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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...

Following several months of indifferent courtship of the BDO, the Professional Darts Corporation removed its velvet gloves last week with the announcement of a cunning plan that included three new tournaments.The PDC World Cup of darts, Unicorn Under-21 World...

With a record attendance of up to 10,000 people expected to visit London’s O2 tonight to witness the opening round of the 2010 Premier League, it would appear that the darts scene in London is thriving. It isn’t. Fifty years ago, there were 200 London pubs...

Following a meeting of the county directors, the British Darts Organisation (BDO) has today formally rejected the £2million offer from Barry Hearn's Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) to take control of the game. Responding to the news, a...

A new year brings another false hope for British tennis. The failure of Laura Robson to make the main draw at the Australian Open may be a blessing - placing a little deserved spotlight on Elena Baltacha and Katie O'Brien -...

Although a touch disappointed not to see the England Women’s Cricket Team win the BBC Sports Personality Team of the Year award over the weekend, the fact that they were nominated and discussed in equal measure with the men illustrates quite how far the sport...

No suprises at SPOTY towers where Phil Taylor has once again been overlooked for BBC Sports Personality of the Year by the twenty-six national and regional publications given the pleasurable task of choosing their top ten.I know I shouldn't give a...

A footballer cheats in a match which doesn't involve anyone British but it's front-page phone-in fodder, the twitterverse goes crazee and the BBC sport website runs a live debate the following day. Hello?Bien sur Terry Henry [sic] was wrong, of course he...

No surprises at the English Open in Sheffield earlier this month with top seed Ma Long beating fellow countryman Ma Lin in a highly predictable all-Chinese final. A bigger revelation from the world of table tennis, however, comes with the approach of the...

With every team in the Barclays Premier League now having played ten matches, the table is taking a familiar shape. Thanks heavens then that Liverpool, struggling away in sixth place, are doing their best to give me grounds to retain interest.There are still many...

Another week in darts’ damaging divide comes to a close, and we’re back at square one. To recap an eventful few days in the on-going soap opera featuring Barry Hearn and Olly Croft:Tuesday: the PDC board of Directors write an open letter, signed by Barry,...

Argentina take on Uruguay tonight in the Centenario stadium in Montevideo in their final World Cup qualifying game, billed as make-or-break for Diego Maradona’s future managerial career. Amongst discussions as to whether South Africa 2010 will be...

A British hockey team battles through a tournament against the odds to face Germany in a major final. Teenagers around the country stay up all night to watch. At the final whistle a nation celebrates; the victorious players return as heroes, becoming household names....

The South African masters from Johannesburg; the World Cup in North Carolina; a man from the Philippines in the semi-final of the World Masters. Is the game of darts finally becoming a world sport?The numbers would suggest so. Players from more than seventy countries...

The South African masters from Johannesburg; the World Cup in North Carolina; a man from the Philippines in the semi-final of the World Masters. Is the game of darts finally becoming a world sport?The numbers would suggest so. Players from more than seventy countries...

A day spent in the Sussex countryside courtesy of an article for yesterday’s Observer, followed by a chance meeting with a high ranking Olympic official, have brought me briefly in touch with the intriguing world of Olympic shooting. Here’s five...

A nation will be holding its’ breath over the next fortnight to see if the barren years without a tennis Major victory can finally be broken at Flushing Meadows.The US Open is underway, and with Nadal creaking and Djokovic yet to get beyond a quarter final of a...

It is more than twenty years since I attempted to play, I have no particular interest in it, and the memories of sweating profusely and being smacked in the legs by my opponent’s racquet are going to stay locked away, but the decision to continue to omit squash...

With trophies currently arriving in Stoke-on-Trent as regularly as at any point in Phil Taylor’s twenty year reign at the head of the darting family, the battle for the epithet of second best dart player in the world appears to be lacking willing contenders. The...

I had been a darts’ fan for many years prior to my twelve months on the circuit – a visit to Purfleet at the turn of the century with my copy of The Guardian tucked nervously inside The Daily Star perhaps the catalyst for that year - but it is only since...

A huge amount of fuss followed Kevin Pietersen's dismissal in the first innings of the opening 2009 Ashes test. "You have to watch the highlights...to appreciate how ghastly a shot it was" concluded a perplexed Jonathon Agnew on TMS. "That was daft", agreed Geoffrey...

The Twenty20 World Cup is reaching a conclusion, the Lions take the field in Durban on Saturday, Wimbledon starts on Monday, Bethpage Black sees Woods and Mickelson renew rivalry at the US Open golf, the British Grand Prix says farewell from Silverstone, Royal Ascot...

The temptation to gloat at any Aussie defeat is tempered by the fact that they are better than us at sport. What goes around will surely come around faster than a koala bear on a boomerang with a tin of Castlemaine.Being put out of the Twenty20 World Cup on day four...