#Steve West

Darts tips, best bets and predictions for Saturday's matches in the William Hill World Darts Championship at Alexandra Palace. Sky Sports Darts & Main Event, 12.30pm & 7pm Saturday Seigo Asada to beat Keegan Brown 1pt Evs Coral, Ladbrokes Back this tip with Coral Harry Ward to hit more 180s v Simon Whitlock 1pt 21-10 Betfair Back this tip with…

The first round is now over and this is also the penultimate day of second-round games at Alexandra Palace today, with the likes of Adrian Lewis, Mensur Suljovic and Stephen Bunting among those in action across the afternoon and evening sessions.

What could be the longest second round in any global sporting competition ends today, with the likes of Gerwyn Price, Jonny Clayton, Dimitri van den Bergh and Ian White finally getting their campaigns under way at Alexandra Palace. Once again there are eight games, with four in the afternoon and the rest in the evening. Read also World Darts…

The inaugural PDC European Tour event at the Oktoberhallen opened as 32 qualifiers competed for spots in Saturday's second round, with Huybrechts and De Decker joining seeded star Dimitri Van den Bergh as local favourites in the last 32. Huybrechts, a former European Tour winner, enjoyed a popular 6-4 success against Steve West - and he now faces…

In this week's column, Paul Nicholson picks out a handful of examples from his career down the years, including an American who was thankfully not good enough to have a high-profile career! I think most readers knew Justin Pipe would be top of this list - but it's certainly not a vindictive selection. There are three reasons why everyone hated…