Darts

With Christmas approaching, anticipation is building for the PDC World Darts Championship, which starts on December 15.   Aged just 16, Warrington’s Luke Littler is the youngest player in the draw and has been making waves in the sport all...

World number 4 Luke Humphries defeated four-time major winner Rob Cross 16-8 in the Grand Slam of Darts final. “CoolhandLuke”, who lives in Cheshire, put on an incredible performance having a match average of 104.69 and hitting eight 180s.

A stellar performance from Stephen Bunting saw him defeat American Grand Slam debutant Stowe Buntz 16-8 to reach the semi-finals. Liverpool's “The Bullet” was in superb form missing only one double in the first session and averaging a ton plus in the third as he led 9-6.

Michael Van Gerwen has crashed out of the Grand Slam of Darts after losing 10-7 to Australian number one Damon Heta. Heta’s win ensures a new name will be engraved onto the Eric Bristow Grand Slam of Darts trophy.

Former world number one Gerwyn Price was knocked out of the Grand Slam of Darts after a 10-6 loss to Gary Anderson. Anderson, a two-time World Championship winner, was in superb form averaging 104.96 hitting an 11-darter in the second last leg of the game.

Liverpool darts star Stephen Bunting knocked out world number 2 Peter Wright in the Grand Slam of Darts last night (November 14). Former BDO world champion Bunting defeated “The Snakebite” Wright 5-3 to finish second in group E and qualify for the last 16.

Defending champion Michael Smith has been knocked out of the Grand Slam of Darts after a shock 5-1 loss to former two-time winner James Wade. Three missed darts at double 20 from St Helens star Smith in the crucial fifth leg of the match saw Wade capitalize and go 4-1 up.

St Helens darts ace Michael Smith scraped past Krzysztof Ratajski with a 5-4 win at The Grand Slam of Darts in Wolverhampton but described his performance as “rubbish”. "Bully Boy" Smith scored a 106 finish in the final leg to secure the win and remain top of group A but is still not into the knockout stages.

St Helens star Michael Smith made a winning start to the defence of his Grand Slam of Darts title in Wolverhampton. And Luke Humphries says he wants to win “everything” after his own impressive win on day one.

Week 4 of the MSL Podcast covering football, tennis, darts and boxing in the Merseyside area. Keane Pritchard is joined by Archie Ward and Cameron Lund. Special guests include boxing reporter Ben Jones, Tranmere fan Ethan Hoijord and there's...