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How many nine-dart finishes have there been at the World Championships?

Christian Kist becomes latest player to hit stunning leg

Evening Standard

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

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

Title defence at World Championships main goal of shortened calendar

Cycling News

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

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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

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

FIDE World Championship: Human errors rule game 8 as Ding, Gukesh seem oblivious of pitfalls, settle for draw

Reigning champion Ding Liren and challenger D Gukesh swapped their roles within the unfolding drama -facing deep trouble and enjoying a potentially decisive advantage -in a heart-stopping passage of play. But they were playing, evaluating and deciding within human limitations and hence did not see it as precisely as computers…

The Times of India

FIDE World Championship: Gukesh rejects draw bait, forces Ding to play on

Eight games to go, it stands at three apiece

The Times of India

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

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The Times of India

World Chess Championship: Bounce-back win puts Gukesh in select company

D Gukesh joined the select company of Vishy Anand, Magnus Carlsen and Ding Liren when he equalised in the undisputed World Championship match on Wednesday, after suffering a defeat in the first decisive game of the Matchplay series. Before Gukesh, only these three had levelled the score 1-1 in the…

Al Jazeera

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.

The Times of India

World Chess Championship: Can experienced Ding Liren surprise D Gukesh?

D Gukesh is being touted as favourite against reigning champion Ding Liren in the 14-game World Championship match which starts in Singapore on Monday. The Indian challenger is world No. 5 at Elo 2783 and Ding is No. 23 with Elo rating of 2728. The former is currently playing at…

International Business Times UK

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."

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Cycling News

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

Cycling Weekly

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

The Times of India

WFI withdraws India from World Championship, writes to UWW about government interference

The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) on Wednesday withdrew the Indian team from the World Championship, conveying to world governing body, UWW, that the sports ministry is interfering with its autonomy. The senior World Championship in 12 non-Olympic categories is scheduled to be held in Tirana, Albania from October 28.

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

Cycling News

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

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