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The history of darts

In this article, we’ll explore the history of darts and its rise from pub favourite to global sport.

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How the noble game of darts got me through new year back-to-school trauma

It was a sporting event that never failed to banish the post-Christmas blues. It could even rescue the downcast feeling I would have at the prospect of having to write all those dreaded thank-you letters and the butterfly nerves flapping in my tummy at my impending return to boarding school at Eton. Yes, the darts were on the telly. Throughout the 1980s my heroes of the small screen would gather at a venue in Stoke-on-Trent and, safely in bed with a sponsorship deal from Embassy, a cigarette bra

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Mike Gregory, darts player who lost to Phil Taylor in one of the greatest matches ever played – obituary

The ‘Quiet Man of Darts’ fell out with some fellow players when he was caught up in the 1990s dispute over the governance of the sport

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