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Scottish Sun
31-07-2025
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- Scottish Sun
‘It's a problem for me at the minute' – Rob Cross admits darts concerns after former world champ's major slump in form
Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) ROB CROSS admits he has to 'pull his finger out' after a slump in form. The former world champ made a great start to the year by winning the Players Championship One and Dutch Darts Masters titles. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 3 Rob Cross has admitted that he has to put the work in to return to his former level in competitive darts Credit: Shutterstock Editorial 3 The former world champ highlighted a lack of focus and passion as his explanation for his slump Credit: Shutterstock Editorial But the Sussex thrower has been inconsistent since, and he's yet to make a major quarter-final in 2025. The World No.9 endured a frustrating World Matchplay campaign, crashing out in the first round after a shock 10-8 defeat to Dirk van Duijvenbode. Four-times major winner Cross concedes he's been struggling with focus and passion at the oche — but says it's time to get serious. He said: 'The motivation is a problem for me at the minute, you know, obviously I've had time out. READ MORE ON DARTS WADING IN Darts star who broke etiquette vs Littler tipped for Premier League comeback 'I played four or five times in seven weeks, and I felt good for the Matchplay actually, I managed to do a bit of practice and stuff. 'Concentration is probably a little bit of an issue there against Dirk, you know, 6-2 up, averaging 108, and then it was like switching the tap off. 'I need to correct that really coming up for the rest of the year from September onwards, but yeah, motivation has got to change. 'I've got to probably pull my finger out and actually put a bit more practice in and get a little bit more keen and more passionate about the game. SUN VEGAS WELCOME OFFER: GET £50 BONUS WHEN YOU JOIN 3 Cross suffered a disappointing defeat in the first round of the world matchplay to Dirk van Duijvenbode Credit: PA 'That's darts and if I don't work at it hard enough, I'm not the most naturally talented player out of all of us up there. 'Some people probably won't have to pick a dart up for a month and still come back and be sort of very decent so yeah, I need to put that work in.' Luke Littler takes part in annual fishing competition
The Sun
31-07-2025
- Sport
- The Sun
‘It's a problem for me at the minute' – Rob Cross admits darts concerns after former world champ's major slump in form
ROB CROSS admits he has to 'pull his finger out' after a slump in form. The former world champ made a great start to the year by winning the Players Championship One and Dutch Darts Masters titles. 3 3 But the Sussex thrower has been inconsistent since, and he's yet to make a major quarter-final in 2025. The World No.9 endured a frustrating World Matchplay campaign, crashing out in the first round after a shock 10-8 defeat to Dirk van Duijvenbode. Four-times major winner Cross concedes he's been struggling with focus and passion at the oche — but says it's time to get serious. He said: 'The motivation is a problem for me at the minute, you know, obviously I've had time out. 'I played four or five times in seven weeks, and I felt good for the Matchplay actually, I managed to do a bit of practice and stuff. 'Concentration is probably a little bit of an issue there against Dirk, you know, 6-2 up, averaging 108, and then it was like switching the tap off. 'I need to correct that really coming up for the rest of the year from September onwards, but yeah, motivation has got to change. 'I've got to probably pull my finger out and actually put a bit more practice in and get a little bit more keen and more passionate about the game. 3 'That's darts and if I don't work at it hard enough, I'm not the most naturally talented player out of all of us up there. 'Some people probably won't have to pick a dart up for a month and still come back and be sort of very decent so yeah, I need to put that work in.' Luke Littler takes part in annual fishing competition List of all-time Darts World Champions BELOW is a list of darts world champions by year. The list does not include winners from the pre-Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) era or BDO world champions. That means Raymond van Barneveld, for example, is only listed once - Barney also won four BDO titles - and none of Eric Bristow's five BDO titles are included. 1994 - Dennis Priestley 1995 - Phil Taylor 1996 - Phil Taylor (2) 1997 - Phil Taylor (3) 1998 - Phil Taylor (4) 1999 - Phil Taylor (5) 2000 - Phil Taylor (6) 2001 - Phil Taylor (7) 2002 - Phil Taylor (8) 2003 - John Part 2004 - Phil Taylor (9) 2005 - Phil Taylor (10) 2006 - Phil Taylor (11) 2007 - Raymond van Barneveld 2008 - John Part (2) 2009 - Phil Taylor (12) 2010 - Phil Taylor (13) 2011 - Adrian Lewis 2012 - Adrian Lewis (2) 2013 - Phil Taylor (14) 2014 - Michael van Gerwen 2015 - Gary Anderson 2016 - Gary Anderson (2) 2017 - Michael van Gerwen (2) 2018 - Rob Cross 2019 - Michael van Gerwen (3) 2020 - Peter Wright 2021 - Gerwyn Price 2022 - Peter Wright (2) 2023 - Michael Smith 2024 - Luke Humphries 2025 - Luke Littler Most World Titles 14 - Phil Taylor 3 - Michael van Gerwen 2 - John Part, Adrian Lewis, Gary Anderson, Peter Wright 1 - Dennis Priestley, Raymond van Barneveld, Rob Cross, Gerwyn Price, Michael Smith, Luke Humphries, Luke Littler
BBC News
17-06-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Dobey clinches dramatic 17th Players Championship
World number seven Chris Dobey came out on top in a last-leg decider to beat Dirk van Duijvenbode and win the 17th Players Championship of the 35-year-old Englishman hit a 70 checkout in the shootout to clinch a dramatic 8-7 victory in the final in is Dobey's second Players Championship title of 2025 and his seventh career victory on the Pro Van Duijvenbode had the superior average - 102.4 to 98.69 - but Dobey was far more clinical on the outer ring, making 38.1% of his darts at double to his opponent's 29.2%, and that proved the arguably produced his best performance of the tournament in the last 16 as he averaged 103.21 in beating recent World Cup winner Josh Rock then saw off James Wade and Gian van Veen to book his place in the Duijvenbode thumped former world champion 6-1 Michael Smith in the quarter-finals, and triumphed 7-6 in a one-leg shootout against Australia's Damon Heta in the semis, before being unable to repeat the trick against Dobey.
