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The Irish Sun
05-07-2025
- Sport
- The Irish Sun
‘He's not a good player… he's a pub player' – Michael van Gerwen rips into darts rival then says ‘I'm not harsh'
MICHAEL VAN GERWEN has brutally labelled a darts rival as a "pub player"... but insists he is not being harsh. The savage dig came after the three-time darts world champion defeated Pero Ljubic at the Poland Darts Masters on Friday. Advertisement 2 Michael van Gerwen gave a savage assessment of darts rival Pero Ljubic Credit: Getty 2 Van Gerwen said the Polish star was a 'pub player' Credit: Instagram / @peroljubic78 Van Gerwen faced his opponent in the first round, winning 6-4. However, the 36-year-old - by his own admission - did not have a great game as he averaged 84.71 and landed six out of 19 checkout attempts at 31.6 per cent. Fortunately for the world No3, his rival did not fare any better at the oche. Ljubic, 47, put up an average of 82.69 but had an even worse checkout rate with just four of 13 attempts at 30.8 per cent. Advertisement READ MORE IN DARTS And Mighty Mike - blunt as ever - did not sugarcoat his opinions of the game, including giving Ljubic both barrels. As per Oche, he said: "It wasn't a good game at all. Pero needs to be happy that he won one leg. "Pero is not a good player. Pero is a pub player — we all know that. "I'm not harsh — he is a lovely man but when you throw treble 12 for treble 20 then you need to go back to the dartboard. Advertisement Most read in Darts Breaking BEST ONLINE CASINOS - TOP SITES IN THE UK "Did you ever see me do that? I can only blame myself, I didn't play well. "I'm the one to blame. But I made Pero look good today. Pero won a few legs and it feels like his birthday! Players Championship clash descends into 'pub darts' with even winner looking embarrassed after 'stinking' leg "I was going to win anyway. You want honest answers — I give you honest answers. Tomorrow is a different story — then I am up against the big boys." Advertisement His victory set up a quarter-final against The first matches of the quarter-finals will take place from 6.10pm on Saturday. You can keep up with all the action by following SunSport's live blog of the event HERE . Advertisement List of all-time Darts World Champions BELOW is a list of darts world champions by year. The list does not include winners from the pre-Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) era or BDO world champions. That means Raymond van Barneveld, for example, is only listed once - Barney also won four BDO titles - and none of Eric Bristow's five BDO titles are included. 1994 - Dennis Priestley 1995 - Phil Taylor 1996 - Phil Taylor (2) 1997 - Phil Taylor (3) 1998 - Phil Taylor (4) 1999 - Phil Taylor (5) 2000 - Phil Taylor (6) 2001 - Phil Taylor (7) 2002 - Phil Taylor (8) 2003 - John Part 2004 - Phil Taylor (9) 2005 - Phil Taylor (10) 2006 - Phil Taylor (11) 2007 - Raymond van Barneveld 2008 - John Part (2) 2009 - Phil Taylor (12) 2010 - Phil Taylor (13) 2011 - Adrian Lewis 2012 - Adrian Lewis (2) 2013 - Phil Taylor (14) 2014 - Michael van Gerwen 2015 - Gary Anderson 2016 - Gary Anderson (2) 2017 - Michael van Gerwen (2) 2018 - Rob Cross 2019 - Michael van Gerwen (3) 2020 - Peter Wright 2021 - Gerwyn Price 2022 - Peter Wright (2) 2023 - Michael Smith 2024 - Luke Humphries 2025 - Luke Littler Most World Titles 14 - Phil Taylor 3 - Michael van Gerwen 2 - John Part, Adrian Lewis, Gary Anderson, Peter Wright 1 - Dennis Priestley, Raymond van Barneveld, Rob Cross, Gerwyn Price, Michael Smith, Luke Humphries, Luke Littler
The Irish Sun
15-06-2025
- Sport
- The Irish Sun
Daryl Gurney and Josh Rock break down in tears as Northern Ireland win World Cup of Darts in final leg decider
JOSH ROCK burst into tears on stage after Northern Ireland won a dramatic World Cup last leg decider. Team partner Daryl Gurney hit double eight to wrap up an epic 10-9 win over Wales' Gerwyn Price and Jonny Clayton in Sunday night's final in Frankfurt. Advertisement 1 Northern Ireland duo Daryl Gurney and Josh Rock let it all out after victory Rock, 24, and Gurney then dropped to their knees on stage in scenes of incredible emotion as they picked up their first world titles and an £80,000 jackpot. He said: 'When we said we are paired together we'll win it. We didn't expect to do it, but we did it. 'As a team we were fantastic. We fought hard all the way through.' Gurney added: 'Firstly congratulations to Wales. They showed their class. Jonny and Gezzy, absolute legends of the game. Advertisement 'Josh had the power-scoring and I just had to clean up the finishing. 'I hope I don't get a fine for this but every time I went for double five a wee bit of poo fell out! 'I was never going to miss double eight. I have never been so proud of this man and myself.' Northern Ireland made a storming start and Wales were lucky to only be trailing 3-2 at the first break. Clayton then hit a wonderful 142 to draw it level. Advertisement Most read in Darts Breaking Exclusive BEST ONLINE CASINOS - TOP SITES IN THE UK But Rock was in inspired form, hitting 180s for fun, breaking the tournament record of 20. However, Price hit tops to break throw and Wales still hadn't missed a dart at a double. Then Rock delivered a cool tops to live the game again at the second break at 5-5. 'Stupid' - Josh Rock hits out at 'disrespectful' World Cup of Darts rival's on-stage antics Yet again Clayton nailed the double at first attempt and then a double six put them in command at 7-5. But a double 18 and double eight from Gurney put the Irish back in front. Advertisement Gurney then delivered a cool double 14 and now they were just one leg from glory. But they missed four title darts and Clayton hit double 16 and it went down to a decider. Rock then hit a crucial 171 and Gurney finished it with double eight.
The Irish Sun
01-05-2025
- Sport
- The Irish Sun
‘Never seen him like that before..' – Luke Littler needs to deal with crowd abuse after Man Utd fan's Liverpool meltdown
Advertisement LUKE LITTLER has to learn to deal with crowd abuse after his defeat to Michael van Gerwen in Liverpool. Advertisement Former UK Open finalist Vincent van der Voort believes the teen sensation must cope with the boos following a rare outburst a week ago. Advertisement 2 Luke Littler has been told he needs to deal with crowd abuse Credit: PA Advertisement 2 The youngster enjoys winding up fans Credit: Alamy World champion Littler, 18, reacted angrily to sections of the crowd after his 6-5 loss at the M&S Bank Arena. Advertisement 'The Nuke', who is a Advertisement But the seven-time Premier League winner mounted a dramatic comeback after he won six of the next seven legs to secure victory. Advertisement The Liverpool crowd grew louder as momentum shifted and READ MORE ON DARTS Advertisement Former professional Van der Voort believes the behaviour was out of character for the teen sensation. Advertisement He said on the Darts Draait podcast: 'Sure, you can provoke the crowd, but you have to be able to take it when it comes back at you. 'He's still young and needs to learn how to deal with this. Advertisement 'You don't need to provoke or respond to the crowd. I've never seen him like that before—he usually comes across as so calm, like nothing fazes him. This was a completely different side.' Advertisement Most read in Darts Breaking Exclusive CASINO SPECIAL - BEST CASINO BONUSES FROM £10 DEPOSITS Advertisement The Dutchman concluded by highlighting how such reactions can encourage more provocation from the stands. Advertisement He added: 'For the guy in the crowd, this was probably the highlight of his night. Advertisement Luke Littler lands new role as darts star teams up with Deliveroo to find the best kebab in the country 'Imagine you're a Liverpool fan and you managed to get under Littler's skin. He was up 4-0 and still lost 6-5. That's a dream scenario for them.' Advertisement It's been revealed that Littler earns an astonishing £5,833 per week on average playing in the Premier League. Advertisement He has played the most matches in the tournament this season, racking up 26 matches in 12 weeks, earning £70,000 in the process. Research by BetUK reveals Littler earns £2,692 per match and £288 per leg based on prize money alone. Advertisement Five-time major winner Littler has four weekly wins and Advertisement He has also thrown a 180 an incredible 128 times in his 26 Premier League matches. Advertisement That's an average of 4.92 per game, almost double his nearest rival, Luke Humphries, who has thrown 69 for an average of 2.65. Advertisement Littler continues to throw 180s at an average rate of 10.67 per week, and he has already equalled his record of 128 in a season after just 12 nights.
