World Championship

One arrives with nothing to lose. The others drag entire careers behind them like anvils. All five enter December on wildly varying knife-edges of destiny.

The final line-up won’t be confirmed until the PDC Tour Card Holder Qualifier on 24 November, but between now and then, names from every corner of the darting world will gradually be added to our list.

A year ago, Littler rewrote every record in the book by becoming the youngest world champion in PDC history — a teenager ruling the palace like a seasoned emperor. Now the newly crowned world number one begins another crusade...

One unsuspecting member of the public, plucked from obscurity, will stroll onto the most iconic stage in world darts and attempt to fling their way into history… and into £180,000...

The Special One is heading back to the Alexandra Palace after coming through the World Championship qualifiers in Leicester by the absolute width of a wire...

The Australian icon beat Raymond Smith 10-7 in the final at Nissan Arena to pocket the $30,000 prize but more importantly his place at the Paddy Power World Darts Championship next month...

Eric Bristow won the most men's titles, collecting the title of World Master 5 times...

The Denbigh darter is having the kind of year that makes those old “If Carlsberg did…” adverts seem realistic...

The King is back at the Palace. A phrase that might, at first glance, make you thinkCharles III has returned from a royal getaway...