10 h. ago I’m A Celeb star to step in for Luke Littler as he makes surprise appearance at SPOTY Awards

AN I'm A Celebrity favourite will be standing in for darts legend Luke Littler at the Sports Personality Of The Year awards. Pro darts player Luke Littler will be forced to miss the prestigious event owing to being in the middle of the World Darts Championship. The star is nominated for the night's big prize...

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31 h. ago Raymond van Barneveld sunk by Swiss star Stefan Bellmont at PDC worlds

Bellmont: ‘This is great for all Swiss people’ James Wade cruises past Ryusei AzemotoThe five-time world champion Raymond van Barneveld was left stunned after falling to a straight-sets defeat by Switzerland’s Stefan Bellmont in their first-round clash at Alexandra Palace.Bellmont produced the performance of his career to become the first Swiss player win a match at the World Darts Championship. The 36-year-old from Cham hopes that his success will inspire a wave of darts enthusiasts in his home country. Continue reading...

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53 h. ago Darts player brings insect spray on stage as wasps wreak havoc at worlds

The player pulled out insect repellent from his pocket and started spraying the air around him and then himself

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57 h. ago World Darts star uses BUG SPRAY on stage as Ally Pally wasp continues to wreak havoc

THE World Darts Championship won't forget the debut of Jurjen van der Velde anytime soon after he used BUG SPRAY during his walk on. The 23-year-old Dutchman was gracing Alexandra Palace for the first time as he took on compatriot Danny Noppert. An emotional Van der Velde hugged numerous friends and family during his walk...

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3 d. ago World Championship star has bold idea to combat Ally Pally wasp danger

The Ally Pally wasp has again made itself the hero of the World Championship with the infamous critter causing havoc from the opening day after taking issue with Luke Littler

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3 d. ago World Darts Championship star has bold idea to combat Ally Pally wasp danger

The Ally Pally wasp has again made itself the hero of the World Championship with the infamous critter causing havoc from the opening day after taking issue with Luke Littler

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4 d. ago ‘I’ve created a monster’ – Peter Wright explains why he ditched mohican as World Darts star reveals future hair plans

PETER WRIGHT says he has created a MONSTER and it will never be the last of the mohicans. The double world darts champion begins his bid for a third title against transgender player Noa-Lynn van Leuven at the Ally Pally on Monday night. Wright, 55, has endured a wretched year of form and even performed...

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5 d. ago Paul Lim, 71, becomes oldest player to win match at PDC World Championship

Lim beats world No 49 Jeffrey de Graaf at Ally PallyLim: ‘Just to make it here is an achievement’The 71-year-old Paul Lim pulled off a stunning victory in the PDC World Championship on Saturday night, beating the world No 49, Jeffrey de Graaf, in the first round at Alexandra Palace and becoming the oldest winner of a world championship match.Lim, who featured in his first world championship in 1982 and in 1990 became the first player to hit a nine-darter at a world championship, led from the off on his first visit to the Ally Pally stage since 2022, taking the first set against the throw before being pegged back to 1-1 by his Dutch-born Swedish opponent.This story will be updated Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Luke Littler snubs Sports Personality of the Year and says two others will skip ceremony

The world number one darts player says he won't be attending the ceremony.

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7 d. ago Michael Smith overcomes crippling arthritis issue to KO Lisa Ashton’s World Darts Championship dreams

INJURY-HIT Michael Smith came through pain-killing injections to inflict pain on Lisa Ashton and lower the female throwing flag. Bully Boy, 35, is nowhere the same darts player that dominated on the world stage three years ago. That is because he has got crippling arthritis issues. He needed relief jabs in his ankle joints and...

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9 d. ago Michael van Gerwen: ‘Of course I love darts, but I love my kids much more’

The former world No 1 shares how a traumatic year has shaped him as a darts player and a father and insists he can recapture his glory days at the world championship“I can be a miserable bastard sometimes,” Michael van Gerwen says with a grin and a shrug as he tries to explain his new burst of optimism after a horribly testing year. “But I can also be quite positive. If you asked me this question a month ago, and we did this interview then, you would find me a bit different to today. But I feel good now even if, 100%, this has been a very tough year for me both on and off the oche.”Rather than being miserable, the 36-year-old is amiable company – which seems remarkable as in 2025 he has been through a divorce after 17 years with his wife, Daphne, witnessed the devastating effect of cancer on his father, endured intense scrutiny in the Dutch media, and struggled to regain his once imperious form with the arrows. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago ‘It’s not in comparison anymore’ – Van Gerwen calls for major change to darts rankings ahead of World Championship

MICHAEL VAN GERWEN has called on the authorities to propose a change in the PDC Order of Merit ranking. He wants to scrap the current ranking system for darts players, which is based on the total prize money a player has won over a two-year period. For every pound a player wins in an event, it...

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3 w. ago World Darts Championship draw in full: Luke Littler learns opponent for first match of title defence

Teenager bidding to become just the fourth player to retain World Darts Championship title

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3 w. ago How rolling sand dunes are creeping up on last remaining oases on edge of Sahara

In western Chad, villagers are desperately trying to hold back the sand as the climate crisis wreaks havoc on one of the hottest countries in the worldOn the ochre sands of Kanem, the neat vegetable gardens and silver-green palm trees of Kaou oasis stand out, incongruous in this desert province of 70,000 sq km in western Chad.Oases such as this, on the edge of the Sahara, have sustained human life in the world’s deserts for thousands of years. Globally, an estimated 150 million people rely on the water, arable land and access to trade networks they provide. But in Chad, such oases are disappearing fast. Continue reading...

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