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Peter Wright's PDC world title defence came to a sorry end while Gerwyn Price ended Raymond van Barneveld's fairytale run.

I’m the world No 1 and I’m here to win. The Welshman eventually sewed up victory with a 128 finish (54-54-20) and will meet Ryan Searle or José de Sousa in the last 16. But he seized the initiative by winning seven of the next eight legs and a cool 67 checkout gave him a 3-1 advantage. But the 55-year-old was whitewashed 4-0 as world No 1 Price showed there is no room for sentiment on darts’ biggest stage. Wright took the first set 3-0 and Huybrechts, who came to London battling to stay in the world’s top 32, appeared to be up against it. But I’m a happy man to go through to the next round.”

An out-of-sorts Peter Wright suffered a comprehensive defeat to Belgian Kim Huybrechts as he was dumped out of the World Darts Championship at the third ...

I beat the name Peter Wright but the person Peter Wright wasn't there, I have to be honest about that. But, hey, I'm a happy man, I'm through to the next round." "I'm not going to be arrogant and cocky and say 'oh, I beat Peter Wright'. "Normally he is about 20 times better than this but I took my chances and I got the win. Fans also felt all was not well with Wright. That failed to aid his cause as the Belgian clinched one of the biggest victories of his career. "I didn't play Peter up there, I have to be fair," conceded Huybrechts. Wright won the first set but never looked comfortable thereafter and changed his darts at regular intervals. However, when presented with his first real challenge, he faltered badly. After beginning 2022 by landing his second world title, Snakebike has endured poor form while there have been health scares for both himself and his wife, Jo. [Emotional Peter Wright was on the verge of tears before even throwing a dart](https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/darts/peter-wright-tears-kim-huybrechts-28825496) [Peter Wright](https://www.dailystar.co.uk/latest/peter-wright) has crashed out of the World [Darts](https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/darts/) Championship following a 4-1 defeat to Kim Huybrechts in the third round.

Sky Sports darts commentator Wayne Mardle and sports presenter Emma Jones couldn't hold it together as they discussed darts nicknames and contrasting ...

“Buckshot,” replied Jones. A third Jones supporter said: “Was watching My Fair Lady yesterday. Is that not right?” “Bookshop?,” he asked. Northwich-born Jones replied: “I think I’d call myself the Blond Buckshot.” An incredulous Mardle then joked “just stop” to the camera as a confused Jones asked “why?”.

Kim Huybrechts ended Peter Wright's world title defence on a dramatic night of Third Round action which also saw Gerwyn Price whitewash Raymond van ...

I wanted to be clinical. It’s never been as big as this moment, so I’m very happy and very thankful.” Ratajski halved the deficit with a clean sweep in set three – sparked by a superb 135 finish on tops and sealed with an 11-darter – but Van den Bergh recovered to close out a convincing win. Van Barneveld responded with impressive 125 and 147 checkouts in his bid to launch a fightback, but he paid the price for spurning one set dart in the third, as Price sealed the deal with a superb 128 finish on double ten. “It wasn’t my best performance. The Belgian recovered from losing the opening set to punish a sluggish ‘Snakebite’ with four in a row and set up an all-Belgian show-down with Dimitri Van den Bergh in the Last 16.

Tributes have been paid from across Scottish darts to Mandy Mackenzie who passed away last week. A memorial service to Mandy will be held in the Village Hall in ...

In addition she was involved in teams that lifted the Ladies Threes and Fours on numerous occasions. He said: "She was instrumental in the development of darts in the area over several decades and as well as being a talented darts player and champion she was a great motivator. The former BT Telecoms engineer was known as a prominent figure in darts circles and was an Inverness Singles champion, North of Scotland and Northern Area champion and Scottish Doubles champion with Donna Robertson.

Rising star Josh Rock's run at the 2023 PDC World Darts Championship continued as he edged Nathan Aspinall 4-3 in an Alexandra Palace epic to reach the last ...

[Download the Sky Sports App](https://qrcode.skysports.com/skysports/ContentPromo) [@SkySportsDarts on Twitter](https://twitter.com/SkySportsDarts) [Get Sky Sports](https://www.sky.com/shop/tv/sports?dcmp=ssf.com_bul_shop) There is a lot more to come." I was just trying my best, it was a very tight game and I got there. I was under a lot of pressure and I dealt with it well. I have kind of woke up, but now I am just happy.

Josh Rock moved through to the last 16 on his World Championship debut, edging out two-time semi-finalist Nathan Aspinall in a seven-set thriller to set up ...

I wanted to be clinical. It’s never been as big as this moment, so I’m very happy and very thankful.” Williams then missed one match dart at double six for a 126 show-stopper, and he was suitably punished late on, as Clemens followed up an 11-dart hold with an 85 finish on the bull to triumph in a seven-set classic. Van Barneveld responded with 125 and 147 finishes in his bid to launch a fightback, but he paid the price for spurning one set dart in the third, as Price sealed the deal with a superb 128 finish on double ten. “It wasn’t my best performance. “To beat one of the best players in the world, the reigning champion, it means the world,” said an emotional Huybrechts, through to the fourth round for just the second time in a decade.

Meanwhile, Peter Wright's reign as PDC world champion came to a sorry end as Kim Huybrechts claimed the biggest win of his career at Alexandra Palace. READ MORE ...

I’m the world number one and I’m here to win. But I’m a happy man to go through to the next round.” I’m not here to make up the numbers.” Welshman Williams had a match dart to win 4-2. But he could not take out double six for a 126 checkout, and Clemens averaged 112 in the deciding set to book a date with either Danny Noppert or Alan Soutar. Wright tried to fight back in the fifth set, but he missed double 18 to extend the match and Huybrechts stepped in to seal matters before a shocked crowd.

The third round of the Cazoo World Darts Championship continues on Wednesday so check out Carl Fletcher's match-by-match predictions, best bets and a ...

The Scot is a tenacious character and upped his match average nigh on six points in the second game to 92.29. While I’m not confident of predicting a winner in this one, the fact José was still able to fire in five maximums was pleasing. Jose de Sousa wasn’t majestic himself, and in the early stages of his opener against Simon Whitlock it was arguably the worst performance we’ve seen from him on TV for a while. Heavy Metal has gone one round better in the last two years, when his runs were eventually ended by Stephen Bunting and Peter Wright but if he replicates his previous match form then he could be in trouble. I suspect if Bully Boy gets off to a flyer and finds the red bit with his usual regularity he’ll have too much all in all. They also met recently at Players Championship 22, their sole meeting this year, which Smith won 6-5 and hit four maximums to the two of Schindler. He ran out a facile winner in the end and the scoreline reflected his dominance. He defeated Nathan Rafferty 3-0 in his opener, winning all nine legs with a 96.62 average, hitting three maximums along the way. One aspect of the game that MVG can improve on from his opener is his maximum count. He was of course a World Cup winner for his country earlier in the year and reached the UK Open quarter-finals so his troubles recently will only continue for so long. Their last encounter was a 10-4 victory for ‘The Green Machine’ at the UK Open in 2021. He defeated ‘Rapid’ Ricky Evans 3-1 in his first game with a 95.03 and hitting seven maximums.

Heta was a good 3-0 winner against Adrian Lewis, he was impressive, but he only hit four 180s in that match. Joe Cullen had seven 180s in a convincing win ...

SIMPLE_SELECTION He’s more than likely going to win but he’s better value to have the most 180s. We’ll include Michael van Gerwen to Have The Most 180s against Mensur Suljovic. As we know MvG hits 180s for fun so Michael van Gerwen to Have The Most 180s should land. Heta was a good 3-0 winner against Adrian Lewis, he was impressive, but he only hit four 180s in that match. Joe Cullen had seven 180s in a convincing win against Rapid Ricky Evans, averaging just over 95. He’s long odds on to beat Martin Schindler but there is no doubt about it, Smith will Have the Most 180s. He’s the most emphatic 180 thrower in the world of darts right now. He’s massive odds on to win the match so we’re not going to include that. The second leg is all about Michael van Gerwen.

Steve and Jenny Eaves from Fulwood launched online darts retail site Red Rose Darts a month ago, and hope to expand into a specialist retail shop in central ...

He said: "It's not just men in their 30s and 40s watching and playing, there's a lot of women and children too. Steve said: "Pubs have had a difficult time recently, so we hope as many people as possible are able to attend. From 1-9pm there will be multiple dartboards set up inside the pub, and players can try as many sets of darts as they like.

A Preston darts fan has launched a new business based on his passion for the sport. Advertisement. Steve Eaves started up specialist darts store Red Rose ...

The pop up shop will take place at the Beer Box on Thursday 29 December from 1pm to 9pm. Steve added: “Pubs have had a difficult time recently, so we hope as many people as possible are able to attend. “We will be setting up multiple dartboards to accommodate this and players can try as many sets of darts as they would like.

Having tasted World Championship glory in 2015 and 2016, Anderson was expected to cruise against Dobey to reach the fourth round of the PDC World Championship ...

Anderson was sent packing in a shock 4-1 loss to a competitor who was 11 places below him in the world rankings, much to his own shock and the Ally Pally crowd's disbelief - though take nothing away from Dobey. That, of course, was without Anderson making any mistakes - and after hitting the 19 with just 15 left, it set a precedent for Dobey to romp home with the hold of throw. But Dobey fought back; despite the odds being against him, a 3-2 win in the second leg before completely dominating Anderson in the third set to once again take the game to 2-1 in his own favour really saw him upset the apple cart.

Chris Dobey came from a set down to defeat Gary Anderson at the Cazoo World Darts Championship while Alan Soutar and Jose de Sousa produced remarkable ...

Third Round (Best of 7 sets) Third/Fourth Round (Best of 7 sets) I just didn't agree with what he said." "I was a bit nervy up there but Gary said something to me in the last break and I didn't like it so there was no way he was winning the game after that. I never gave up and will always fight until the end. I came out, tried to forget about it but there was no way he was winning.

Chris Dobey cruised past Gary Anderson; Jose de Sousa produced a huge comeback to go through; Alan Soutar rallied to knock out Danny Noppert; Wednesday's ...

Two poor visits from Searle in the fifth set then forced a deciding leg in which De Sousa put himself well and truly back in the match, taking out the D8 to make it 3-2. Searle took control to secure an early 3-0 lead against De Sousa, a break of throw together with some inaccuracy on the doubles from The Special One giving Heavy Metal the 1-0 lead. [Download the Sky Sports App](https://qrcode.skysports.com/skysports/ContentPromo) [@SkySportsDarts on Twitter](https://twitter.com/SkySportsDarts) "Gary said something to us in the last break and I didn't like it. A clash with Gabriel Clemens now awaits him in the last 16. "It was a big win, Gary is a class lad, one of the big names in darts.

The Scot fell to a 4-1 defeat in the third round of the competition despite having blitzed Dobey to take an early 1-0 lead, averaging 115 in the opening ...

He's a class bloke and everybody knows that, but I just didn't agree with what he said. He's a class lad, but I didn't agree with what he said and there was no way he was winning this game.' [Peter Wright falling to a defeat at the hands of Kim Huybrechts](/sport/othersports/article-11577993/Peter-Wrights-title-defence-ends-shock-defeat-Kim-Huybrechts-World-Darts-Championship.html) to cap off what he called a 'rubbish year', [while Josh Rock pulled off 13 180s to dump out tenth seed Nathan Aspinall.

Thousands of boozy darts fans descended on Ally Pally dressed as hot dogs, bananas and Where's Wally. Today was day 11 of the Cazoo World Darts ...

Within days of their release, the majority of them had been snapped up. Some people even came dressed as traffic cones, to seemingly keep traffic in and out of the venue running smoothly. Some people even came dressed as traffic cones, to seemingly keep traffic in and out of the venue running smoothly Ready to watch the darts take flight were a group of boozy friends dressed as air hostesses and pilots. Ready to watch the darts take flight were a group of boozy friends dressed as air hostesses and pilots A group of friends attending the tournament dressed as chicken and chips

Chris Dobey said words from Gary Anderson wound him up before he clinched victory over the two-time world champion in the third round at Alexandra Palace.

"It was a big win, Gary is a class lad, one of the big names in darts and has been for a while so it is a massive win. "He bottled that game [against Cross in the Matchplay] - his words, not mine - but has found composure now. Dobey told Sky Sports: "Gary said something to us in the last break and I didn't like it. I don't know if he was playing mind tricks but I am the winner. Chris Dobey beats Gary Anderson 4-1 to reach last 16 of World Darts Championship where he will face either Rob Cross or Mervyn King next - "Gary said something to us in the last break and I didn't like it. There was no way he was winning after that"

The world No 22 Chris Dobey claimed comments from the two-time PDC World Darts champion Gary Anderson helped to fuel his shock comeback win at Alexandra ...

He will take on Germany’s Gabriel Clemens in the last 16 But the Scotsman surrendered the early advantage and crashed out in an emphatic 4-1 defeat, having irked his former protege mid-match. Van Gerwen made it 3-1 before Suljovic hit back to remain in the tie.

Gary Anderson is bidding to achieve a special milestone when he takes on Chris Dobey in the third round of the Cazoo World Darts Championship on Wednesday.

“I know what Gary is capable of, and he’s not finished yet. “It’s just a great atmosphere and a great place for the World Championship.” It was frightening!

Gary Anderson is the latest big name to head out at the PDC World Darts Championship with his earliest exit since 2010 coming at the hands of 'Hollywood' ...

He missed 160 for the set and Anderson could not hit 150 which allowed Dobey back for the set. Anderson missed a dart from 96 for the set and Dobey broke back to send it all the way. Dobey hit 171 to leave 36 making Anderson take out 110 which he couldn’t and ‘Hollywood’ took it for 2-1.

Pre-match favourite Anderson, who lifted the trophy in 2015 and 2016, was on course for his 50th tournament victory at the venue after taking the opening set.

“I’m not going to say (what he said), it was just something I didn’t like. But I came out, the man I am, I tried to forget about it. He’s a class lad but I didn’t agree with what he said.

FUMING Chris Dobey claims he was fired-up to beat Gary Anderson following some heated backstage comments.Hollywood battered the Flying Scotsman 4-1 to.

"The number of times I’ve been in this position. "He’s a class lad but I didn’t agree with what he said. I’m still in the competition.” "I never give up, that’s the kind of lad I am. I’m just delighted to get that win. "I’m not going to say, I’m not going to talk.

Title favourite Michael van Gerwen was forced to produce some astonishing darts to keep Mensur Suljovic at bay at the World Darts Championship on Wednesday ...

[Download the Sky Sports App](https://qrcode.skysports.com/skysports/ContentPromo) "I'm not going to say (what he said), it was just something I didn't like. vs But I came out, the man I am, I tried to forget about it. I feel comfortable, so I hope I can do some more damage in this World Championship" Bull." [As it happened on wonderful Wednesday at Ally Pally](https://www.skysports.com/darts/live) [World Darts Championship: Fixtures, Results and TV times](https://www.skysports.com/darts/news/12288/12758208/world-darts-championship-peter-wright-kicks-off-round-two-as-early-draw-confirmed) "60. The deadly Dutchman soon opened up a 2-0 advantage thanks to a neat 64 two-dart combination, ending with a sensational 121.33 set average. He then levelled up with a superb 11-darter. Martin Schindler (R3) Watch the 2023 PDC World Darts Championship - live on Sky Sports Darts.

Mensur Suljovic produced the moment of the Cazoo World Darts Championship so far despite losing a thrilling clash to Michael van Gerwen at a raucous ...

Third Round (Best of 7 sets) Third/Fourth Round (Best of 7 sets) I just didn't agree with what he said." "I was a bit nervy up there but Gary said something to me in the last break and I didn't like it so there was no way he was winning the game after that. I never gave up and will always fight until the end. I came out, tried to forget about it but there was no way he was winning.

Anna Woolhouse, who has been a regular face on Sky Sports' coverage of the World Darts Championship, dropped a humorous clanger as she discussed Gary ...

He retired 6 years ago, can we please have [@laura_woodsy](https://twitter.com/laura_woodsy)?” [@MissEmmaPaton](https://twitter.com/MissEmmaPaton) tonight but Anna what you on about? The faux pas was highlighted by several viewers on social media. [comments section](https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/darts/anna-woolhouse-phil-taylor-darts-28831704#comments-wrapper) Woolhouse was discussing Gary Anderson’s defeat to Chris Dobey earlier in the day at the start of coverage of the Wednesday evening session with Wayne Mardle and John Part when her mind presumably went blank. [Peter Wright,](https://www.dailystar.co.uk/latest/peter-wright) who [crashed out on Tuesday night after losing to Kim Huybrechts.](https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/darts/kim-huybrechts-peter-wright-darts-28826128)

Van Gerwen kept himself on course for a fourth title by triumphing 4-2 in a classic encounter with Mensur Suljovic, while Smith overcame a major potential upset ...

I feel good, I feel comfortable, so I hope I can do some more damage in this World Championship.” “I’m not going to say (what he said), it was just something I didn’t like. But I came out, the man I am, I tried to forget about it. He’s a class lad but I didn’t agree with what he said. “To win it the way I did, it was tense in the game, there were some good darts, amazing. “Gary said something to us in the last break and I didn’t like it, so there was no way he was winning that game after that,” Dobey, who will face either Rob Cross or Mervyn King in the next round, told Sky Sports.

Michael Smith, the second favourite for the world title, fell 3-1 down against plucky German Martin Schindler but recovered in style to seal a place in the ...

At 3-1, many fans thought the game was up for Smith until he finally rediscovered his relentless scoring power. “The Bully Boy showed some minerals there! “One of the best nights of darts, unreal from the Bully Boy,” declared one fan. A third joked: “3-1 down, what a comeback by the Bully Boy, I was sweating just watching.” Can Bully Boy win the world title? One of the best nights of darts I’ve ever watched,” raved another.

Anderson's mid-match remarks “annoyed” opponent Dobey.

“I’m not going to say (what he said), it was just something I didn’t like. I feel good, I feel comfortable, so I hope I can do some more damage in this World Championship.” But I came out, the man I am, I tried to forget about it. He’s a class lad but I didn’t agree with what he said. “He disappeared in the middle of the match and I took every chance I got,” Soutar, who will take on Germany’s Gabriel Clemens in the last 16, told PDC Darts. “Gary said something to us in the last break and I didn’t like it, so there was no way he was winning that game after that,” Dobey, who will face either Rob Cross or

'One of the most ridiculous things I've seen': Darts superstar left with egg on face after 'insane' gamble.

Look at his face! “Look at his face! Then the roof at the ‘Ally Pally’ was blown into space as Suljovic hit the bullseye with his final dart.

Elsewhere, Masters champion Joe Cullen plays World Cup winner Damon Heta, before two-time World Championship runner-up Michael Smith rounds off the evening's ...

“I’ve gained a lot more experience, particularly in the big legs. “It means a lot. I think Mensur was phenomenal and he deserves a lot of credit," said Van Gerwen, who will play Dirk van Duijvenbode or Ross Smith for a place in the last eight. You need to get over these scares to hopefully win the event.” “I can’t really put it into words. There could only be one winner and that was me luckily.”