Martyn Simpson

Women’s World Matchplay winner looking to replicate magic from 2020 when she became first woman to beat a man at World Championship.

The second round matches at the Alexandra Palace finished on December 23 and the players are taking a well earned break over the festive period.

A field of 96 players has been narrowed down to the final eight with four quarter-finals at this year’s PDC World Darts Championship now set. The last men standing are set to face off on New Year’s Day at the Alexandra Palace with two former winners still remaining as well as last year’s runner-up. Big names like defending champion Peter Wright, former winners Rob Cross and Gary Anderson and major winners in 2022 Joe Cullen and Danny Noppert have all been eliminated so far but that doesn’t mean…

Sports fans are in for a bumper year of competition in 2023 with no less than three World Cups, as well as plenty of other international events to look forward to. There will be massive events in cricket, football, golf and rugby all taking place across the year including biennial and quadrennial events. There will of course also be the usual yearly high profile contests but here we have picked out six of the biggest events taking place in 2023: We start off with one that many UK based sports fa…

The Professional Darts Corporation has confirmed the line up for the 2023 Premier League following the conclusion of the first major tournament of the year. Following on from Michael Smith’s World Championship win at the Alexandra Palace the PDC’s top 24 players took part in The Masters at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes at the end of January. An announcement was then made the day after the event confirming the eight players who would make up the field for the Premier League. Here are the pl…

The world number one exited the event at the Alexandra Palace this year after a quarter-final defeat to Germany’s Gabriel Clemens.

Any doubts over whether Erling Haaland would adapt to English football in his first season as a Manchester City player have been well and truly put to bed already. The Norwegian has scored a staggering 25 goals in just 19 Premier League games for the defending champions, including four hat-tricks. Those trebles came against Crystal Palace, Nottingham Forest, Manchester United and in last weekend’s 3-0 win over Wolves. Haaland’s record for hat-tricks in the division already has him in illustrious…

It’s been an incredible Six Nations Championship so far and there is still one more round of action to go with so much still up for grabs and to be played for. Ireland head into ‘Super Saturday’ chasing the title and a historic Grand Slam but France still have a shot at retaining the trophy if they beat Wales and England can cause an upset against the number one ranked team in the world. Speaking of Wales, they are not clear of the Wooden Spoon just yet and could find themselves fighting to avoi…

After four incredible days of action that was hampered by heavy rain and winds the 2023 edition of The Masters ended in a comfortable victory for one of the pre-tournament favourites. Jon Rah picked up his first ever Green Jacket at Augusta National and his second ever major title with a four stroke margin over LIV Tour golfers Phil Mickelson and Brooks Koepka who tied for second. It was Koepka who led going into the fourth and final round but the American shot a round of +3 on the day which gav…

The Grand National is almost 200 years old and it is one of the most historical and popular horse races in the world with punters from across the UK descending on Aintree or tuning in from home every year. A tradition almost as old as the race itself is the sweepstake, played in offices or by friends and families on race day every year. Here, NationalWorld has provided you with an easy to download sweepstake kit that features every horse that will run in this weekend’s big race. Simply save the…