Premier League Darts news: Play-offs 2026 preview and betting tips
After 16 weeks of thrilling action, the Premier League Darts season is about to reach its dramatic conclusion as the top four players take on the play-offs at the O2.
Here, Sports News Blitz writer Charlie Fawcett previews one of the standout evenings on the darting calendar.
Premier League Darts 2026 news: Ranking all eight players ahead of the play-offs
As the Premier League Darts regular season comes to a close and attention turns to the upcoming ranking majors, now is as good a time as ever to assess the tournament overall.
Here, Sports News Blitz writer Charlie Fawcett takes a look through the eight arrowsmiths and ranks their 2026 campaigns.
Premier League Darts night 16 preview and betting tips
Despite the play-off places already being decided, there is still one more night of league phase action before the prestigious finals night at the O2 next week.
Sports News Blitz’s Charlie Fawcett previews all of the action ahead of closing night in Sheffield.
Premier League Darts night 15 preview and betting tips
The race for the play-offs continues to heat up in the Premier League of Darts, with just two nights of regular season action remaining. It really is now or never for the remaining arrowsmiths to bag a play-off place.
Sports News Blitz’s Charlie Fawcett previews all the action ahead of a huge night of darts in Birmingham.
Darts betting tips: Premier League Darts Night 14 preview and betting tips
The Premier League of Darts is reaching the business end, with the race for the play-offs heating up.
This week, the eight arrowsmiths head to West Yorkshire to battle it out for the Night 14 title in Leeds. Sports News Blitz’s Charlie Fawcett previews all the action.
Darts news: How Beau Greaves became the first woman to win a PDC title
Back-to-back WDF Women’s World Champion Beau Greaves has brought many eyes onto the sport of darts in recent years, as she has quickly moved towards uncharted territory for a woman in the game.
After picking up her first ever PDC title, Sports News Blitz’s Charlie Fawcett takes a look at how it was done.
Premier League Darts Night 11: Preview, tips, and predictions
Tensions are heating up in the Premier League of Darts as the action moves into mainland Europe with the arrowsmiths facing off in Rotterdam.
Sports News Blitz’s Charlie Fawcett previews all the action.
2026 UK Open darts: Five key takeaways from a weekend that delivered a mixture of the familiar and the unpredictable
Over the weekend of Friday, March 6 to Sunday, March 8, 160 darts players gathered in Minehead for the UK Open - a tournament open to the entire Top 128, eight competitors from both the Challenge and Development Tours, as well as 16 amateur qualifiers.
Here, Sports New Blitz writer and darts devotee AJ Becker takes a look at five key points from the action on the Somerset seaside.
Premier League Darts news: Ranking every player’s season so far, from Luke Littler to Luke Humphries
With the 2026 PDC darts season in full flow and a host of major titles already claimed, things are heating up in the darts world.
Here, Sports News Blitz writer Charlie Fawcett grades the performances of eight Premier League stars so far this year.
Premier League Darts 2026: Who to look out for
With the first ranking major of the season coming to a close at the weekend, with Luke Littler picking up his maiden World Masters Title over reigning champ Luke Humphries, all eyes turn to Newcastle as the Premier League of Darts returns for 2026.
Once more, the Premier League line-up drew up plenty of controversy within the darting sphere, as many debated who they believed should make the cut for the 17-week roadshow that all culminates in the thrilling play-offs.
Of course, the top four in the order of merit automatically qualify for the prestigious event, while the rest of the field is selected based on who the PDC view as the most deserving over the last 12 months.
In this article, Sports News Blitz’s Charlie Fawcett looks at the eight players selected for this year’s edition.
From Local Pubs to Global Arenas: The Most Unforgettable Comeback Stories
Darts have seen a serious transformation in recent years. It used to be a simple pub game that eventually turned into a professional kind of sport.
Darts were even banned at a certain point in its history. But proper regulations helped establish darts as a subject for local and international competitions. Millions of fans showed huge interest in darts betting due to the growing competitive schedule.
The game is quite unpredictable, which makes predictions more exciting. Over the years, darts have seen many comeback stories. Let’s mention some of them here.
Darts news: The five biggest shocks in PDC World Championship history
The World Championships are now underway under the bright light of the Alexander Palace, and through the years, it has brought many upsets and shocks with highly-ranked players falling victim to the magic of the World Championships.
Here, Sports News Blitz writer Will Thomas looks at the five biggest shocks in World Championship history.
Darts news: Five players who could dethrone Luke Littler to win the 2026 PDC World Darts Championships
Everybody has fallen short when facing Luke Littler in a major tournament in 2025. Can anyone stop the Nuke, or is he going to go back-to-back to win his second World Championship of his career?
Here, Sports News Blitz writer Will Thomas looks at five players who could dethrone Luke Littler to win the 2026 World Championships.
Darts news: Five things we learned from the Grand Slam as Luke Littler retains the Eric Bristow Trophy
The Grand Slam of Darts concluded on Sunday, November 16, after a week of darting drama.
Predictably, Luke Littler continued his dominance of professional darts, winning the Grand Slam for the second year in a row.
But what did we learn from the week of darts in Wolverhampton? Sports News Blitz writer Joseph Ould gives his thoughts.
Darts news: ‘The next big one’ - Luke Littler targets World Grand Prix glory following management split
Luke ‘The Nuke’ Littler admitted the World Grand Prix is ‘the next big one for him’ as it remains one of the rare PDC major tournaments he is yet to win.
Littler looks set to right his wrongs from last year’s early exit as he qualified into the last 16 - where he is set to face last year’s winner Mike De Decker.
This comes after beating familiar foe Gian van Veen in the opening round, writes Sports News Blitz’s William Thomas.
Premier League Darts news: Night 15 preview and analysis
This week sees the second-to-last night of the Premier League Darts regular season take place in Aberdeen, with the fourth and final play-off spot still up for grabs.
Here, Sports News Blitz writer Annika Böttcher previews Thursday’s match-ups and offers some analysis.
Sports news: The teen talents hogging the headlines and why Barcelona’s star boy defies belief
The UEFA Champions League, Cricket’s IPL and the Darts Premier League all have one thing in common this week - unbelievable youth talent that was displayed on the world’s stage.
Here, Sports News Blitz’s Gabriel Mills takes us through each breathtaking moment.
Premier League Darts news: Night 12 preview and predictions
Premier League Darts returns to England as Liverpool hosts Night 12 of the weekly darting action.
Here, Sports News Blitz writer Joseph Hannen previews Thursday night and looks ahead to the business end of the campaign.
Premier League Darts news: Night 11 preview and predictions
The PDC stars travel to Rotterdam for Night 11, where last week’s nightly winner, Nathan Aspinall, took the glory last year.
Wins for Luke Littler and Luke Humphries widened the gap between themselves and the playoff chasers with six nights to play.
Sports News Blitz writer Joseph Hannen previews the playoff race, which is as close as ever, with three players heading to the Netherlands on level points.
Premier League Darts news: Night 10 preview and predictions
The Premier League returns to the UK with Manchester hosting Night 10 of premier League Darts action.
Sports News Blitz writer Joseph Hannen dives into the key matchups and storylines from a night that could shake up the standings.