6 h. ago Luke Littler shows true feelings after missing out on two SPOTY awards: "Wow!"

World Darts Champion Luke Littler decided against attending the star-studded event in Salford, with Rory McIlroy being named BBC Sports Personality of the Year

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8 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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10 h. ago Why is Luke Littler not attending SPOTY? Darts star's absence explained

Luke Littler has been nominated for BBC Sports Personality of the Year but will not be at the awards ceremony

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10 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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10 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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10 h. ago Furious darts star Mike De Decker slams Ally Pally crowd after astonishing David Munyua loss

Belgian star suffered a shock exit at the hands of the Kenyan and he was fuming at the behaviour of the punters

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11 h. ago Darts star James Wade opens up on first round nerves after World Championship win

JAMES WADE COLUMN: The Machine beat Ryusei Azemoto in his first round match at Alexandra Palace and is already looking ahead to his next encounter

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13 h. ago Darts star slaps TV ban on channel as he rages at 'disgusting' World Championship coverage

German Martin Schindler is not impressed with the way the game is being reported in his homeland and has gagged himself

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13 h. ago World Darts Championship star dated Miss Bachelorette who has two kids with Prem flop

World Darts Championship Mike De Decker once dated Elke Clijsters, sister of tennis legend Kim Clijsters and ex-wife of former Premier League defender Jelle Van Damme

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16 h. ago Josh Rock lays out Rangers and darts dream double as star aims to heal Hampden hell

Northern Ireland star kicks off his bid on Friday night and is looking to go all the way and have a special day to start New Year

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17 h. ago Watch live: Family members of Palestine Action protesters on hunger strike hold press conference

Watch live as family members of Palestine Action protesters who are on hunger strike hold a press conference on Thursday (18 December).

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17 h. ago World Darts Championship star's nickname was banned by PDC for being too rude

Owen Bates had to ditch his nickname after the Professional Darts Corporation deemed it too rude for the World Darts Championship

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19 h. ago PICTURED: Anthony Joshua can't keep straight face as Jake Paul size difference laid bare

Highlights from Jake Paul vs Anthony Joshua press conference and face-off in Miami ahead of the Netflix headline fight, which is set to take place at the Kaseya Centre in front of 20,000

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23 h. ago ‘Pretty birds and silly moos’: the women behind the Sex Discrimination Act

In the 50 years since equal rights for women were enshrined in UK law, the campaigners have been reduced to caricatures, or forgotten. But their struggle is worth rememberingCelia Brayfield was at her desk in the Femail section of the Daily Mail’s Fleet Street office when an editor called her over. It was July and Wimbledon had started. “He said: ‘We want you to go down and get into the women’s changing rooms and report on lesbian behaviour.’ One didn’t normally swear at that time but I declined. That was the attitude then,” she told me.From the late 1960s until the early 70s, Brayfield was one of a small group of female journalists working on women’s pages in newspapers. “We were dealing with everyday sexism on an unbelievable scale,” she said. “You learned to wear trousers or take the lift because if you took the stairs someone would try to look up your skirt. But then you couldn’t go to a lot of press conference venues in trousers. In the Savoy, for example, women in trousers wer...

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25 h. ago Anthony Joshua says boxers have ‘licence to kill’ ahead of Jake Paul fight

The YouTuber-turned-boxer and former world heavyweight champion faced off at a final pre-fight press conference.

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29 h. ago Watch: Anthony Joshua and Jake Paul face off at final press conference ahead of Netflix fight

Watch live as Jake Paul and Anthony Joshua go head-to-head at the final pre-fight press conference ahead of their clash in Miami on Friday.

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32 h. ago Darts star apologises and reveals backstage scolding over Ally Pally wasp incident

Jurjen van der Velde made his PDC World Darts Championship debut on Sunday, but his walk-on was overshadowed by a bizarre incident involving wasp spray

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35 h. ago Argentine darts star wants to the Maradona and Messi of the Ally Pally

Jesus Salate can't wait for his debut at the Worlds and is desperate to be as successful on the oche as countryman on the pitch

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38 h. ago Darts hero admits he felt like slapping rival after showboat shot at the Ally Pally

Chinese star did blind maximum for the crowd and it backfired as he wound up World No.8 Chris Dobey

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41 h. ago Loose Women's Linda Robson forced to pull out of panto at last minute after health scare

Birds of a Feather star, Linda Robson, was due to appear in panto in Dartford on Saturday, but she was forced to cancel at the 11th hour, which has left her fans worried

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