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The Sun
02-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Darts host forced to apologise after Nathan Aspinall's X-rated interview with Asp left covering his face in horror
NATHAN ASPINALL went from hero to zero after accidentally swearing during an on-stage interview. The Asp won the European Tour 8 final last night, beating Damon Heta 8-6 to bank a whopping £30,000. 3 3 Aspinall is in great form after making the Premier League play-off last Thursday by finishing in the top four and he won the night in Aberdeen on May 15. The 33-year-old was asked about his recent brilliance in a live TV interview after picking up the trophy in Leveruksen, Germany yesterday. Aspinall reflected: "I've been through rubbish but I'm getting back there. "When things are not going your way, you have to keep fighting, digging and believing you can get back to your best. That is what I do. "And the last few weeks have been pretty f***ing good." Aspinall immediately covered his face in horror after his X-rated remark. Host Philip Brzezinski said: "Very nearly Nathan. We apologise for the language." Heta was also seen giggling to himself after his rival's dropped the F-bomb. It came after Aspinall also said: "To bounce back after the defeat on Thursday night, to come here and win this tournament, shows where my game's at at the moment. "I don't make games easy but in the semi-final and final I played fantastic. 'Early to be losing your rag' - Commentator blasts darts star as he has MELTDOWN in just second leg "Credit to Damon - I thought that final was absolutely fantastic, it was a great game of darts, nip and tuck." 3
The Sun
21-05-2025
- Sport
- The Sun
‘I don't watch it' – Damon Heta slams Premier League Darts in brutal assessment and reveals two ways to improve it
DAMON HETA has delivered a brutal assessment of the Premier League and admitted he doesn't even watch it. The Aussie believes the current format has become far too repetitive and has lost its excitement. 2 2 World No1 Luke Humphries and World Champion Luke Littler have faced off seven times in this year's campaign. But Heta hasn't tuned in once this season and says he prefers to spend his Thursday nights on the practice board instead. He told Sporting Life: 'No I don't watch it. I haven't watched it this year. 'I see the results obviously they come up on social media all the time. 'But I didn't watch it. I might have watched a few games last year. 'I think it's too much. It's the same people in the match ups and then I'm seeing them every week at darts. 'I'm on the dartboard practicing when they're playing the thing. 'I mean you are getting those prestigious games but all the time so you're flooding the good darts. 'The Luke [Littler] vs Luke [ Humphries ] you're going to see them twenty plus times a year probably play each other. 'I'm not even sure how many times we have seen a Phil [Taylor] vs MvG [ Michael van Gerwen ] game. Fans sing along to Luke Littler's walk-on song as darts star shares footage from stage 'It just makes it more prestigious.' Aussie thrower Heta called for the return of relegation - a system scrapped after the 2021 season - to raise the stakes for struggling players. He revealed: 'I did like the relegation back in the day. I thought it was pretty good. 'Because the first half of the season they are playing to stay in it. 'And then the people probably towards the back end — when you've got a long season — if they're doing bad, you know they're probably not going to show up or put 100 percent in. 'B League' 'It's like, what are they playing for if they are not making the top four? 'I mean for £10,000 — but is that enough for them?' World Cup winner Heta even floated the idea of a potential 'B League' — giving more players a shot at proving themselves and earning promotion to the main Premier League stage. He added: 'Yeah I think that would be alright. Whether the B League plays behind closed doors to get to that stage. 'It gives that person — whoever wins the second league — that chance to prove themselves. 'I've done it for 17 weeks and now I've won it, then you get the promotion into the Premier League.'
BBC News
14-04-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Heta beats Aspinall to win first PDC title of 2025
Damon Heta secured his first PDC title of 2025 with an 8-6 victory over Nathan Aspinall in the final of the 13th Players Championship event of the number one Heta, 37, raced into a 4-1 lead before England's Aspinall, who won Thursday's Premier League night in Manchester, rallied and at 6-6 the match was finely then edged a scrappy 20-dart leg before closing out the contest in more clinical fashion to finish with an average of 94.91 to Aspinall's win at the Autotron Centre in Rosmalen, the Netherlands, helped him climb up to seventh on the PDC order of merit."For some reason in darts you sometimes get wins when you're not playing great, and don't get what you deserve when you are playing well," he told the PDC. "I've been working on a few things to do with my darts set-up, I'm looking for those one per cents to take my game to the next level."I'm a hard worker, I'm going to keep doing what I'm doing and hopefully turn up at the big events and get my rewards."Earlier, Dutchman Michael van Gerwen had suffered a surprise first-round defeat by Mario Gerwen had been stunned by Irish amateur Michael Flynn at the same venue in February and this time succumbed to another upset on home soil against the 51-year-old three-time world champion was well placed to reach the second round after he went 4-2 up, only for Vandenbogaerde to win four legs on the Wessel Nijman threw a nine-dart leg during his 6-0 win over Rob Owen in the first round, but went out in the world number one Luke Humphries nor world champion Luke Littler took part in the are 34 Players Championship events across the year, with the competition's finals held in Minehead in second of the double-header in Rosmalen is on Tuesday.
