The arrows are already flying in Amsterdam, and if you blinked on Thursday night you missed the shock of the week. Michael van Gerwen, the man who owns this tournament like nobody else, is already packing his bags. Daryl Gurney took him out 6-5 in a last-leg scrap that had the AFAS Live bouncing. The … Read more
Luke Littler does not need another reminder that darts pays now. He already collected the first million-pound World Championship cheque. This weekend in Amsterdam he can add another six-figure payday without it even touching the rankings. The World Series of Darts Finals are into their 12th year at AFAS Live. The total pot is £450,000, … Read more
Madison Square Garden was supposed to feel like a victory lap. Instead it felt like a locked door with a four-figure price tag on it. The Knicks just won their first NBA title in 53 years. Opening night on Oct. 20 against Philadelphia is banner night, ring night, the first chance for the city to … Read more
Amsterdam expected a party. What it got instead was a punch to the gut. Michael van Gerwen walked into AFAS Live as top seed, defending champion and home favourite. He left it after a first-round defeat that nobody in the building saw coming until the darts started missing. Daryl Gurney, a late call-up after visa … Read more
Luke Humphries keeps finding ways to sting Luke Littler. Three times already in 2026. Maybe four if you count every Premier League night. And now both of them are in Amsterdam this weekend, which means the story is not finished. That is the part that should make darts fans sit forward. Littler is chasing something … Read more
Michael van Gerwen does not do polite nodding when something in darts smells off. He never has. So when the three-time world champion looked at Netflix’s Beat Luke Littler project this week and said they are “sending people away who are a little bit too good,” it landed like a dart in the treble. That … Read more
Rob Cross has just said the quiet part out loud. Luke Littler is not unbeatable. Not over the short stuff. Not if someone actually turns up ready to match him. That is the message from a former world champion sitting in Amsterdam this week, looking at the World Series of Darts Finals draw and refusing … Read more
Luke Littler is 19 years old, sits miles clear at the top of the darts world, and has just told the sport’s biggest power broker that he will take even more time off. That is the story in a sentence. Barry Hearn warned the game’s leading names about skipping events. Littler’s reply was not a … Read more
Travis Kelce spends his Sundays trying to shake linebackers. This week the hit came from a courtroom in St. Louis. On Tuesday, prosecutors named the Kansas City Chiefs tight end as one of 64 victims in a Ponzi scheme that pulled in more than $35 million. The man who ran it, Siddharth Jawahar, walked out … Read more
Jalen Brunson showed up at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night thinking he could disappear into a hoodie, sunglasses, and that familiar Siegelman Stable cap. Harry Styles had other ideas. Mid-set on Night 9 of his 30-show residency, the singer stopped the show, pointed out the man sitting with his wife Ali, and told 20,000 … Read more