Darts
Robbie May Feel The Power But Sid's Gang Rules
Phil Taylor is the greatest darts player of all time, but there is something troubling about him, says Martin Kelner
Heart of Darkness
Interview: Sid Waddell, one of the most recognized voices in sport, tells Will Buckley about darts, shove ha'penny and the 'beast'
No Silent Night for Sid in Ally Pally's Splendour
Martin Kelner marvels at the Alexandra Palace, the setting for this year's World Professional Darts Championship
Money. Sex. Laughs. Beer. Yes, Darts is Back
Paul MacInnes witnessed the return of darts to ITV, with Matt 'Granny' Smith, spectator message boards, and all the trimmings
'The Thing About Darts is That You've Got to Shout'
News: From Cambridge University to the Circus Tavern, adversity has honed Sid Waddell's unique style, says Donald McRae.
Darts: Donald Mcrae Meets Andy Fordham
Andy Fordham has set his sights on rebuilding his career after a stroke forced him to ditch the booze, he tells Donald McRae.
Behind the Scenes at the Premier League Darts
Darts: Tungsten tickling, larger-than-life characters and gallons and gallons of beer; there's nothing quite like a night at the darts, says Tom Lutz.
Darts Crosses the Great Divide
A ground-breaking tournament will see players from the PDO and the BDO tickle tungsten against each other.
Screen Break
"Who needs jazz when you've got the music of tungsten?" Premier League darts goes to Wolverhampton, writes Martin Kelner.
Desperate Dartswives
Darts: Forget the WAGs, when it comes to wives wearing the trousers, darts wins hands down, says Simon Hattenstone.
Darts Player Phill Nixon
Stephen Moss profiles Phill Nixon, the 50-year-old father of eight who lost in the BDO darts world final.
Raymond Van Barneveld
Darts: Donald McRae talks to the newly crowned darts world champion, Raymond Van Barneveld, who powered past 13-times winner Phil Taylor in an epic final last week.
Jacques Peretti on Tv Darts
Darts: Calming and contemplative, darts was right on target for a TV ratings bull's-eye until snooker took over in the 1980s. Jacques Peretti finds out where it went wrong for his heroes.
'As You Get Older, You Get More Happy, More Placid. The Killer Instinct Just Goes'
Darts: When he won his only world darts title in 1983, Keith Deller was hailed as a new model hero of the pub game. For a start, he was slim. He even attracted the attention of novelist Martin Amis, who wrote about him in an Observer profile. But that wasn't his only brush with high culture. Interview by Andrew Anthony.
The New Face of Darts
Darts champions used to be beer-swilling giants with big bellies. But the newly-crowned world champion is a slender 21-year-old with a lip piercing. So can he make the sport fashionable, asks Laura Barton.
Colin Lloyd
The top darts player on how to score a 180, "sorting out horses" and getting wind on stage.
Colin 'jaws' Lloyd
The PDC's No1 ranked darts player on how to score a 180, "sorting out horses" and getting wind on stage.
Bookies Fume Amid Talk of Bent Arrows
Darts: Digger: The British Darts Organisation seems certain to ignore bookmakers' concerns about the controversial match between ...
Darts: Lack of Power at the Beeb Left Me in the Dark
However much the BBC insist the BDO Championship is the world's greatest darts event it's nothing without The Power, writes Simon Hattenstone.
Darts: World No1 Lloyd is Ready to Dethrone the Power
Colin Lloyd is determined to end the the PDC World Darts Championship monopoly of twelve-times champion Phil Taylor, he tells Sean Ingle.
Screen Break: Sid and the Venusian With a Nine-dart Finish
Darts: Sid Waddell is the only person who can weave references to Joseph Conrad, Aneurin Bevan and Victor Sylvester and his Ballroom Orchestra into five minutes of darts commentary, says Martin Kelner.
'I've Got Lots Better'
Most of us have thought of packing in the nine-to-five to pursue a childhood dream. But to quit a highly paid job to take up darts - when you're not even very good at it? Stuart Jeffries speaks to Justin Irwin, who has done just that.
ChildLine Chief Quits for Darts
Justin Irwin, until recently a senior executive at the charity ChildLine intends to make darts the subject of a misspent adulthood.
Bull's-eye! Darts Achieves Sporting Recognition
Olympic Games: One-hundred and eigh-ty! Button up your XXL competition shirt and grab a celebratory drink, darts fans - Britain's favourite pub pastime is officially a sport.
Darts: Taylor Powers to 12th World Title
Phil Taylor collected the 12th world title of his career when he overcame the challenge of Mark Dudbridge to win the final 7-4.
'Big' Cliff Lazarenko
Small Talk: The darts legend likes a drink, apparently. And he's not happy having to choose between cheese and chocolate. "What! Can't I have both?" he splutters.
Darts: Power Prevails As Ailing Fordham Runs Out of Gas
One million people paid a tenner to watch Andy Fordham withdraw because of the heat in the battle of the world champions.
Andy Fordham: Too Sexy for His Shirt
Andy Fordham is looking to make an even bigger name for himself when he takes aim at the greatest prize in darts, says Will Buckley.
Caravan Couple Pitch Up for Bargain View of the Open
There are many ways to watch the 133rd Open Championship, which begins at Royal Troon golf club in Ayrshire today, but few offer better value for money than the view from the back window of Ronnie and Thelma Stoddart's caravan. The Stoddarts, from Kilmarnock, are dedicated golf followers...
Interview: Phil Taylor
Michael Jackson, Roy Keane, Mike Tyson... The world's greatest darts player tells Donald McRae about the travails of being a superstar - but he's still desperate to win his title back.
Contender: Adrian Gray
Adrian Gray, darts player:'I'm not your average darts player. I've got a 34-inch waist'.
Taylor is too light to hold his title
Darts: Phil Taylor's reign is over, and speculation abounds that his new slimline image could be responsible for his demise.
Darts
After last night's shattering of Phil 'the Power' Taylor's stranglehold on the darts World Championship, we bullseye the best darts sites online.
Taylor suffers power failure
Darts: Tungsten titan Phil Taylor's amazing eight-year reign as PDC World Champion was ended by Canadian John Part in a sensational game of arrows at the Circus Tavern.
Out on a Limb -- Surprise! (Week 16)
Some try blind guesses by having their pets pick the games each week based on which treat they decide to choose. Others make themselves out to have bizarre psychic nicknames. Still more throw darts at a board and pick whichever team name it lands on...
Grandstand suffers slings of outrageous arrows
It was all happening in Bridlington over the weekend. Now there is a sentence I never expected to write. And frankly it would have remained unwritten had I not entered the alternative universe that is Grandstand, broadcast live from the Yorkshire bucket-and-spade resort in honour of the 29th Winmau World Masters Darts Championships.
England v India: Third Test, First Day
14th over: India A change in the bowling as the distinctively second-gear Andy Caddick is replaced by the sprightly already-in-third-gear Alex Tudor. The Surrey bowler hasn't yet pulled up lame yet (though give it time) and produces some nice deliveries - including one that darts back...
Two worlds collide as darts goes in search of old bull
Somewhere, between the smoke machines and the floodlights, the bow-tied heavies and the strident music, a multiple world champion was trying to get out. On Saturday evening Phil Taylor took the world darts title for the 10th time, winning the Skol-sponsored PDC event at Purfleet with...
Martin Kelner marvels at the Alexandra Palace, the setting for this year's World Professional Darts Championship
Money. Sex. Laughs. Beer. Yes, Darts is Back
Paul MacInnes witnessed the return of darts to ITV, with Matt 'Granny' Smith, spectator message boards, and all the trimmings
'The Thing About Darts is That You've Got to Shout'
News: From Cambridge University to the Circus Tavern, adversity has honed Sid Waddell's unique style, says Donald McRae.
Darts: Donald Mcrae Meets Andy Fordham
Andy Fordham has set his sights on rebuilding his career after a stroke forced him to ditch the booze, he tells Donald McRae.
Behind the Scenes at the Premier League Darts
Darts: Tungsten tickling, larger-than-life characters and gallons and gallons of beer; there's nothing quite like a night at the darts, says Tom Lutz.
Darts Crosses the Great Divide
A ground-breaking tournament will see players from the PDO and the BDO tickle tungsten against each other.
Screen Break
"Who needs jazz when you've got the music of tungsten?" Premier League darts goes to Wolverhampton, writes Martin Kelner.
Desperate Dartswives
Darts: Forget the WAGs, when it comes to wives wearing the trousers, darts wins hands down, says Simon Hattenstone.
Darts Player Phill Nixon
Stephen Moss profiles Phill Nixon, the 50-year-old father of eight who lost in the BDO darts world final.
Raymond Van Barneveld
Darts: Donald McRae talks to the newly crowned darts world champion, Raymond Van Barneveld, who powered past 13-times winner Phil Taylor in an epic final last week.
Jacques Peretti on Tv Darts
Darts: Calming and contemplative, darts was right on target for a TV ratings bull's-eye until snooker took over in the 1980s. Jacques Peretti finds out where it went wrong for his heroes.
'As You Get Older, You Get More Happy, More Placid. The Killer Instinct Just Goes'
Darts: When he won his only world darts title in 1983, Keith Deller was hailed as a new model hero of the pub game. For a start, he was slim. He even attracted the attention of novelist Martin Amis, who wrote about him in an Observer profile. But that wasn't his only brush with high culture. Interview by Andrew Anthony.
The New Face of Darts
Darts champions used to be beer-swilling giants with big bellies. But the newly-crowned world champion is a slender 21-year-old with a lip piercing. So can he make the sport fashionable, asks Laura Barton.
Colin Lloyd
The top darts player on how to score a 180, "sorting out horses" and getting wind on stage.
Colin 'jaws' Lloyd
The PDC's No1 ranked darts player on how to score a 180, "sorting out horses" and getting wind on stage.
Bookies Fume Amid Talk of Bent Arrows
Darts: Digger: The British Darts Organisation seems certain to ignore bookmakers' concerns about the controversial match between ...
Darts: Lack of Power at the Beeb Left Me in the Dark
However much the BBC insist the BDO Championship is the world's greatest darts event it's nothing without The Power, writes Simon Hattenstone.
Darts: World No1 Lloyd is Ready to Dethrone the Power
Colin Lloyd is determined to end the the PDC World Darts Championship monopoly of twelve-times champion Phil Taylor, he tells Sean Ingle.
Screen Break: Sid and the Venusian With a Nine-dart Finish
Darts: Sid Waddell is the only person who can weave references to Joseph Conrad, Aneurin Bevan and Victor Sylvester and his Ballroom Orchestra into five minutes of darts commentary, says Martin Kelner.
'I've Got Lots Better'
Most of us have thought of packing in the nine-to-five to pursue a childhood dream. But to quit a highly paid job to take up darts - when you're not even very good at it? Stuart Jeffries speaks to Justin Irwin, who has done just that.
ChildLine Chief Quits for Darts
Justin Irwin, until recently a senior executive at the charity ChildLine intends to make darts the subject of a misspent adulthood.
Bull's-eye! Darts Achieves Sporting Recognition
Olympic Games: One-hundred and eigh-ty! Button up your XXL competition shirt and grab a celebratory drink, darts fans - Britain's favourite pub pastime is officially a sport.
Darts: Taylor Powers to 12th World Title
Phil Taylor collected the 12th world title of his career when he overcame the challenge of Mark Dudbridge to win the final 7-4.
'Big' Cliff Lazarenko
Small Talk: The darts legend likes a drink, apparently. And he's not happy having to choose between cheese and chocolate. "What! Can't I have both?" he splutters.
Darts: Power Prevails As Ailing Fordham Runs Out of Gas
One million people paid a tenner to watch Andy Fordham withdraw because of the heat in the battle of the world champions.
Andy Fordham: Too Sexy for His Shirt
Andy Fordham is looking to make an even bigger name for himself when he takes aim at the greatest prize in darts, says Will Buckley.
Caravan Couple Pitch Up for Bargain View of the Open
There are many ways to watch the 133rd Open Championship, which begins at Royal Troon golf club in Ayrshire today, but few offer better value for money than the view from the back window of Ronnie and Thelma Stoddart's caravan. The Stoddarts, from Kilmarnock, are dedicated golf followers...
Interview: Phil Taylor
Michael Jackson, Roy Keane, Mike Tyson... The world's greatest darts player tells Donald McRae about the travails of being a superstar - but he's still desperate to win his title back.
Contender: Adrian Gray
Adrian Gray, darts player:'I'm not your average darts player. I've got a 34-inch waist'.
Taylor is too light to hold his title
Darts: Phil Taylor's reign is over, and speculation abounds that his new slimline image could be responsible for his demise.
Darts
After last night's shattering of Phil 'the Power' Taylor's stranglehold on the darts World Championship, we bullseye the best darts sites online.
Taylor suffers power failure
Darts: Tungsten titan Phil Taylor's amazing eight-year reign as PDC World Champion was ended by Canadian John Part in a sensational game of arrows at the Circus Tavern.
Out on a Limb -- Surprise! (Week 16)
Some try blind guesses by having their pets pick the games each week based on which treat they decide to choose. Others make themselves out to have bizarre psychic nicknames. Still more throw darts at a board and pick whichever team name it lands on...
Grandstand suffers slings of outrageous arrows
It was all happening in Bridlington over the weekend. Now there is a sentence I never expected to write. And frankly it would have remained unwritten had I not entered the alternative universe that is Grandstand, broadcast live from the Yorkshire bucket-and-spade resort in honour of the 29th Winmau World Masters Darts Championships.
England v India: Third Test, First Day
14th over: India A change in the bowling as the distinctively second-gear Andy Caddick is replaced by the sprightly already-in-third-gear Alex Tudor. The Surrey bowler hasn't yet pulled up lame yet (though give it time) and produces some nice deliveries - including one that darts back...
Two worlds collide as darts goes in search of old bull
Somewhere, between the smoke machines and the floodlights, the bow-tied heavies and the strident music, a multiple world champion was trying to get out. On Saturday evening Phil Taylor took the world darts title for the 10th time, winning the Skol-sponsored PDC event at Purfleet with...