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England’s Callan Rydz averaged 107.06 to book his place in the second round, before Gabriel Clemens was knocked out by Wales’ Robert Owen on Thursday afternoon. Rydz beat Croatian Romeo Grbavac 3-0, recording the tournament’s highest average first-round match average in its current 96-player format. It was the competition’s 26th highest match average overall and comfortably the best so far …

Christian Kist hit a nine-darter but lost his PDC World Championship first-round match to Madars Razma. The Dutchman became the first player to seal a perfect leg in the tournament since Michael Smith did so on the way to beating Michael van Gerwen in the 2023 final. Kist, the 2012 BDO world champion at Lakeside, collects £60,000 for the feat, …

Nigeria’s sweetheart and favourite introverted celebrity, Tems, has humorously spoken about why she’s not the biggest fan of phones. The Afrobeats singer recently graced the cover of Germany’s Glamour Magazine, where she revealed that she actually looks for any reason to leave her phone behind because she’d rather live in the moment. She said, “I don’t like my smartphone anyway. I …

According to Karoli Hindriks by 2035 passports will be obsolete. Why? Are there any alternatives to them? Hindkiks joins My Wildest Prediction to share her views on mobility, the job market and digitalisation. ADVERTISEMENT My Wildest Prediction is a podcast series from Euronews Businesswhere we dare to imagine the future with business and tech visionaries. In this episode, Tom Goodwin talks …

In another stellar season Hodgkinson went unbeaten over two laps and battled through illness to retain her European title, which in 2022 represented her first major outdoor title. Her improved British record at the London Diamond League in July was not only confirmation that she was ready to make the next step on the podium in Paris, but it has …

The 54-year-old Wright only averaged 89.63 to his opponent’s 93.77, but did enough to progress. Sporting a purple mohawk and festive outfit, crowd favourite ‘Snakebite’ showed glimpses of his best to win the first set and survived eight set darts to go 2-0 ahead. He lost the next but Dutchman Plaisier missed two more set darts in the fourth and …

Swedish pole vaulter Armand Duplantis has been named BBC Sports Personality’s World Sport Star of the Year for 2024. Duplantis – more commonly known as Mondo – is regarded as the greatest pole vaulter of all time and enjoyed another record-breaking year in 2024. The 25-year-old retained his Olympic title in Paris – becoming the first back-to-back champion in men’s …

Kevin Doets survived a scare to defeat Noa-Lynn van Leuven 3-1 in the first round of the PDC World Championship. Doets will face 2023 champion Michael Smith next after the victory against Dutch compatriot Van Leuven, who was the first transgender player to compete in the tournament. “It was very tough, especially at the beginning. She played better than I …

Grand Slam quarter-finalist Menzies was crestfallen after suffering a surprise defeat to veteran Gates. The 54-year-old never looked back after hitting a 138 checkout in the opening leg against the Scot, who made the last four of the WDF World Championship in 2022. While Gates wiggled his hips after nailing doubles, and was backed by chants of ‘USA, USA’, his …

The Football Association’s decision to back Saudi Arabia’s bid to host the 2034 World Cup was “not difficult” after organisers gave “a lot of commitments”, its chair Debbie Hewitt says. Saudi Arabia was confirmed as host of the men’s tournament on Wednesday by football’s world governing body Fifa. Organisers have insisted everyone will be welcome, but the country has been …