Darts

It’s honours even between world No.1 Gerwyn Price and his friend and compatriot Jonny Clayton this year – but who will come out on top when they meet for a fifth time in 2021 at the Grand Slam?  The seedings have worked out in the top half of the draw at the Grand Slam and […]

One of the great darts events gets underway on Saturday when the Grand Slam returns to Wolverhampton.  Eight groups of four players battle it out in the round-robin stage of the competition, with the top-two performers progressing to the knockout stage.  This will be the first year of no BDO/WDF representation in the event’s history, […]

Fallon Sherrock, the history-making Queen of Alexandra Palace, is hell-bent on achieving another first this week by becoming the first woman to win a PDC major. The 27-year-old from Milton Keynes is a 90/1 chance and certainly has few fears about taking on a world-class field having proved she can more than hold her own […]

Darts’ globetrotters are back on home soil and off to Barnsley chasing ranking points in Super Series 7. World No.1 Gerwyn Price, newly-crowned European champion Rob Cross and ‘Mighty’ Michael van Gerwen head a stellar field taking part in four days of cut-throat action at the Metrodome. There is £75,000 up for grabs on each […]

Darts’ fans had never seen anything like it when Bobby George chucked a ton-plus average in the final of the News of the World Championship in 1979. Forty-odd years later and 100 averages are now ten-a-penny. Here are the five highest averages ever thrown in televised tournaments. 123.40Michael van Gerwen v Michael Smith, 7-1, 2016 […]

Gerwyn Price has won the two qualifiers for this week’s Cazoo European Championship and is chasing a unique hat-trick in Salzburg. World No.1 Gerwyn Price, pipped by compatriot Jonny Clayton in the Grand Prix final on Saturday, is 3/1 to get back to winning ways in the Cazoo European Championship at the Salzburgarena in Austria. […]

Michael van Gerwen headed the list of big-name exits on Monday night to leave Gerwyn Price the clear favourite to successfully defend his World Grand Prix title in Leicester. Night of Shocks in Leicester Price didn’t have to chuck a dart on Monday night and still saw his World Grand Prix title odds slashed to […]

Darts’ big guns battle it out in the Gibraltar Darts Trophy, the second and final event on this year’s truncated European Tour. Michael van Gerwen’s tears have dried up, and the Dutch darting demigod will be clearly focused on making it a quick one-two in the Gibraltar Darts Trophy at the Europa Sports Complex. The […]

The first-ever Nordic Darts Masters starts in Copenhagen on Friday, and it’s an interesting betting heat.  As ever with World Series of Darts events, eight top-level PDC players are joined by eight regional representatives. There is often a limited amount of talent away from the big-hitters, and that means the draw is crucial.  Race to […]

The opening night of World Cup action served up some cracking matches and there’s plenty more to come as we move into round two.  Big-hitters Netherlands, Australia and Scotland all made serene progress into the second-round and defending champions Wales made light work of a spirited Finland side. Polish pair Krzysztof Ratajski and Krzysztof Kciuk […]

The PDC World Cup of Darts gets underway at the Sparkassen Arena in Kiel, Germany with defending champions Wales looking like the team to beat. Gerwyn Price and Jonny Clayton Defeated Michael Smith and Rob Cross of England 3-0 in last year’s final held in Austria to win the competition for the first time. For […]

Michael van Gerwen heads a stellar field gathering at the Laszlo Papp Sports Arena in Budapest as the PDC’s elite arrive in Hungary for the first time to slug it out for the Hungarian Darts Trophy which starts on Friday. The competition, which had been scheduled for 2020, is the first event on the 2021 […]

It is the first darts action since last week’s World Matchplay where Peter Wright added another major title to his collection, defeating last year’s champion Dimitri van den Bergh 18-9 in the final. With only three titles up for grabs instead of the usual four, there is more of an onus on players to impress, […]

Peter Wright has been cut to 11/2 from 9/1 for world championship glory after claiming his first World Matchplay title in sizzling style at Blackpool’s Winter Gardens. Snakebite capped a phenomenal week by crushing reigning champion Dimitri van den Bergh in Sunday’s final, averaging almost 106 on his way to an 18-9 win. The Scot, […]

The PDC World Matchplay returns to the Winter Gardens, Blackpool, on Saturday as 32 of the best darts players on the planet do battle for the Phil Taylor Trophy. Reigning Matchplay champion Dimitri Van Den Bergh will be joined by 31 other arrowsmiths, including Michael van Gerwen, Peter Wright and world champion Gerwyn Price. MVG […]

The prize money stands at £75,000 per event but those rankings points will be crucial in determining the final 32-player field for the World Matchplay, which gets underway on 18 July. A total of 128 players will compete in each event in Coventry, with 110 PDC Tour Card holders topped up by Associate Members. Monday’s […]