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As an unprecedented week of change at the British Darts Organisation (BDO) comes to an end, its’ five new Board members may by now be wondering if they really know just what they have let themselves in for.The gang of five were elected to join Vic Sexton, the...

Below is a lengthy letter sent by the 'Gang of Five' to the BDO counties in advance of the Annual General Meeting in 2011, and the response from Olly Croft. This contents of this letter subsequently resulted in Olly Croft being voted off the BDO Board, and Barry...

The third phase of London 2012 ticket sales begins today, with those successful in the initial ballot given an opportunity to hoover up any leftovers. With just 8,000 available for freestyle wrestling, 40,000 for volleyball and, approximately 1.5 million for...

Gary Anderson despatched Adrian ‘Jackpot’ Lewis in the final of the Premier League darts at Wembley last week to secure his first significant PDC title. Having missed out in three previous finals in the last twelve months, the victory was surely a seminal...

The giant rings now towering above John Betjeman’s head at St Pancras give anyone arriving at this wonderful station the impression that London truly is becoming an Olympic city. The extent to which the British public are intending to support London’s...

Two and a half years since blustering Boris famously highlights the merits of whiff-whaff, it was announced last week that the British Olympic Association would allow Team GB players to compete in the London 2012 table tennis competition under the ‘hosts...

It was confirmed this week that Team GB would be allowed to field a handball team in the 2012 Olympics. As host nation Great Britain were always technically allowed to throw their hands into this particular court, but the British Olympic Association (BOA) sets both...

Phil Taylor took second place in the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year last night to give darts its most prominent moment in the limelight since the days when Eric Bristow was paid to advertise milk.Forget for a moment the ridiculousness of the voting system, the...

Phil Taylor will, as expected, be amongst the contenders to become the 2010 BBC Sports Personality of the Year on 19 December, and currently sits at third favourite to walk-off with the coveted – although actually fairly pointless – award.Ahead of Taylor...

Chris Mason announced his retirement from darts in Wolverhampton last weekend, and will in all likelihood play his last match as a professional in Derby on Monday.Highly talented and frequently controversial, Mason never won a major tournament, but featured in some of...

Martin Adams beat Stuart Kellett in the final of the Winmau World Masters live on BBC2 on Sunday afternoon to cap an enjoyable weekend of televised darts, and become only the second man in the 37-year history of the event to secure the trophy for three consecutive...

When Phil Taylor loses one darts tournament it may be regarded as misfortune; two looks like carelessness; but four, in just nine days, and questions arise about The Power’s continued dominance of the darting world. Until last weekend, Taylor had been unbeaten...

When tickets go on sale a week today for the annual BBC Sports Personality of the Year, the Corporation may find it easier to sell all 12,000 than to come up with a list of 10 sport stars worthy of the shortlist for the award.The British sporting year has so far been...

The announcement last week that laser pistols will replace real guns in the Modern Pentathlon for London 2012 leaves the future of the sport in some doubt.The UIPM (Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne) claim that cost will be reduced by two-thirds, that all...

Fifty years ago today in Stoke, the western world’s most successful sportsman was born.Phil Taylor’s achievements are both inimitable and incredible. Were his sport one which had originated from the fields of public schools rather than the fug of public...

The inaugural PDC Unicorn women’s world darts championship concluded live on Sky Sports late on Saturday night with victory for US number 1 Stacy Bromberg. The titanic tussle against south London’s Tricia Wright went to the deciding leg, but to depict the...

Four enthralling world cup quarter finals have helped to ensure that football’s on-going ills will remain untouched. How the administrators of other sports must view the round ball game with immense jealousy, for it is despite the best efforts of FIFA that the...

England’s footballers may have played horribly against Algeria on Friday night, but the performance of the nation’s broadcasters was also markedly average. In the first half both Radio 5 Live and ITV insisted that this was a must-win game, when anyone...

Phil Taylor produced a phenomenal performance at Wembley Arena last night, regaining the Whyte & Mackay Premier League Darts title with a 10-8 defeat of defending champion James ‘The Machine’ Wade.‘The Power’ hit two nine-dart legs, the...

Disillusioned by its predictability and fed up with the nastiness contained within, last November I said Farewell to the Premier League. I’ve since been hounded by a recurring phrase uttered by Lloyd Bridges’ stressed air-traffic controller in the 1980...

Of the many peculiar stories that darts throws up, few match that revealed by world number 2 dart player Raymond Van Barneveld live on Sky Sports last Thursday night. Just minutes after hitting his second televised nine-dart leg in five months, the Dutchman informed a...

The British Olympic Association (BOA) announced last week that it expects to send more than 500 athletes to London 2012. Team GB will be 50% bigger than at Beijing 2008, reflecting a ‘once-in-a-generation opportunity to transform Olympic sport in Great Britain.'...

The eleventh outing of rugby’s Six Nations ended on Saturday night in somewhat soggy disappointment. Italy collected the wooden spoon for the eighth time in eleven attempts - and have still only beaten Scotland (5 times) and Wales (twice) since joining the...

England will face familiar opponents tomorrow in the semi-finals of the Hockey world cup, with a clash of sticks against reigning Olympic and world champions Germany. England defeated the Germans in the final of the 2009 European Championships, however, so the winner...