Irish & International Sports News, Fixtures & Results

Stephen Bunting (left) came from two sets down to beat James Wade

Wade throws nine-darter but bows out to Bunting

James Wade recorded the first nine-darter in five years at the PDC World Championship but the feat failed to inspire the Englishman as he joined the growing list of top seeds to suffer an early exit at Alexandra Palace.

Darts • 29 Dec 20

Dolan pushes Price all the way before bowing out

World number three Gerwyn Price beat Fermanagh's Brendan Dolan in a seven-set thriller settled by a last leg decider at the PDC World Championship on Monday.

Darts • 28 Dec 20

Peter Wright congratulates surprise winner Gabriel Clemens at the Ally Pally

Double trouble spells the end of Wright's reign

Defending champion Peter Wright crashed out of the PDC World Darts Championship in a shock third round defeat to Germany's Gabriel Clemens.

Darts • 27 Dec 20

Brendan Dolan takes on Japan's Edward Foulkes

Dolan hopes new technique tells at Ally Pally

Brendan Dolan wants to "prove himself" on the big stage once more as he kicks off his World Darts Championship campaign this afternoon.

Darts • 22 Dec 20

Vincent Van Der Voort took the all-Dutch showdown at Ally Pally.

Van Der Voort 'mentally prepared' for an Ally Pally run

Vincent Van Der Voort came from two sets down to beat fellow Dutchman Ron Meulenkamp in a last-leg decider at the William Hill PDC World Championship at Alexandra Palace.

Darts • 20 Dec 20

Fallon Sherrock greeting the fans as she made headlines at the Ally Pally last December

No PDC World Championship return for Fallon Sherrock

Fallon Sherrock will not return to the scene of her greatest triumph after failing to secure her place at the 2020/21 World Championship at Alexandra Palace.

Darts • 18 Oct 20

'For the first tournament after this big gap, I think it wasn't too bad'

Triumphant return for Van Gerwen at PDC Summer Series

Michael Van Gerwen made a triumphant return to the oche, overcoming world champion Peter Wright in a nail-biting final to win the first of five PDC Summer Series events.

Darts • 08 Jul 20

Bingham recovered from losing the first four frames of the evening session to secure the biggest win since his 2015 world title with a 10-8 victory

Bingham finishes strongly to claim first Masters title

Stuart Bingham shrugged off an interruption from the crowd to sink Ali Carter and clinch the second biggest title of his career with victory in the Masters final at Alexandra Palace.

Snooker • 19 Jan 20

Ali Carter, foreground, and Stuart Bingham, background, will both contest their first Masters final

Bingham and Carter both reach first Masters final

Stuart Bingham and Ali Carter will both make their Masters final debuts on Sunday after coming through semi-finals at Alexandra Palace.

Snooker • 18 Jan 20

Snakebite turns on the style for first PDC World title

Peter Wright won his first PDC World Championship title after brilliantly beating Michael Van Gerwen 7-3 at Alexandra Palace.

Darts • 03 Jan 20

Snakebite marches on as De Zwaan outguns Chizzy

Jeffrey de Zwaan produced the highest-quality performance of the World Darts Championship to defeat Dave Chisnall 4-3 in a gripping contest, as Gary Anderson and Peter Wright also progressed to the last 16.

Darts • 28 Dec 19

Keane Barry ended 2019 in style by being crowned Junior World Darts champion

Keane Barry wins Junior World Darts Championship

Keane Barry is the Junior World Darts champion after beating Adam Gawlas at Alexandra Palace on Saturday afternoon.

Darts • 21 Dec 19

No woman has won a match at the flagship tournament at Alexandra Palace, but the Japanese - who is the BDO women's world champion - had darts to beat Richardson in the first round

Suzuki denied PDC history in sudden-death decider

Women's world champion Mikuru Suzuki came close to making history at the PDC World Darts Championship as she nearly ousted James Richardson.

Darts • 16 Dec 19

Ciaran Teehan is to make his debut at the World Championships

Teehan and Dolan set for double Irish lunchtime session

Cork's Ciaran Teehan reckons he has a shot to nothing when he takes on Ross Smith at the World Darts Championship at Alexandra Palace this afternoon.

Darts • 15 Dec 19

Ronnie O'Sullivan was too strong for Ryan Day

O'Sullivan will face Ding in Masters semi-finals

Ronnie O'Sullivan's quest for an eighth Masters title continued as he reached the semi-finals with victory over Ryan Day. He will play Ding Junhui in the last four.

Snooker • 17 Jan 19

Michael van Gerwen joins a select group of darts players that have won three world titles after previous victories in 2014 and 2017

Van Gerwen powers past Smith for third PDC world title

Michael van Gerwen has claimed his third PDC World Championship Darts title with a 7-3 victory over Michael Smith at Alexandra Palace, London.

Darts • 03 Jan 19

Humphries sends defending champion Cross crashing out

Luke Humphries staged a stunning comeback to beat reigning champion Rob Cross.

Darts • 28 Dec 18

Wade crashes out at Alexandra Palace

James Wade became the latest high-profile player to be knocked out of the PDC World Darts Championship after losing 4-3 to Ryan Joyce.

Darts • 28 Dec 18

Van De Pas edges past Long to advance

Benito Van De Pas survived match dart before edging past Jim Long 3-2 in a tense tie-break with a 150 finish in the second round of the PDC World Darts Championship at Alexandra Palace.

Darts • 21 Dec 18

Daryl Gurney had early double trouble but regrouped

Gurney finds his range for WDC third round spot

Fifth seed Daryl Gurney shook off early double trouble to beat Ross Smith 3-0 and book his place in the third round of the PDC World Darts Championship at the Alexandra Palace.

Darts • 19 Dec 18

World No 3 Peter Wright has been knocked out of the PDC World Championship at Alexandra Palace in London this evening

Peter Wright dumped out of World Championship

World number three Peter Wright was dumped out of the PDC World Darts Championship on Sunday night as Toni Alcinas pulled off a surprise 3-1 triumph.

Darts • 17 Dec 18

Mickey Mansell is looking to enjoy a run of form at the World Championship

Mansell looking to right old wrongs at Ally Pally

Mickey Mansell's history at the World Championship doesn't make for easy reading.

Darts • 15 Dec 18

Rob Cross battled to a 3-1 victory over Jeffrey De Zwaan

Cross off to winning start in defence of world title

Rob Cross started the defence of his World Championship title with a battling 3-1 victory over Jeffrey De Zwaan on the opening night at Alexandra Palace.

Darts • 13 Dec 18

Anastasia Dobromyslova is a three-time Women's BDO champ

'A man doesn't want to get beaten by a woman'

Anastasia Dobromyslova believes that her experience at big events will be an advantage when she takes to the stage at Alexandra Palace for the first round of the World Darts Championship.

Darts • 07 Dec 18

Day rallies to defeat Ding and Trump holds off Liang

Ryan Day fought back from 3-0 down to knock out former champion Ding Junhui at the Dafabet Masters on Monday.

Snooker • 16 Jan 18