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She has spent years watching the sport's greatest players up close, but it was a single exchange at a darts event this week that gave Sky Sports presenter Polly James the clearest illustration she has ever seen of what separates the legends…

Daryl Gurney had just wrapped up a comfortable 6-1 victory over Polish qualifier Dawid Robak in the opening round of the Poland Darts Open and was mid-sentence in his post-match interview when something unexpected came sailing out of the…

The glitz of the Premier League and the grandeur of the World Series may grab the headlines, but it is the Players Championship circuit where reputations are quietly built and careers can turn on a single afternoon. The Pro Tour swings…

Barry Hearn Reveals Huge Darts Tournament Moving to Iconic 19,500-Capacity Venue After Record Sales The numbers have made the decision for them. When tickets for this year's US Darts Masters went on sale, 6,000 of them were gone on the…

Phil Taylor and Luke Littler were both asked the same question. Both gave honest answers. And the contrast, as Sky Sports presenter Polly James laid it out on the Double Tops Podcast this week, could hardly have been more striking. James…

There are moments in sport when the greatest thing you have ever done becomes the worst thing you could possibly have done. For Gian van Veen, that moment came in the fifth leg of the inaugural Poland Darts Open final in Kraków — and he…

Wayne Mardle Makes Announcement That Has 'Broken Him' After Life Takes 'Difficult Turn' In a week that has already seen Wayne Mardle open up about grief in a way that resonated with many thousands of people, the Sky Sports…

Luke Humphries squeezed past Krzysztof Ratajski 6-5 in the second round of the inaugural SUPERBET Poland Darts Open on Saturday night, but it was far from comfortable — and the world number two made clear afterwards that he felt the crowd…

When Luke Littler stood on the Lakeside stage in December 2022 as a wide-eyed 15-year-old, making his WDF World Championship debut, few could have imagined the sport would produce a comparable prodigy quite so quickly. But…

Wayne Mardle has spoken openly about the grief that continues to shape his life in the fourteen months since the death of his wife Donna, while making clear that his commitment to broadcasting — and to Sky Sports in particular — remains…