Damon Heta’s opponent Luke Woodhouse has revealed why he celebrated his friend’s nine-dart finish so wildly. The duo met in an incredible clash in the first match back since the Christmas break at the World Darts Championship at Alexandra Palace. 3 Heta celebrated wildly after hitting the second perfect leg of the tournamentCredit: Kieran Cleeves/ … Read more
Crambo repeated his victory of last year when grimly holding on to win a second Howden Long Walk Hurdle at Ascot. Since his victory in the race 12 months ago, his career had been in danger of coming off the rails, having disappointed at Cheltenham and Aintree. Trainer Fergal O’Brien had wanted him to reappear … Read more
It was only six months into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine when, on a balmy September evening in eastern Germany, I came across Mykhailo Mudryk shortly after midnight. This was September 2022 and Mudryk was by then an emerging talent for the Ukrainian champions, Shakhtar Donetsk. He scored and was the team’s major attacking threat in … Read more