Altogether, 37 nations entered the 2024 contest. Following the semi-finals on Tuesday and Thursday, 26 made it through: Ukraine, Serbia, Portugal, Slovenia, Lithuania, Cyprus, Finland, Croatia, Ireland, Luxembourg, Latvia, Austria, the Netherlands, Norway, Israel, Greece, Estonia, Switzerland, Georgia and Armenia, plus the “Big Five”, which go through automatically – the UK, Germany, France, Spain and...
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Game on! Dutch darts world hits the Bullseye
The packed stadium shudders as thousands of orange-clad Dutch fans bounce around, chanting the name of their favourite player. But they’re not watching Ajax or the Netherlands football team. This is darts. Sometimes derided as a game played over a pint in British pubs, darts is a huge deal in the Netherlands. Boards can be...