training regime as she gears up for World Darts Championship opener at Ally Pally

DARTS ace Beau Greaves has revealed her shock practice routine ahead of her World Championship opener. The 21-year-old has enjoyed an impressive year on the oche across PDC events. She beat world No1 Luke Littler on her way to the World Youth Championship final last month before suffering a 6-3 loss to Gian van Veen....

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7 d. ago Beau Greaves says one thing separates Luke Littler and Luke Humphries before World Championship

Beau Greaves has faced both Luke Littler and Luke Humphries on the oche this year, and the 21-year-old has opened up on what it is like to play against the top two players in the world

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7 d. ago Beau Greaves claims she receives more sexism from female players ahead of World Darts Championship

BEAU GREAVES has claimed she receives more sexism from female players than men as she prepares to take on the World Championships. The 21-year-old has emerged as one of the biggest talents coming through in darts this year and has picked up her PDC tour card for 2026-27. She boasts two recent wins over Luke...

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7 d. ago Xabi Alonso walking thin line at Madrid even with dressing room backing

Despite signs of renewed intensity, Real Madrid fell to their second loss in four days against Manchester City. How long can a positive reaction overshadow negative results?No attacker in Real Madrid’s history had gone without a goal for as long as Rodrygo but at last he was released and he had a message to deliver, performed for public consumption. The Brazilian, who had not scored in nine months and was starting only his fifth game this season, beat Gianluigi Donnarumma to give them the lead against Manchester City. Then he turned and ran towards the touchline to embrace Xabi Alonso, the manager on the edge for whom this could prove an even greater release.“It’s a difficult moment for him, like it is for us,” Rodrygo said. “Things aren’t coming off and I wanted to show people that we are together with the coach. People say a lot of things and I just wanted to show that we are united. We need that unity to keep going.” By the time Rodrygo spoke, the lead had been taken from them, a...

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8 d. ago Beau Greaves has better chance than anyone of following footsteps of Queen of the Palace at World Darts Championship

FALLON SHERROCK made history for the tungsten sisterhood six years ago. What the Queen of the Palace, 31, did in December 2019, beating two men at world level to smash down barriers, will go down in the ­history books — and earned her an MBE. Since then, no woman has managed to emulate Sherrock’s magnificent...

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2 w. ago ‘Shut them fans up’ – Luke Littler sends message to haters ahead of possible Beau Greaves clash

LUKE LITTLER has sent a message to hit haters ahead of a potential clash with Beau Greaves. The Nuke could face off against the three-time women's world champion at Ally Pally next month. Littler, 18, will be looking to defend his world title and become the first player to go back-to-back since Gary Anderson ten...

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3 w. ago Superclub Sankeys is back for the first time in almost a decade as new location confirmed

"There will be no VIP or phones allowed on the dancefloor - everyone is a VIP. People need to stop taking pictures and start dancing to the beat"

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3 w. ago Beau Greaves wants to follow in Fallon Sherrock’s footsteps as she prepares to learn debut World Championship opponent

BEAU GREAVES wants to be a flagbearer for women’s darts like Fallon Sherrock. The best female thrower on the planet will be the person everyone wants to avoid in Monday's draw for the PDC World Championship. Today she faces the European champion Gian van Veen on TV in the World Youth final at Butlin’s Minehead....

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4 w. ago Sky Sports darts host Abigail Davies ‘rolled eyes’ at Raymond van Barneveld over ‘unnecessary’ Beau Greaves comments

SKY SPORTS pundit Abigail Davies has admitted she literally rolled her eyes after Raymond van Barneveld sparked “unnecessary” debate about Beau Greaves and her Premier League prospects. Greaves, 21, has had a blistering year, hoovering up titles on the PDC Women’s Series, shining on both the Development and Challenge Tours and bagging herself a PDC...

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