“I was feeding my daughter at about 11am and my phone rang.” One of the biggest Irish sporting upsets of all time came on Monday, when Limerick native Michael Flynn took down darts legend Michael van Gerwen 6-4 at the Players Championship 3 in Rosmalen in the Netherlands. Van Gerwen is considered by most to […]

1 year ago

“The kid who can do no wrong, wins again!” Luke Littler was warned, ahead of his Premier League Darts debut, by Michael van Gerwen that he was in ‘with the big boys’. After the first quarter final stage of the new season, the teenager had avenged a world championships defeat, while MVG was on his […]

2 years ago

Scott Williams had said that he knew from their practice round on Monday night that Michael van Gerwen wasn’t fully at the races for their World quarter final. The non-seeded Englishman defeated Mighty Mike 5-4 to advance to the semi-finals, blowing the competition wide open in the process. The 33-year-old was a rank outsider heading […]

2 years ago

“I thought I could punish him more.” Michael van Gerwen powered into the last 32 of the PDC World Championship, but not before a mini scare from a County Meath flinger. Keane Barry was putting it up to MVG in their eliminator but the Irish star’s inability to close out legs by hitting doubles (he […]

2 years ago

Michael Smith 7-4 Michael van Gerwen Michael Smith is the World Champion, he’s the world number one but he’s still as modest as any old mucker. The St Helens player was reluctant to praise himself in his post-match interview as world champion, and that was when his opponent Michael van Gerwen came over to do […]

3 years ago

In a brief moment of confusion, Michael van Gerwen went to walk off the stage during the seventh set of this World championship final, thinking that the set was over. But there were still darts to throw and, at that point of the match, Michael Smith was throwing the best of them. Van Gerwen had […]

3 years ago