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Christian Kist earns huge payday with first nine-darter of World Championship

The Dutchman threw the perfect leg in the opening set of his first-round match but still crashed out

The Independent UK

Luke Humphries hopes for plethora of nine-dart finishes at World Championship

Title sponsors Paddy Power have pledged a £180,000 bonus for a perfect leg of darts.

The Independent UK

Revealed: Mathieu van der Poel publishes cyclocross schedule for 2024-2025

Title defence at World Championships main goal of shortened calendar

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Luke Littler was an unknown a year ago. Now he's making millions and taking darts into mainstream

Luke Littler is a kebab-eating, Xbox-playing darts player who grabbed the attention of Britain and beyond this time last year by reaching the final of the world championship as a 16-year-old

The Independent UK

Luke Littler vs Luke Humphries is the rivalry with a difference driving darts’ boom

IN FOCUS: Darts has never been more popular and its two new stars are leading the way, explains Luke Baker. But refreshingly, there is no animosity in the rivalry that could come to define the sport for a decade

The Independent UK

Battle of the Lukes and history for Noa-Lynn – World Championship talking points

Two-and-a-half weeks of darting action awaits before the champion is crowned on January 3.

The Independent UK

2025 World Darts Championship prediction: Littler the man for the big occasion

Follow our darts betting tips as the 2025 World Championships get underway on Sunday

The Independent UK

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There's an Actual Global Competition for Microsoft Excel, and It's Pretty Intense: What You Need to Know

The Microsoft Excel World Championship 2024 was a global competition testing Excel skills, with participants competing in online and live rounds.

International Business Times UK

Former world snooker champion Terry Griffiths dies aged 77

He retired from playing after a first round defeat to Mark Williams at the 1997 World Championship.

Evening Standard

Another tight draw as Ding Liren and Gukesh D battle for world chess title

Ding Liren and Gukesh Dommaraju played to a third successive draw in Game 6 of their $2.5m world championship showdown in Singapore

The Guardian - US

Game of Throws: Inside Darts review – captures all the jubilant anarchy of one of the world’s greatest sports

Every tiny moment of darts’ ascendance to an even higher level – and the birth of a superstar – is captured in this retrospective of last year’s world championship. Also there are men in fancy dress as chickens

The Guardian - UK

World Chess Championship final 2024: Schedule, format, prize money, players

All the details about the biggest two weeks in chess as a young Indian grandmaster takes on the Chinese world champion.

Al Jazeera

Quick Facts About T1: Popular Esports Team Winning Its Fifth League Of Legends World Championship

This is the fifth time the team has won the World Championship and the fifth for famous T1 player Lee Sang-hook, better known as "Faker."

International Business Times UK

Toe straps, TT bikes and zip-tied battery bodges: Six bike tech hacks found at the cycling esports world championships

When a bike doesn't need to move, the optimal setup can be wildly different

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Virtual cycling becomes real: We watched the esports world championships live in Abu Dhabi and it absolutely delivered

Exciting racing, celebrity attendance, pyrotechnics: it was so much more than watching people ride their trainers

Cycling News

A 'point to prove' for Mccarthy at World Championships after recent disqualification

New Zealand rider overcame recent disqualification for 'hardware malfunction' to win the world title in Abu Dhabi

Cycling Weekly

Standardised trainers, anti-doping measures, 42 hopefuls and Tadej Pogačar? Your guide to the first-ever live UCI Cycling Esports World Championship final

From the race format to how to watch, here's what to expect of the battle for the virtual rainbow stripes in Abu Dhabi

Cycling News

2024 UCI Cycling Esports World Championship preview: First-of-its-kind live final details revealed

Abu Dhabi welcomes the world's best Esports cyclists for a rainbow stripes showdown hosted by MyWhoosh

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UCI Gravel World Championships: Mathieu van der Poel dominates with solo victory

Two-up attack with second-place Florian Vermeersch 50km out, leaves field behind as Quinten Hermans takes third

Cycling News

Handling the pressure - Self-inflating tyres and decisive late sprint helped Marianne Vos take Gravel World Championships

New Dutch World Champion doubted her form against Kopecky after long two-up break, but overpowered her in the final sprint

Cycling Weekly

Marianne Vos rides self-inflating tyre system to UCI Gravel World Championship victory

Vos used a €3.898,00 wheelset with a kinetic compressor to win her first mixed surface rainbow jersey

Cycling News

Witnessing generational talent - World Championships road races in pictures

The best images from a legendary final weekend of racing in Switzerland as Kopecky doubles down while Pogačar writes his name into the record books yet again

Cycling Weekly

Michael Woods ate bicarb with a spoon during the World Championships — why didn't it send him rushing to the toilet?

Studies show the Canadian's World Champs bicarb snack could be the easiest to stomach yet

The Independent UK

Eddy Merckx admits Tadej Pogacar is ‘superior’ after ‘unimaginable’ achievement

Pogacar completed cycling’s ‘Triple Crown’ with an extraordinary win at the World Championships in Switzerland

The Independent UK

Tadej Pogacar claims stunning World Championship victory to seal ‘Triple Crown’

The Tour de France and Giro d’Italia winner dominated the World Championship road race in Zurich to complete one of the greatest seasons in cycling history

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