Spot the Luigi is a great game to play whilst watching the darts with your 6 year old son. Sometimes he's easy to spot, and other times he can take over an hour to find but without fail Luigi's always in the crowd somewhere.

I want one of these.

gian van veen is third favourite for the world darts championships, and also a fascinating guy: brilliant and brittle, open about his struggles, a thinking man in a fiercely anti-intellectual sport. we talked about doubt, and dartitis, and aviation engineering www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/d...

Happy Dartmas!!

They have been so dominant this year, that it seems unthinkable a Luke doesn’t make the final. The question is, it seems, one Luke or two? #darts capitalarrows.com/one-luke-or-...

Visiting London for @officialpdc.bsky.social darts at Ally Pally? Here are some places to chuck arrows in central London capitalarrows.com/playing-dart...

MBEs for Luke's Littler and Humphtries, and Deta Hedman. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articl... Oh my.

#AmericaNO www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

My AmericaNO (pronounced Americarno) campaign is progressing well; fundamental issue, however - how to tell people about it without using an American-owned platform?

Other things about darts in London are here - capitalarrows.com, including pubs with dart boards in the centre of the capital

13. But the gripes are minor; the tournament belonged to Littler, probably now the most famous dart player ever. Once the hyperbole has settled, 2025 in darts should be fun.

12. The Championship continues its struggle to live up to World billing. Littler beat 5 Englishmen before he owned Dutchman MVG. It was an all-European last 16; MVG was the only non-Brit in the last 8. Four Filipinos in the draw was new, but in the 7th year since expanding to 96, little has changed.

11. This tournament illustrated what a great job the spotters have done for years – with key shots missed entirely a disaster for TV and live audiences alike. (The obsession with darts Premier League is also extremely dull – this is the World Championship, not a qualifying event)

10. Wayne Mardle was sorely missed, the coverage flatter and more monochrome in his absence; the sadness at his wife’s sudden death amongst the PDC and Sky teams will have been deep – they are a substitute family at this time of year. The tribute to Donna to end the final transmission was welcome.

9. Thoughts should be spared too for Damon Heta and Christian Kist, both losers with a £60k 9-darter bonus. And Joe Cullen may have learnt that deciding not to talk to the media only works if the media subsequently want to hear from you: toys, pram, etc.

8. As seems to regularly happen, the exciting games dried up towards the end. The last six losing semi-finalists have won just six sets between them, and this year no games from quarter final onwards reached a final set, a result, to some extent, of the record number of seeds dropping in round 2.

7. Others for whom 2025 was a good vintage included the two losing semi-finalists, Stephen Bunting and Chris Dobey, the third Luke (Woodhouse, with excellent victories over de Decker and Heta), Ryan Joyce, and, until a shocking fourth round display, Ricardo Pietreczko.

6. In all, it was a good tournament for MVG, who played in the finest match that really mattered – his defeat of Callan Rydz in the quarter final. Rydz ended with three of the top four averages; watching whether he can sustain this form will be an intrigue for 2025.

6. In all, it was a good tournament for MVG, who played in the finest match that really mattered – his defeat of Callan Rydz in the quarter final. Rydz ended with three of the top four averages; watching whether he can sustain this form will be an intrigue for 2025.

5. If he needs a role model then he should look no further than former champions Humphries and Van Gerwen, both once again showing sportspeople how to lose properly. MVG may not win this tournament again, but Humphries surely be there or thereabouts for several years.

4. Talk has subsequently shifted to how many titles Littler can win, and whether Phil Taylor’s record is in danger. It’s not. The main question should be whether young Luke can cope with his future, when grubby elements of the British press turn on him, and fans get bored of him winning

3. The Nuke had a favourable draw, helped by avoiding Edhouse and Searle in the early rounds, or facing a Mohican-shaped banana skin that his namesake Humphries discovered in round 4. But the draw made little difference. His ability to pressurise opponents when seemingly out of legs was uncanny.

2. Littler’s skill will be matched by other 17-year olds, but his action is flawless, and the way he owns the stage is truly remarkable.

1. Littler was a much-deserved champion. He was consistently the best player, averaging over 100 in 5 of his 6 matches, and dealt with what ought to have been intolerable pressure with aplomb.

Thoughts on the 2025 PDC World Championship, which finished on Friday night with 17-year old Luke Littler taking a step further than last year, and becoming the latest dog-tired dartist required to hold that heaviest of trophies aloft for longer than it took him to reel off the first four sets.

Brentford FC still yet to join Bluesky. 16/20 Premier League clubs are here. Those left (I think): NFO, MUN, LEI and the Bees. If you want to please email [email protected] and ask them to set one up! Or if you are still on X leave a comment on a club post. Thanks!

Still no Brentford club feed on Bluesky. 15/20 Premier League clubs are here. Those left (I think): NFO, BHA, MUN, LEI and the Bees. If you want to please email [email protected] and ask them to set one up! Or if you are still on X leave a comment on a club post. Thanks!

Traditional annual poor semi final darts prediction: Humphries v Cross; MVG v Nijman. #dartmas. Although I would like James Wade to do well, for once

Happy #dartmas

There's some thought gone into this piece about the darts

Sky must be very happy with the darts, great way to build excitement for Ally Pally. Interesting to see viewing figures for this

With the exception of James Wade, I don't really care who wins tonight, and there is nobody who I hope will lose

Pdc darts is at a moment of change with new names taking over. This results in some less interesting tournament evenings, such as tonight at the Grand Slam. A necessary problem

"There's more important things to worry about in the world", or something along those lines, said MVG

Intruiging game of darts, MvG v NLvL, preceded by an anti-bullying message from MVG.

Chelsea Women scrape through against Arsenal, but Man City must be favourites for the league after that performance.

Has someone at Tortoise Media bought a dart board? Happy days when the World Grand Prix darts tops the bill