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Alexandra Palace transformed into a cathedral of controlled chaos, hosting a breathless, high-octane symphony of tungsten violence in which the reigning champion strode forward with imperial calm....

The evening began precisely as prophecy foretold. The Nuke versus the birthday boy. Youth versus experience. Velocity versus vigilance

If 2024 detonated like a firework in the midnight sky, then 2025 arrived wearing a black cloak, cracked its knuckles, and calmly informed the...

Each is also longingly staring at the one-million-pound prize on offer - the biggest single payday in the history of darts, waiting for one member of this octet...

Eight men. Eight stories. Eight cheques already inked for a guaranteed £100,000 before a dart is even thrown in the quarter-finals...

Alexandra Palace now falls silent as the darting world pauses to usher in 2026. On New Year’s Day, the lights blaze back on and the quarter-finals await

Dead-eyed. Unflinching. Channelling the spirit of his legendary Nottingham ancestor, Robin of Sherwood, demonstrating absurd accuracy.

So as the biggest tournament in darting history loomed into view, few were pencilling in the Glastonbury thrower as a dark horse. Fewer still were daring to whisper his name beyond Christmas. And yet here he stands, now staring down a colossal last-16 meeting with Josh Rock, with a World Championship quarter-final and a glistening £100,000 dangling tantalisingly within reach...

Ratajski has carried the Polish flag into arenas where it had rarely, if ever, been seen – and planted it there with authority