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Yahoo
3 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
How does Premier League Darts affect PDC's Order of Merit?
Luke Humphries' first Premier League Darts title has no effect on the Professional Darts Corporation's Order of Merit. That is because the Premier League is not classed as a ranking event, meaning prize money is not counted in the two-year period which is used to determine the Order of Merit. Humphries came from behind to beat Luke Littler 11-8 in Thursday's 2025 Premier League Darts final at the O2 Arena in London. Littler, 18, headed into Thursday's play-off night as defending Premier League champion and the most recent winner of the World Darts Championship. The teenager is second in PDC's Order of Merit - behind only Humphries, who he has faced in the past two Premier League and World Darts Championship finals. Littler is yet to play a full two-year cycle of ranking events, and in the second half of 2023 alone, Humphries earned £563,250 in prize money from ranked events. Humphries is £573,750 ahead of Littler in the PDC Order of Merit. There are still five of the sport's major events to take place in this year prior to the 2026 World Darts Championship, which starts in December. In 2023 alone, the World Matchplay, World Grand Prix, European Championship, Grand Slam of Darts and Players Championship Finals helped Humphries earn a combined total of £468,500. Given how clear Humphries and Littler are in prize money compared to the rest of the PDC's Order of Merit, it is unlikely either player will be caught until the next World Championship. The winner of 2026's top darts prize will receive £1,000,000 - double the amount Littler received this year. Humphries has prize money of £1,873,750 from PDC ranked events in the past two years. Littler's total is £1,300,500. Michael van Gerwen is third on £734,750. This article is the latest from BBC Sport's Ask Me Anything team. This question 'Will winning Premier League Darts put you to world number one?' was asked by David in Wakefield. Thank you for your question, David. Ask Me Anything is a service dedicated to answering your questions. We want to reward your time by telling you things you do not know and reminding you of things you do. The team will find out everything you need to know and be able to call upon a network of contacts including our experts and pundits. We will be answering your questions from the heart of the BBC Sport newsroom, and going behind the scenes at some of the world's biggest sporting events. Our coverage will span the BBC Sport website, app, social media and YouTube accounts, plus BBC TV and radio. Premier League Darts final schedule and prize money Who has qualified for the 2025-26 Champions League? Why does French Open not have electronic line calling? What are the Enhanced Games and why are they controversial?
Yahoo
4 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
When will the 2025-26 Premier League fixtures be released?
The BBC's Ask Me Anything team have done all of the research ahead of the announcement detailing next season's Premier League matches. The fixtures for the 2025-26 season will be released at 09:00 BST on Wednesday, 18 June 2025 and the release will include the weekly schedule of all 380 matches. The season will begin with a single fixture played on Friday, 15 August 2025 and conclude on Sunday, 24 May 2026, when all matches will be played at 16:00 BST. There will be 33 weekend rounds of fixtures, plus five midweek rounds. The exact date and time at which individual matches are played during each weekend will be determined at regular intervals throughout the season, based on TV selections made by broadcasters. Read the full article here
BBC News
4 days ago
- General
- BBC News
When will the 2025-26 Premier League fixtures be released?
The BBC's Ask Me Anything team have done all of the research ahead of the announcement detailing next season's Premier League matches. The fixtures for the 2025-26 season will be released at 09:00 BST on Wednesday, 18 June 2025 and the release will include the weekly schedule of all 380 season will begin with a single fixture played on Friday, 15 August 2025 and conclude on Sunday, 24 May 2026, when all matches will be played at 16:00 BST. There will be 33 weekend rounds of fixtures, plus five midweek exact date and time at which individual matches are played during each weekend will be determined at regular intervals throughout the season, based on TV selections made by the full article here
News18
25-05-2025
- Entertainment
- News18
Shura Khan Reignites Pregnancy Buzz After Arbaaz Khan Helps Her Walk Down Stairs
Last Updated: Arbaaz Khan and Shura Khan are rumoured to be expecting their first child after being seen at a clinic and during a recent outing. Are Arbaaz Khan and Shura Khan expecting their first child together? Though an official confirmation is awaited but fans think so. The couple, who got married in 2023, first sparked pregnancy buzz after they were spotted at a clinic together last month. On Sunday, the duo was seen exiting a restaurant after their lunch date, with Arbaaz carefully escorting his wife down the stairs. Shura Khan wore a loose ensemble, usually worn by celebs to hide their pregnancy in the beginning stages. She was accompanied by her husband who wore a white T-shirt and denims for their outing. The Dabangg actor told his wife 'aaram se" as she hopped inside their car. He then greeted the paps and got into the car. Fans in the comment box were quick to guess than Shura Khan is indeed pregnant. Watch the video here: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Manav Manglani (@ 57-year-old Arbaaz married Shura on December 24, 2023. Reportedly, they have an age gap of 22 years. Last year, Shura hosted an Ask Me Anything session on Instagram and ended up giving the sassiest answer to a social media user who asked about their height and age difference. 'What's the age and height difference between you and your husband Arbaaz Khan?" To this, she responded, 'Arbaaz is 5'10, and I am 5'1 and age is just a number." When asked about the qualities she admires in her husband, she replied, 'He's very loving and respectful". Shura and Arbaaz first met on the set of Patna Shuklla, produced by Arbaaz. Shura was working as Raveena Tandon's makeup artist. They dated in private for over a year before getting married in an intimate ceremony on December 24, 2023. For the unversed, Arbaaz Khan was previously married to Malaika Arora. They parted ways after 19 years of marriage, in 2017. They continue to co-parent their 22-year-old son, Arhaan Khan. First Published: May 25, 2025, 19:39 IST
NZ Herald
24-05-2025
- Health
- NZ Herald
Motivational speaker Jake Bailey on resilience, adversity and overcoming cancer – Ask Me Anything with Paula Bennett
Speaking to Paula Bennett on her NZ Herald podcast, Ask Me Anything, Bailey said that, at the time, he wasn't feeling the 'big emotions' that people normally expect. 'I wasn't angry or scared or sad or afraid or upset or any of these things. I think for me, if I look back on it, there was a real sense of nothing much. There was a lot of numbness.' Bailey puts a lot of that down to the stage of life he was at, and how teenage boys aren't known for being able to comprehend their mortality. 'And so going into the diagnosis, going through my treatment, I don't think there was ever really a time where I thought that I wouldn't make it through, or a time where I ever doubted that I would survive. 'And I have to put a very, very bold caveat to that, which is that wasn't some sort of relentless positivity or optimism or bravery or courage or anything like that. I think it was genuinely just teenage naivety and probably being a little bit, sort of oblivious as to how much of a risk there was to my health.' While the prognosis was good, Bailey still had a journey to go through before getting into remission, coupled with being thrust into the spotlight by his speech. Reflecting on that time, he believes going through that expedited the usual growth and learning someone would go through when transitioning from teenage years to adulthood. The main takeaway is that he believes he became a much happier and more grateful person. 'I don't think I was a particularly resilient person prior to the cancer. I don't necessarily think I'm a particularly resilient person now after the cancer either. 'But certainly having gone through that experience of adversity, having been forced to learn and take some lessons and skills and tools for getting through tough times, and then applying those to the other adversity and challenges which we all face in life, I think has greatly improved my life since that point onwards.' Bailey ended up studying positive psychology at university and has been touring the world as a motivational speaker. He has also written several books. His latest, The Comeback Code, explores adversity and resilience, and how people can thrive through the challenges they face. While his life has been dictated by supporting others for a decade now, Bailey told Bennett that this book marks 'the start of the end' of this part of his life. 'I'll be completely forthright and say that, for me, it's been an amazing sort of last 10 years. I've been incredibly privileged and fortunate to have had the opportunity to do this work, and it's been incredibly fulfilling. I guess it's very much my passion and I feel incredibly lucky to have had the opportunity to have done it. '[But] I feel like I've really accomplished all that I wanted to do in this area, and I'm sort of ready for the next challenge. 'I've been, as I say, incredibly fortunate to have had this opportunity, and I guess for the cancer to have led me into this pathway now. But at the end of the day, I don't think anyone wants to continue to be defined by anything they did when they were 18 years old.' As for what that next challenge is? 'I'm not entirely clear what that will be, but I'm looking forward to finding out and sinking my teeth into something new. 'The bottom line is the reality is this work, this story, and this experience which I've had, will forever remain a really integral part of who I am. I don't see myself stopping the speaking work or, or moving out of this resilience space any time soon. 'But maybe just continuing to remain in this work in a different capacity to the one which I've been in over the past 10 years, as I start something new.' Ask Me Anything is an NZ Herald podcast hosted by former Deputy Prime Minister Paula Bennett. New episodes are available every Sunday.
