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The Sun
8 hours ago
- Sport
- The Sun
‘Get up off your a**e' – Luke Littler reveals James Wade advice and what he said straight after winning World Matchplay
LUKE LITTLER has revealed what James Wade said to him after he won the World Matchplay title. The Warrington thrower completed the sport's triple crown as he triumphed over Wade 18-13 in Blackpool. 2 2 Littler, 18, lifted the Phil Taylor trophy for the first time as he continued his remarkable rise to the top of darts. He has benefited from some extra practice sessions from the oche with his impressive form. The darts star has revealed that Wade told him to "get off his a**e". He told TungstenTales: "We practised tonight, we've done a lot of 121 to 170 checkouts. "He literally told me, 'Get up off your a**e and practice with me. 121.' Alright, James." Littler also revealed what Wade said to him after their final at the World Matchplay. The pair were pictured chatting on the stage after Littler threw the winning darts. Littler added: "He said, 'Well played, brilliant tournament and well done to you'. "He's definitely got a lot better since the UK Open. "Obviously, I had it my way in Minehead, and he had his in the first five legs, and then I got myself back in it and picked up the trophy." Luke Littler hits sensational nine-darter to send Blackpool darts crowd wild The triumph in Blackpool was the first time Littler had lifted a trophy since March. It also saw him pocket a tidy £200,000 in prize money. The previous success was when he won the season's first European Tour event. However, he has had fewer chances as he opted out of multiple Players Championship events and some European Tour dates. Littler had also been competing in Premier League Darts, which ran for 16 weeks. Wade will be aiming to qualify for the tournament next year, having failed to be selected for it since 2022. He did break etiquette after the World Matchplay final as he did not receive his runners-up trophy on stage.
Newsweek
a day ago
- Business
- Newsweek
LIV Golf Doubles Down, Reportedly Will Award Record-Breaking Purses In 2026
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. The LIV Golf tour has been in the news from Day 1 due to its substantial financial resources. It has flexed that muscle several times in player recruitment and, above all, in its sizable purses. The trend doesn't seem likely to change much. A Sports Business Journal report states that the Saudi-backed league is prepared to increase its tournament purses by 20% for the next season. This means going from the current $25 million to $30 million. Such a figure would break all professional golf records for high purses. Until now, LIV Golf tournaments were tied for first place with the Players Championship at $25 million. However, the PGA Tour's flagship event had an advantage over LIV Golf because its purse is entirely dedicated to an individual tournament, while LIV events currently allocate $20 million to that format, with $5 million as prize money for the top three teams. A flag with the LIV Golf logo is seen prior day three of the LIV Golf Invitational - Mayakoba at El Camaleon at Mayakoba on February 26, 2023 in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. A flag with the LIV Golf logo is seen prior day three of the LIV Golf Invitational - Mayakoba at El Camaleon at Mayakoba on February 26, 2023 in Playa del Carmen, second-highest purse for individual tournaments in the 2025 season was the US Open at $21.5 million, closely followed by the Masters Tournament at $21 million. The 14 individual tournaments on LIV tied for fourth place with the eight PGA Tour Signature Events, which also had $20 million purses each. But the fact is that no current professional golf event reaches a purse of $30 million, as LIV events will in 2026, according to the Sports Business Journal report. So far, there is no information available about how the LIV Golf purse distribution will be once the purses are increased. Currently, the individual events distribute its purse in the usual way in professional golf, with $4 million going to the winner and the last-place player receiving $50,000. The team event allocates $3 million to the winning team, $1.5 million to the runner-up, and $500,000 to the third-place finish. Teams in fourth through 13th place receive no prize money. Recently, The Telegraph reported that LIV Golf will suspend its practice of paying player fines imposed by the DP World Tour, effective after the Ryder Cup. The league is estimated to have spent about $20.3 million on this issue so far, with an additional $13 million to be added for the Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton cases. More Golf: Lottie Woad Sends Powerful Five-Word Message Ahead Of Women's Open
Yahoo
5 days ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Miles Russell, Tyler Mawhinney go on birdie streaks in first round of U.S. Junior Amateur
Miles Russell of Jacksonville Beach and Tyler Mawhinney of Fleming Island both used hot streaks during their rounds to propel them near the top of the leaderboard after the first day of the U.S. Junior Amateur on July 21 in Dallas. Russell birdied four of five holes in the middle of his round at the Trinity Forest Golf Club and shot 4-under 67 to tie for third. Mawhinney birdied four of his first five holes at Trinity Forest and with a 3-under 68 tied for who began his round at No. 10, was even par through six holes. He then birdied Nos. 16, 18, 1 and 2. Both will play their second rounds of stroke play on July 22 at the Brook Hollow Golf Club. The top 64 players after 36 holes of stroke play will advance to match play on July 23 at Trinity Forest. Kailer Stone of Alameda, Calif., a Pepperdine commit, and Qiyou Wu of China shared the first-round lead with 5-under 66s at Trinity Forest. Jackson Byrd of St. Simons Island, Ga., shot even-par 71 at Trinity Forest. The cut for match play is projected to be 2-over entering the final round. Phillip Dunham of Ponte Vedra Beach shot 75 and Brady Dougan of St. Johns shot 76 at Trinity Forest. Lucas Gimenez of Jacksonville posted a 77 at Brook Hollow. Defending Junior Players champion Hamilton Coleman of Thomasville, Ga., shot 72 at Brook Hollow. What did Charlie Woods shoot? With his father Tiger Woods, watching, Charlie Woods struggled to an 81 at Brook Hollow and is tied for 242nd. The son of another past Players Championship winner, Cameron Kuchar, posted a 74 at Trinity Forest with his father Matt Kuchar also among the spectators. When will area players tee off in second round? Times are EDT Miles Russell: No. 1, Brook Hollow, 9:32 a.m. Lucas Gimenez: No. 10, Trinity Forest, 9:48 a.m. Phillip Dunham: No. 10, Brook Hollow, 1:35 p.m. Brady Dougan: No. 1, Brook Hollow, 1:52 p.m. Jackson Byrd: No. 1, Brook Hollow, 2:03 p.m. Tyler Mawhinney: No. 10, Brook Hollow, 3:30 p.m. This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: First Coast products Miles Russell, Tyler Mawhinney go low at U.S. Junior Boys
Metro
7 days ago
- Sport
- Metro
Stephen Hendry challenges snooker star to bounce back from disappointing season
Stephen Hendry feels Mark Allen needs a good season after a disappointing campaign last time round, challenging the Pistol to get back to his trophy-winning best. The Northern Irishman did not have a disastrous season by any means, winning the non-ranking Riyadh Season Snooker Championship in December, but it was not his best and he admitted being frustrated with his game in the second half of the campaign. It got to the stage in March that his confidence was so low that he said he didn't want to qualify for the upcoming Players Championship, which only features the top 16 players on the one-year ranking list. The fact he did qualify for that event shows that it was not a calamitous campaign, but a first round defeat and then a second round loss at the World Championship rounded off an underwhelming campaign. The 39-year-old has 11 ranking titles to his name, five of which came in the last three years but none last season, and Hendry has called on him to rediscover the form of the recent past. 'I'd be interested to see Mark Allen this year. He had a disappointing season last year, for him,' Hendry said on WST's Snooker Club podcast. 'After the couple of seasons before becoming a serial winner, picking up a lot of silverware. 'I'm not saying he's going to struggle or drop out of the top 16 or anything drastic like that, but I think he needs to get back and get a good season.' Steven Hallworth, professional player, commentator and pundit, feels that Allen is searching too much for the answer to his form problems and should get back to basics. 'He did a lot of tinkering with different coaches and I see him at a couple of events on the practice table doing things that didn't look like they really suited him and I think he just lost his way a little bit,' said Hallworth. 'If he can get rid of that and go back to just potting balls and playing the game that we all know he can then I think he'll be alright.' 2024 Players Championship 2023 Snooker Shoot Out 2023 World Grand Prix 2022 UK Championship 2022 Northern Ireland Open 2021 Northern Ireland Open 2018 Scottish Open 2018 International Championship 2016 Players Tour Championship Finals 2013 World Open 2012 World Open Allen actually went to Hendry for advice last season as he looked for a boost to his game and felt it had helped him after a good first round win at the Crucible over Fan Zhengyi. 'I spoke to Stephen Hendry after I lost in the Players Championship,' he explained after beating Fan in Sheffield. 'Just asked him if he had any advice. He said: 'Take yourself away for a few days and don't bog yourself down on the practice table.' 'I've never done that in my career ever. Never mid-season have I gone away, other than between Christmas and New Year. It's always been the way I've worked. 'I feel like if I'm missing a day of practice I deserve to not play well the next day. I feel guilty for taking days off. But he pushed me down the road of taking a few days off and literally overnight I booked a flight to Dubai just thought about nothing snooker-related at all for a few days. 'I came back a little bit fresher and hit the ground running on the practice table, which was good.' Allen is enjoying plenty of time off over the summer as he is yet to play a match and has pulled out of the upcoming Shanghai Masters for personal reasons. 'I would have loved to play in Shanghai but I'm not able to make it this year for family reasons,' he said. 'I'd like to apologise to the fans, our partners in Shanghai and my sponsors Liberwin and Omin as I have always enjoyed playing in this fantastic event. I'll be working hard to make sure I'm in it next season.' More Trending One player Hendry does expect to shine next season is someone who has been relentlessly consistent for years now, Judd Trump. Asked who he expects to win more tournaments than anyone else this season, the seven-time world champion quickly backed the world number one. 'I think Trump again,' he said. 'I think he's still at the peak of his career. He's a winning machine. It's very, very difficult to make a case for anyone else than Trump this year.' MORE: Ronnie O'Sullivan outlines ambitious plan for after he retires from snooker MORE: Jordan Brown hit 'extreme low' and considered quitting snooker before making vital decision MORE: Chris Wakelin: A massive part of me thought I'd win the World Championship
Scottish Sun
18-07-2025
- Sport
- Scottish Sun
Gerwyn Price credits body transformation with epic return as former world champion targeting World Matchplay title
GERWYN PRICE reckons the "self-confidence" he's gained from his weight loss regime is behind his spectacular return to form at the oche. Price, 40, has had success on the World Series of Darts, European Tour and Players Championship circuit this season after a disappointing campaign last term. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 2 Gerwyn Price has credited his weight loss regime with helping him return to form Credit: Getty 2 Price has slimmed down recently Credit: Getty The Welshman is in some of the hottest form in darts heading into the start of the World Matchplay in Blackpool this weekend. And Price thinks that one of the main reasons for his laser accurate throwing in recent months is his new trim figure. Speaking to TalkSPORT, he revealed: "It gives you a little bit of, you know, self-confidence. "And even just by the way I feel when — obviously, you probably know what it's like when you wear clothes and sometimes you don't feel comfortable, or you know, you keep sucking it in every two minutes and trying to hide your belly. READ MORE IN DARTS LUKE LEARNER Littler fails driving theory for FOURTH TIME as star shares pic of results "It's nice just being back in the gym, losing a bit of weight and, you know, feeling good about myself — and then it shows on the board as well." Price is in such hot form and brimming with so much confidence that he fancies himself as favourite to pick up the Phil Taylor trophy next Sunday. In a separate interview, the former world champion said: "I think I should be favourite. "I'm coming back into form, I wouldn't say I'm at my ultimate best but at those crunch moments…I could have gone out to Wessel Nijmen in the European [Baltic Sea], I had to take out a 119, took that out. CASINO SPECIAL - BEST CASINO BONUSES FROM £10 DEPOSITS "I had to take out another big shot later in the tournament, those shots are going in. "he last two years those darts are not going in, I was missing doubles, but that's changing round now. Sometimes you need that little bit of luck. Classy Luke Littler celebrates with Gerwyn Price as Welshman hits incredible nine-darter to bag £30k gold darts "You don't know if they're going to go in, you feel like they're going to go in. There's always a doubt, but the last couple of weeks they have been going in. "The last 12-18 months they haven't been and someone does it against you and you're out of the tournament. I just need to ride that wave." Price will start his bid to win the the £200,000 grand prize for the World Matchplay title with a clash against Daryl Gurney, one half of the Northern Irishman that beat his Wales duo in the World Cup of Darts final earlier this summer. But 'the Iceman' claims that he isn't bothered about "getting one back" over Gurney, but rather just wants another opportunity to focus on his game and try continue his form.
