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Sky Sports brings you the latest from the darting world. Emma Paton is joined by special guests and darts stars past and present to discuss all the latest news and talking points on and off the oche.

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    Premier League play-off review | End of season grades for each player

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2025 40:05


    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

    Premier League play-off preview | Jonny Clayton interview

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2025 55:12


    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

    Premier League Darts: Record breaker Littler wins in Sheffield, as The Asp bites MVG to make play-offs

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2025 15:09


    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

    Can MVG reach PL play-offs? | Ross Smith on his record-breaking PC16 victory

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2025 54:23


    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.

    Premier League Darts: Humphries marches on to win in Leeds again

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2025 17:40


    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

    Premier League Darts: Littler is the best in Birmingham!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2025 14:33


    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

    Premier League Darts: Price Prevails in Liverpool!

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2025 18:22


    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

    MVG's Euro win | Exclusive Dobey interview | Liverpool PL preview

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2025 44:50


    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.

    Premier League Darts: Dutch delight for Dobey!

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2025 13:19


    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

    Premier League Darts: Aspinall is the hometown hero in Manchester

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2025 17:57


    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

    Germany goes Bunting mental and why Humphries spoke out about darting schedule

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2025 39:11


    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.

    Premier League Darts: Can anyone stop Littler after domination in Newcastle?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2025 15:47


    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

    Premier League Darts: Littler hits nine-darter and takes the crown in Cardiff!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2025 12:59


    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! 

    Premier League Darts: Price doubles up in Nottingham

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2025 12:35


    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

    Littler triumphs on a night of nine dart MAGIC in Brighton!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2025 14:03


    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.

    UK Open review with Josh Rock

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2025 45:34


    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.

    "Cool Hand is rampant at the top of the table!" Humphries finally beats Littler in the Premier League in Exeter

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2025 16:18


    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.

    Premier League so far…

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2025 70:31


    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.

    Gezzy delights in Dublin! Price beats Littler, Humphries and Aspinall to claim Night Three victory

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2025 18:19


    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.  

    Littler Survives Scare To Win Glasgow Thriller!

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2025 16:31


    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.

    “He's still the best player in the world!” Humphries talks up Littler, despite dominant display to win in Belfast

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2025 16:44


    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.   

    2025 Premier League preview with Gerwyn Price ❄️

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2025 60:23


    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.

    World Darts Championship review

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2025 45:24


    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.

    World Darts: Day 16 - Final Review | Luke Littler crushes Michael van Gerwen to become youngest PDC World Champion

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2025 15:39


    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! 

    World Darts: Day 15 - Semi Final Review | The Prince of the Palace sets up meeting with the King of the Palace in Friday's dream final

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2025 12:49


    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. 

    World Darts: Day 14 - Quarter Final Review | Littler, Bunting, Dobey and MVG all through to semis

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2025 27:11


    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.

    World Darts: Day 13 - Littler survives a scare as quarter-final line-up is confirmed

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2024 16:37


    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.

    World Darts: Day 12 - Defending champ knocked OUT! Wright stuns Humphries to reach QFs

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2024 11:36


    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.

    World Darts: Day 11 - Littler and MVG march on into last-16

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2024 14:21


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

    World Darts: Day 10 - Humphries cruises through, Price wins a classic & another 9-darter!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2024 13:16


    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.

    World Darts: Day 9 - Some crackers to send us into Christmas! Seeds fall, sudden death and “Rapid” Ricky goes wild!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2024 11:04


    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!

    World Darts: Day 8 - Anderson falls to De Graaf on a Sunday night of shocks at the Palace!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2024 13:59


    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.  

    World Darts: Day 7 - An Emotional Littler Lights Up Ally Pally!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2024 11:11


    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.  

    World Darts: Day 6 - The Green Machine, Michael van Gerwen, is up and running!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2024 11:36


    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. 

    World Darts: Day 5 - Smith stunned by Doets in an EPIC

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2024 13:26


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

    World Darts: Day 4 - A magical 9-darter, rapid Ricky and the Asp battles through

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2024 7:59


    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.

    World Darts: Day 3 - A favourite knocked out, plus Sherrock and Wright in action

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2024 15:19


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

    World Darts: Day 2 - First seed sent home & the Iceman makes his entrance

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2024 15:09


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

    World Darts: Day 1 - Humphries breezes through opener

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2024 7:13


    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.

    World Darts Championship preview & predictions

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2024 51:37


    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. 

    Russ Bray special

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2024 57:20


    Emma Paton and Michael Bridge are joined by the legendary Russ Bray as the famous voice of darts talks through his journey in the game and delivers some funny stories along the way. He also speaks about his role as PDC ambassador and promotes his new book, 'All About Darts; the ultimate guide to the world's greatest sport'.

    Grand Slam of Darts review

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2024 52:10


    Emma Paton is joined by Michael Bridge and Polly James as the trio look back at an electrifying Grand Slam of Darts in Wolverhampton.Martin Lukeman joins the crew to reflect on his sensational run to the final of the tournament, his new diet and his World Championship aims.The team also preview the Players Championship Finals in Minehead. 

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