Love The Darts

Emma Paton is joined by Matt Edgar and Abigail Davies as they review the World Cup of Darts.They discuss Northern Ireland's unexpected triumph in Frankfurt and debate why England suffered an early exit in the last 16 at the hands of Germany.The team talk about Scotland's struggles, with world champions Gary Anderson and Peter Wright losing 8-0 to the Netherlands.They also reflect on both Luke Little and Luke Humphries being awarded an MBE before reviewing the changes that have been made to the World Darts Championship format.

Emma Paton is joined by Matthew Edgar and Laura Turner to preview the World Cup of Darts, come up with their all-time fantasy pairings and speak to Gian van Veen on his debut in the tournament, his partnership with Danny Noppert and also look ahead to the World Matchplay.     Love The Darts is a Sky Sports podcast. Listen to every episode here: skysports.com/love-the-darts     You can listen to Love The Darts on your smart speaker by saying "ask Global Player to play Love The Darts".     For all the latest darts news, head to skysports.com/darts     For advertising opportunities email: skysportspodcasts@sky.uk

Emma Paton is joined by Michael Bridge and Stuart Pyke to review the 2025 Premier League season after Luke Humphries was victorious in the play-offs at the O2 Arena.The panel discuss Finals Night and give out their end of season grades to each player, look back at their pre-season predictions and pick some of their highlights from the season. Love The Darts is a Sky Sports podcast. Listen to every episode here: skysports.com/love-the-dartsYou can listen to Love The Darts on your smart speaker by saying "ask Global Player to play Love The Darts".For all the latest darts news, head to skysports.com/dartsFor advertising opportunities email: skysportspodcasts@sky.uk

Emma Paton is joined by Abigail Davies and Matthew Edgar to discuss the Premier League finals night at the O2 Arena and also speak to the 'Ferret' Jonny Clayton about his recent good form as he became the new world number five.Love The Darts is a Sky Sports podcast. Listen to every episode here: skysports.com/love-the-dartsYou can listen to Love The Darts on your smart speaker by saying "ask Global Player to play Love The Darts".For all the latest darts news, head to skysports.com/dartsFor advertising opportunities email: skysportspodcasts@sky.uk

Abi Davies rounds up all the action from Sheffield, on a night where Luke Littler defeated Luke Humphries 6-3, for his sixth nightly win.  The other story of the evening featured Nathan Aspinall, who secured the final Premier League play-off spot with a win over Michael van Gerwen. Hear from The Asp as he heads to the O2, as well as Littler and former Premier League winner Glen Durrant. You can watch the Premier League play-offs exclusively on Sky Sports on Thursday, 29th May. Love The Darts is a Sky Sports podcast. Listen to every episode here: skysports.com/love-the-dartsFor all the latest darts news, head to skysports.com/dartsFor advertising opportunities email: skysportspodcasts@sky.uk

Michael Bridge hosts Love The Darts this week and is joined by Polly James and Devon Petersen as they discuss the latest news from the darting world, including week 16 in the Premier League as the play-offs loom closer. Also, there's an interview with the Players Championship 16 winner, Ross Smith, after his dominant display in Germany which saw him hit two nine-darters en route to victory.

Abi Davies is joined by Dan Dawson to look back on Luke Humphries' victory on Night 14 of the Premier League in Leeds.Love The Darts is a Sky Sports podcast. Listen to every episode here: skysports.com/love-the-dartsYou can listen to Love The Darts on your smart speaker by saying "ask Global Player to play Love The Darts".For all the latest darts news, head to skysports.com/dartsFor advertising opportunities email: skysportspodcasts@sky.uk

Luke Littler made history, again, by becoming the first player to win five weekly nights in the same Premier League season! The Nuke beat Michael van Gerwen 6-4 in the final to wrap up victory on Night 13 in Birmingham.  Polly James brings you all the reaction to a thrilling night of darts. Hear from Littler as well as Sky Sports' Stuart Pyke and Raz Mirza. Love The Darts is a Sky Sports podcast. Listen to every episode here: skysports.com/love-the-dartsFor all the latest darts news, head to skysports.com/dartsFor advertising opportunities email: skysportspodcasts@sky.uk

Gerwyn Price won night 12 of the Premier League Darts in Liverpool with a 6-4 victory over Luke Humphries in the final.Polly James looks back on all the action from Merseyside. Hear from Price, as well as darts experts - commentator Stuart Pyke and journalist Phill Barrs, who asks if darts is too nice.Love The Darts is a Sky Sports podcast. Listen to every episode here: skysports.com/love-the-dartsFor all the latest darts news, head to skysports.com/dartsFor advertising opportunities email: skysportspodcasts@sky.uk

Emma Paton is joined by Laura Turner and Chris Murphy to take a look back at a number of topics from the darting world, including Michael van Gerwen's European Tour title win, an exclusive interview with Chris Dobey and a look ahead to week 12 in the Premier League, taking place in Stephen Bunting's hometown of Liverpool.

Abi Davies is in Rotterdam to review the action from Night 11 of the Premier League where Chris Dobey got the better of Stephen Bunting to pick up his first night win of the season.Love The Darts is a Sky Sports podcast. Listen to every episode here: skysports.com/love-the-dartsYou can listen to Love The Darts on your smart speaker by saying "ask Global Player to play Love The Darts".For all the latest darts news, head to skysports.com/dartsFor advertising opportunities email: skysportspodcasts@sky.uk

Polly James is joined by Meg Wellens to review the action from Night 10 of the Premier League in Manchester.Love The Darts is a Sky Sports podcast. Listen to every episode here: skysports.com/love-the-dartsYou can listen to Love The Darts on your smart speaker by saying "ask Global Player to play Love The Darts".For all the latest darts news, head to skysports.com/dartsFor advertising opportunities email: skysportspodcasts@sky.uk

Emma Paton hosts Love the Darts and is joined by Michael Bridge and Polly James as the trio discuss a range of topics from the darts world, such as Luke Humphries' statement about the darting schedule, Stephen Bunting's success in Germany and the news that the PDC have increased the prize fund across their events.

Abi Davies is joined by Dan Dawson to review the action from Night 8 of the Premier League in Newcastle, where Luke Littler earned his fourth night victory of the season so far.Love The Darts is a Sky Sports podcast. Listen to every episode here: skysports.com/love-the-dartsYou can listen to Love The Darts on your smart speaker by saying "ask Global Player to play Love The Darts".For all the latest darts news, head to skysports.com/dartsFor advertising opportunities email: skysportspodcasts@sky.uk

Luke Littler does it again! He hit a nine-darter on the way to beating Michael van Gerwen 6-4 in the final and win night seven of the Premier League in Cardiff. Polly James rounds up the darting action, as we hear from Littler and his manager, Martin, after the teenager moved six points clear at the top of the table. We'll be back with more 'Love the Darts' from Newcastle next time, so give this podcast a follow so you don't miss us! 

Abi Davies is in Nottingham to review the action from Night Six of the Premier League Darts where Gerwyn Price got the better of Luke Littler in the final to win his second event of the season so far.Love The Darts is a Sky Sports podcast. Listen to every episode here: skysports.com/love-the-dartsYou can listen to Love The Darts on your smart speaker by saying "ask Global Player to play Love The Darts".For all the latest darts news, head to skysports.com/dartsFor advertising opportunities email: skysportspodcasts@sky.uk

Polly James is in Brighton to wrap up the action from Night Five of the Premier League where Luke Littler claimed his second win of the season so far.Plus, there were TWO nine-darters for the fans to enjoy - and listen out for the prizes that Luke Humphries and Rob Cross will be taking home as a result.

Emma Paton is joined by Michael Bridge and Richard Ashdown to review the 2025 UK Open after Luke Littler was victorious in Minehead. Semi-finalist Josh Rock joins us to discuss his ambitions for 2025 and the panel also chat Premier League with Night 5 in Brighton on the horizon.

World number one Luke Humphries defeated world champion Luke Littler for the first time in the Premier League to win night four of the Premier League in Exeter. Abi Davies is joined by commentator Dan Dawson to look back on a thrilling night of darts that saw Humphries come back from 3-1 down to win 6-4.  If you ‘Love the Darts' make sure you give this podcast a follow, so you don't miss an episode.

On this episode of Love The Darts, Emma Paton is joined by Matthew Edgar and Abigail Davies as they breakdown the Premier League so far, preview the UK Open at Minehead, and chat to James Wade who opens up about his recent form and his aims for 2025.

Gerwyn Price claimed his first Premier League title of the season, after beating Luke Littler and Luke Humphries on his way to a Night Three final victory over Nathan Aspinall.  Polly James looks back on the action from Dublin. Hear from our winner, Gezzy, as well as Duzza, commentator Glen Durrant! Polly also catches up with legendary announcer John McDonald.  If you ‘Love the Darts' make sure you give this podcast a follow, so you don't miss an episode.  

Luke Littler came out on top on Night Two of the Premier League in Glasgow. The Nuke beat Luke Humphries 6-5 in a last-leg decider, after earlier in the evening coming back from 5-1 down against Rob Cross. Hear from Littler as well as his manager, Martin Foulds, with our reporter, Polly James. We'll be back with more 'Love the Darts' from Dublin next time.

Abi Davies and commentator Dan Dawson look back on night 1 of the Premier League of darts in Belfast. World No.1 ‘Cool Hand' Luke Humphries was simply super at the SSE Arena to take the win on Thursday night, but afterwards chose to talk up World Champion Luke Littler.   

Emma Paton and the panel preview the 2025 Premier League darts season. Gerwyn Price is our special guest as he looks ahead to the upcoming campaign and says he is feeling more positive than ever.Michael Bridge and Chris Murphy also discuss Michael Smith's injury, Q-School and the Order of Merit rules for the new season.

Emma Paton is joined by Richard Ashdown and Mark Webster as they review the World Darts Championship. The panel discusses the thrilling final between Luke Littler and Michael Van Gerwen, if ‘The Nuke' can match Phil Taylor's World Championship titles record, and the shocking exits.    We then delve into who's in and who's out of the Premier League, and if the current format needs changing.

Luke Littler has become the youngest World Champion with a 7-3 victory over Michael van Gerwen at Alexandra Palace. Abigail Davies is joined by commentator Dan Dawson to look back at the showpiece and hear from both finalists.We'll be back with more 'Love the Darts' throughout the year, so please give this podcast a follow so you don't miss out. But for now, congratulations to Luke Littler! 

Abi Davies is joined by Dan Dawson to look back on the World Championship semi finals, which saw Luke Littler overcome Stephen Bunting, whilst Michael van Gerwen breezed past Chris Dobey. Join us tomorrow for the Final, live on Sky Sports, followed by all the reaction on Love The Darts. 

Polly James looks back on the quarter finals of the World Darts Championship. We hear from all our semi finalists and look ahead to their matches on Thursday. Don't forget if you ‘Love the Darts', give this podcast a follow so you don't miss any of our daily episodes from Ally Pally.

Polly James is at Alexandra Palace to review the action from Day 13 of the World Darts Championships.With the quarter-final line-up now confirmed, hear the thoughts of former champion John Part after another thrilling day at Ally Pally.

Polly James reviews the action from Day 12 of the World Darts Championships at Alexandra Palace, on the night that the defending champion Luke Humphries was knocked out of the tournament by Peter Wright.

Polly James is at Alexandra Palace to review the action from Day 11 of the World Darts Championship.

Abigail Davies is joined by Dan Dawson to review the action from Day 10 of the World Darts Championship as the tournament returns after the Christmas break.

Polly James and Ali Stafford round up all the action from Day 9 of the World Championships, including perhaps the greatest post-match interview you'll ever hear from Ricky Evans!We'll be back with more 'Love the Darts' from Friday.   Merry Christmas!

More big names fall at this year's World Championships, on a night of upsets at Ally Pally.   Polly James is joined by Sky Sports' Meg Wellens and Ali Stafford to round up the action from Day 8. We also hear from Jeffrey de Graaf – who beat one of the tournament favourites in Gary Anderson.  Don't forget if you ‘Love the Darts', give this podcast a follow so you don't miss any of our daily episodes from the World Champs.  

A tearful Luke Littler got his World Championships off to a winning start with a dramatic 3-1 victory over Ryan Meikle, that included a record tournament set average and ALMOST a nine-darter. Polly James is joined by Sky Sports' Meg Wellens and Ali Stafford to look back on day 7, that also saw Nick Kenny beat former champ Raymond van Barneveld.  Plus, we hear from Littler twice!  If you 'Love the Darts' like we do, make sure you give this podcast a follow so you don't miss any of our daily episodes from the World Championships.  

Abi Davies and commentator Dan Dawson round up all the action from day 6 of the World Championships.We hear from Michael van Gerwen after his comfortable victory, and the all-singing Stephen Bunting who came through in the afternoon session. Amongst some of the other winners were Florian Hempel and Dylan Slevin. We'll be back with another Love the Darts on Saturday, when Luke Littler enters the competition. 

Abi Davies and Polly James are at Alexandra Palace to round up the action from Day 5 of the World Darts Championships.

Abi Davies is joined by commentator Dan Dawson to look back at the action from Day 4 of the World Darts Championships from Alexandra Palace.

Abi Davies and Polly James review the action from Day 3 of the World Darts Championships at Alexandra Palace.

Abi Davies and Polly James are at Alexandra Palace to review the action from Day 2 of the World Darts Championships.

Abi Davies is joined by Sky Sports commentator Dan Dawson to look back on the opening night of the World Championships that saw defending champion Luke Humphries make it safely through without dropping a leg. We also hear from two other winners on the night, Keane Barry and Jermaine Wattimena.  We'll be back with another 'Love the Darts' tomorrow. We're bringing you podcasts every day of the tournament, so give us a follow so you don't miss a moment. Don't forget, you can watch all the action on Sky Sports, or follow it via skysports.com.

Emma Paton is joined by Michael Bridge and Mark Webster as the three of them look forward to the World Darts Championship at Alexandra Palace.We speak to Dimitri Van den Bergh who reveals his goals at the 2025 tournament and discusses the levels of Luke Humphries and Luke Littler.The team also make their predictions for the showpiece event.