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Column #CM96 The Inaugural BDO World Championship Final

Monday, December 21, 2020
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The Inaugural BDO World Championship Final

The final is not always the best match of a tournament – but there have been some World Championship finals which must rank among the best matches in the history of darts. Among them, the inaugural BDO World Championship (which took place in …

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Column #CM95 Back to the 2021 PDC World Championship

Wednesday, December 16, 2020
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Back to the 2021 PDC World Championship 

As a follow-up to the article about the 2008 BDO Women’s World Championship showdown between Trina Gulliver and Anastasia Dobromyslova final, here is a close look at the two female players in this year’s PDC World Championship – Lisa Ashton and Deta …

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Column #CM94 One of the best Women’s World Championship Finals: Trina Gulliver vs. Anastasia Dobromyslova

Wednesday, December 16, 2020
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One of the best Women’s World Championship Finals: Trina Gulliver vs. Anastasia Dobromyslova

The final is not always the best match of a tournament but there were some World Championship finals which surely rate among the best matches in the history of darts.

I picked three and checked them …

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Column #CM91 Top Secret (or World Matchplay – Quarterfinals to Final)

Tuesday, July 28, 2020
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Top Secret (or World Matchplay – Quarterfinals to Final)

Do you know those spy thrillers? Or spy movies?

You know, where inconspicuous middle-aged men with brown briefcases (I don’t know why, but they are always brown) travel by train to some really remote village where they are picked up …

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Column #CM90 Superbly amplified (or World Matchplay – Round #2)

Saturday, July 25, 2020
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Superbly Amplified (or World Matchplay – Round #2)

Am I the only one who is curious why the arena in Milton Keynes is called “Marshall Arena”?

Surely others have wondered too but no doubt most don’t care and are just happy that live darts is finally back.  Still, perhaps …

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Column #CM88 After the Summer Series and before (almost) World Matchplay…

Wednesday, July 18, 2020
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After the Summer Series and before (almost) World Matchplay…

Thanks to the PDC Summer Series we were finally able to watch live darts again! But for the players and their managers and the few officials the situation during the five days was far from normal…

All had to arrive …

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