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The Sun
27 minutes ago
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World Cup of Darts 2025 LIVE RESULTS: Luke Littler and Luke Humphries STUNNED by Germany in shock loss
THE World Cup of Darts is underway - but Luke Littler and Luke Humphries have been stunningly KNOCKED OUT by Germany. Defending champions England - with World No 1 Humphries and world champ Littler - lost 8-4 to the hosts. Elsewhere, Belgian pair Mike De Decker and Dimitri Van den Bergh were BEATEN by the Philippines, as they fought back from 3-0 down to dump Belgium out 4-3. Netherlands duo Danny Nopper and Gian van Veen looked impressive again, as they dismantled Hungary 4-0, in their quest for a fifth star.
The Sun
2 hours ago
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World Cup of Darts 2025 LIVE RESULTS: Action ON NOW with England's Luke Littler and Humphries face Germany
THE World Cup of Darts is underway in Frankfurt as day three unfolds in this mouthwatering tournament! Defending champions England are finally in action today, as Luke Humphries and Luke Littler take on home favourites Germany in the second round of the competition. Belgian pair Mike De Decker and Dimitri Van den Bergh were BEATEN by the Philippines, as they fought back from 3-0 down to dump Belgium out 4-3. Netherlands duo Danny Nopper and Gian van Veen looked impressive again, as they dismantled Hungary 4-0, in their quest for a fifth star. 12th Jun 2025, 17:40 By Laurence Ryan World Cup of Darts format The top four ranking nations, based on the lowest cumulative PDC Order of Merit ranking of the two players, will be seeded and begin their campaigns in the second round. England, along with Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, are the four seeded nations at this year's tournament. The 36 other teams are split into 12 groups of three for the round-robin phase, from which each group winner will progress. Each group will contain one seeded nation that is outside the top four, who progress automatically. The four seeded nations will be pre-allocated into the draw for the last-16, with the 12 group winners drawn at random. The second round will take place across two sessions on Saturday, followed by a blockbuster Finals Day on Sunday, which will feature the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final. 12th Jun 2025, 17:30 By Laurence Ryan Welsh Warriors England are the favourites, but Wales pair Gerwyn Price and Jonny Clayton are 'ready to do damage' at this year's World Cup of Darts. Speaking to BBC Sport Wales, Clayton said: "All the talk is about the two Lukes, but I'm sure me and Gez can do something about that," said Clayton. "Gezzy is a great front runner and I think I'm a pretty good number two, so we click as a team. "Hopefully we will do some damage this year. If we can lift that trophy for a third time it'd be great." 12th Jun 2025, 17:20 By Laurence Ryan Darts Dollars Should Littler and Humphries go all the way, they will receive a huge pot of prize money. Here is the breakdown of the World Cup of Darts prize money below: Winners - £80,000 Runners-up - £50,000 Semi-final losers - £30,000 Quarter-final losers - £20,000 Last 16 losers - £9,000 Second in group - £5,000 Third in group - £4,000 Total - £450,000 12th Jun 2025, 17:10 By Laurence Ryan Double dose of Luke Teen sensation Luke Littler and Premier League winner Luke Humphries are undoubtedly the favourites. And they'll be determined to retain England's title from last year's 10-6 win against Austria. By Laurence Ryan Welcome to SunSport's coverage of the World Cup of Darts Darts lovers will have something to cheer about over the next four days as the World Cup of Darts gets underway today - and we'll be all over it! The men's England football team failed to bring it home during the Euro 2024, but Luke Humphries and Michael Smith made the nation proud in last year's World Cup of Darts. A combination of composure and superb throwing saw Cool Hand and Bully Boy beat their Austrian opponents 10-6 in an epic final. And it was a result that wrote England's name in the history books as they now hold the record for the most amount of wins in the iconic competition with five. Sadly for Smith, his world ranking positioning means he will miss out on the chance to retain back-to-back titles. However, he has a more than capable replacement of 2024 Premier League winner and teen millionaire, Luke Littler. Welsh stars Jonny Clayton and Gerwyn Price will pose a huge threat to England's title, and Gary Anderson and Peter Wright should also fancy themselves. But as for the Netherlands, they have suffered a massive blow to their chances with Michael van Gerwen pulling out of all upcoming tournaments due to his split with wife Daphne.
The Sun
8 hours ago
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World Cup of Darts 2025 LIVE RESULTS: Action ON NOW as England's Luke Littler and Humphries face Germany
THE World Cup of Darts is well underway in Frankfurt as day three unfolds in this mouthwatering tournament! Defending champions England will finally be in action today, as Luke Humphries and Luke Littler take on home favourites Germany in the second round of the competition. Belgian pair Mike De Decker and Dimitri Van den Bergh were BEATEN by the Philippines, as they fought back from 3-0 down to dump Belgium out 4-3. Netherlands duo Danny Nopper and Gian van Veen looked impressive again, as they dismantled Hungary 4-0, in their quest for a fifth star. just now By Craig Mahood Czechia are through to tomorrow's quarter finals! Malaysia 3-8 Czechia The Czech duo DO get over the line this time and it's a convincing result in the end. Malaysia just left themselves too much to do but Karel Sedlacek's individual display was stunning. His set-up left 32 and his partner comes in to take it out. They'll face Scotland or the Netherlands tomorrow! 5 minutes ago By Craig Mahood Malaysia 3-7 Czechia This match should be over - but it's just getting a LITTLE edgy.... Another on the board for Malaysia who make a bit of a hash of the 56 remaining when single 8 hit instead of 16. But that's followed by single 16 and then D16 and they've closed the gap to four. Czechia just struggling to get over the line so far.... 8 minutes ago By Craig Mahood Malaysia 2-7 Czechia Match darts come and go for Czechia and it's Malaysia with the break of throw to get a second leg on the board! Petr Krivka comes to the board needing 60 for the win and misses the BOARD altogether. He hits 20 and just misses D20, leaving Malaysia - who hit a 180 and were the width of the wire away from a 121 checkout - come back for D8 and pin it first time. 12 minutes ago By Craig Mahood Malaysia 1-7 Czechia Karel Sedlacek is a different class up there at the minute and another terrific check out of 66 secures a break of throw. His partner's 140 set up the 66 when it looked like Malaysia had a grip of the leg in the scoring. Sedlacek left himself one dart at D20 and pinned it. 15 minutes ago By Craig Mahood Malaysia 1-6 Czechia At the interval and it's a dominant display from Czechia so far, racing into a 6-1 lead. They've had 13 missed darts at a double and STILL averaging 88.91! They're just two legs from the quarter finals! 25 minutes ago By Kealan Hughes De Decker shares Belgium apology Mike De Decker has apologised to fans after Belgium were surprisingly knocked out of the World Cup. He said: "Well done to the Philippines! So sorry to everyone supporting us. "Felt nervous throughout that game and couldn't settle down." Today, 11:52 By Kealan Hughes Luke's sent warning by rivals German duo Ricardo Pietreczko and Martin Schindler have warned England's MBE heroes they won't be treated like royalty in Frankfurt. Schindler said: 'I think the fans are going to play a major role in that. If we are going to play against bigger nations, England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Scotland or Netherlands or whoever, there are so many good names in it right now. "I think this probably is the best World Cup to be in and we are very happy about the support we are getting from the fans.' Pietreczko said: 'I think it was a very funny game against both Lukes, because Luke Littler says never come back to Germany.' Today, 11:03 By Kealan Hughes Aussies fear no team Damon Heta has claimed other players are scared of Australia at the World Cup. He and Simon Whitlock have made a promising start to the tournament, winning both of their matches so far. After beating last year's finalists Austria 4-1, Heta said: 'We didn't feel any pressure — this is just a darts tournament. 'I think the other countries are more scared of us than we are of them.' Today, 10:28 By Kealan Hughes Humphries on MBE "I feel really good about it, it's obviously something that was very unexpected. "When I got the letter, I kind of couldn't believe when I opened it and it's a very proud moment. "My mum and dad are obviously incredibly proud as well. Their son's obviously getting an MBE, which is quite a feat, to be honest. "It usually happens later on in people's careers, but it's happened in mine pretty early. I feel pretty blessed, to be honest, I'm fortunate enough to get one. "My girlfriend and my son will be very, very proud, especially my son. When he grows up and understands what it means, I'm sure he'd be very, very proud." Today, 09:55 By Kealan Hughes Humphries on Littler rivalry "It's something that me and Luke have really done together. "I know he's done it on a much bigger scale, and from a younger generational part of it, but I think him having someone that can compete with him, compete against him and push him all the way, it's made it really exciting for the sport. "I think that's grown so many new fans. Everyone's talking about darts now, and I think that we're two of the pioneering parts of that. "We've changed the face of darts over the last couple of years. It's starting to become a younger man's game. It's nice to be at the forefront of that." Today, 09:16 By Kealan Hughes Littler reflects on MBE award Luke Littler and Luke Humphries have been given MBEs through their services to darts. Still only 18, Littler has shared his thoughts on the career milestone. He said: "I'm very happy for myself. I didn't think I'd ever receive one. "For myself and what I've done, it's unbelievable and for my sport. "I'm happy, my family is happy, and I can't wait to receive it. "This award that we've got, it doesn't come very often. Like we've said, we're the sixth and seventh darts players that have ever received one. "For myself, like we've said, so early in our careers, but what I've done for myself, opened up my own darts academy, seeing the younger generation come up, it's a massive boost for us two coming into the World Cup this weekend." Today, 09:00 By Craig Mahood Good morning darts fans Some huge drama last night as the group stages came to a close. Belgium were dumped out incredibly despite being 3-0 up and somehow losing their tie against the Philippines. South Africa went through without even PLAYING, all before Argentina won the final match in a decider to sneak through. And Luke Humphries and Luke Littler were last night awarded an MBE for services to darts - before being handed a tricky second round tie against hosts Germany! Here's today's draw: England vs Germany Argentina vs Australia Northern Ireland vs South Africa Switzerland vs Ireland Wales vs Philippines Hong Kong vs Sweden Scotland vs Netherlands Malaysia vs Czechia Today, 08:00 By Craig Mahood Change to the format We're now looking at longer matches now we're in knockout mode. The first to 4 has now gone - and it's now a first to 8 at this last-16 stage. Remaining format: Second Round - Best of 15 legs Quarter-Finals - Best of 15 legs Semi-Finals - Best of 15 legs Final - Best of 19 legs Today, 06:45 By Craig Mahood Darts Dollars The remaining 16 teams have already bagged themselves a share of £9,000 for reaching the last-16. Here is the breakdown of the World Cup of Darts prize money below: Winners - £80,000 Runners-up - £50,000 Semi-final losers - £30,000 Quarter-final losers - £20,000 Last 16 losers - £9,000 Second in group - £5,000 Third in group - £4,000 Total - £450,000 Today, 05:30 By Craig Mahood 'Won't click' Peter Wright reckons the Luke & Luke combination "won't click" for England. The Scot told BBC Sport Scotland: "Look at the amount of really good England teams that have been paired up and they haven't clicked, like James Wade and Phil Taylor. "Littler is a fantastic player, a worthy world champion and all the other titles he has won, fantastic, but he is going up there playing pairs. "I know he played as a youth for England, but whether he can do it in the seniors, I don't know. They might go out and bash everybody up, but I am thinking they won't click."
The Sun
a day ago
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‘I did what I had to do' – World Darts semi-finalist retires from PDC tour aged just 30
DIMITRI VAN DEN BERGH has announced he is not returning to darts full-time. The Belgian, 30, stepped away from the sport in April to focus on his mental health. Van den Bergh is a member of the Belgian squad for this weekend's World Cup Darts in Germany. Teaming up with Mike De Decker, Belgium began their campaign with a 4-1 group stage win over Latvia. But following Thursday's victory, The Dreammaker revealed he will not return to the PDC Tour. Van den Bergh said: "There was so much attention on me. I had talk show requests from Belgium, Germany, England, and Holland. "Everyone wanted interviews and I just didn't feel it was the right time to talk. "I didn't have the right perception of the whole situation. It was all too much at the time. "I stepped back to take a few steps forward and tonight proves I'm heading in the right direction. "This is me being back managing my career because full-time professional is just not good for my family." Van den Bergh indicated he will still compete in select events. He continued: I've got a second kid coming next month. "So me and my manager and my sponsors, we already know what's going to go down. "It's going to be professional in a different level, but I'm ready for it." Van den Bergh received his PDC Tour Card in 2015. The 30-year-old is currently the World No. 22, with his highest ranking No. 5 in 2021. A World Championship semi-final, Dimi has previously won the UK Open and the World Matchplay, as well as three Players Championship titles. Depression... the signs to look for and what to do Depression can manifest in many ways. We all feel a bit low from time to time. But depression is persistent and can make a person feel helpless and unable to see a way through. They may also struggle to about daily life. Mind says these are some common signs of depression that you may experience: How you might feel Down, upset or tearful Restless, agitated or irritable Guilty, worthless and down on yourself Empty and numb Isolated and unable to relate to other people Finding no pleasure in life or things you usually enjoy Angry or frustrated over minor things A sense of unreality No self-confidence or self-esteem Hopeless and despairing Feeling tired all the time How you might act Avoiding social events and activities you usually enjoy Self-harming or suicidal behaviour Difficulty speaking, thinking clearly or making decisions Losing interest in sex Difficulty remembering or concentrating on things Using more tobacco, alcohol or other drugs than usual Difficulty sleeping, or sleeping too much No appetite and losing weight, or eating more than usual and gaining weight Physical aches and pains with no obvious physical cause Moving very slowly, or being restless and agitated If you feel this way, visit your GP who can help you. If you, or anyone you know, needs help dealing with mental health problems, the following organisations provide support. The following are free to contact and confidential: Samaritans, 116 123, jo@ CALM (the leading movement against suicide in men) 0800 585 858 Papyrus (prevention of young suicide) 0800 068 41 41 Shout (for support of all mental health) text 85258 to start a conversation Mind, provide information about types of mental health problems and where to get help for them. Email info@ or call the infoline on 0300 123 3393 (UK landline calls are charged at local rates, and charges from mobile phones will vary). YoungMinds run a free, confidential parents helpline on 0808 802 5544 for parents or carers worried about how a child or young person is feeling or behaving. The website has a chat option too. Rethink Mental Illness, gives advice and information service offers practical advice on a wide range of topics such as The Mental Health Act, social care, welfare benefits, and carers rights. Use its website or call 0300 5000 927 (calls are charged at your local rate).
