Former world champion Gerwyn Price withdrew halfway through his third round match at the Players Championship in Wigan after what he claimed were “absolutely pathetic conditions”. The Ice Man was trailing 4-2 on legs against Brendan Dolan in a best-of-11 encounter when he forfeited the match at Robin Park Tennis Centre and Dolan was handed a bye into the next round.

Gerwyn Price was unable to give the Cardiff crowd a home win on the opening night of the Premier League of darts. But The Iceman managed to make it through to the final before losing to Michael Smith, 6-2.

Luke Littler says he will just continue “to do what I do” as he prepares for his eagerly-awaited Premier League debut and the latest stage of a relentless playing schedule. The 17-year-old sensation will lock horns with his World Championship final conqueror Luke Humphries in the last quarter-final of opening night in Cardiff on Thursday.

Luke Littler has been warned to keep practicing and not get distracted ahead of his Premier League of Darts debut in Cardiff on Wednesday night. The advice has come from world champion Luke Humphries who urged teenage sensation Littler not to lose form by staying away from the board, otherwise it will “come back to bite him”.

Luke Littler will make his Premier League debut against Luke Humphries in a rematch of their World Championship final in Cardiff next week. The 17-year-old headlines the opening night of the weekly competition against the man who beat him in the showpiece at Alexandra Palace at the start of the month.

Last year’s runner-up Gerwyn Price will bid to go one better in the Premier League Darts after being included in the eight-man line-up for this year’s event. The hand-picked group will start the 16-week series in Cardiff on February 1, where all eyes will be on two Lukes as well as Welshman Price.

Fifth seed and former champion Gerwyn Price was dumped out of the PDC World Darts Championship after a 4-2 defeat to Enniskillen’s Brendan Dolan. Dolan held his nerve to close out the match with his first shot at tops after Price had clawed his way back from two legs down to level in the sixth set.

Gerwyn Price has claimed he nearly pulled out of the World Darts Championship over concerns about the reception he would face from the Alexandra Palace crowd. Following his emphatic 3-0 second-round win over Connor Scutt on Monday night, Price told Sky Sports he had been sat at home the previous evening and “probably wasn’t going to play the tournament”.

Gerwyn Price will begin his attempt to reclaim the World Darts Championship crown by taking on Connor Scutt or Krzysztof Kciuk. The Iceman – who won the world title in 2021 – will be looking for an upturn in form at the Alexandra Palace tournament next month after recently losing to Gary Anderson in the last 16 of the Grand Slam of Darts.

Gerwyn Price admitted he had lost out in the moments that matter after he was beaten by Luke Humphries in the final of the World Grand Prix in Leicester. Humphries claimed his maiden major title after stunning favourite Price 5-2 in a thrilling final to lift the on Sunday.

Warren Gatland has earned plenty of plaudits from within rugby for guiding Wales into the quarter-finals of the World Cup – but now they are coming from further afield. As Gatland’s squad put their feet up this weekend and watch other nations slug it out in France, he has received a long-range pat on the back from the darts world.

Tournament favourite Gerwyn Price and world number one Michael Smith both crashed out the Betfred World Matchplay on a dramatic evening in Blackpool. Price missed a match dart in a thrilling 13-11 tie-break defeat to Joe Cullen before Smith blew a 3-0 lead in an 11-7 last-16 upset against Chris Dobey.