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PDC DARTS SEMIS In the quarter final on Saturday Brendan Dolan had a bit of a disaster as he did not wake up until the 5 th set and by that time the game was over and he lost 5-1 World Championship Semi-Final Results Michael Smith 6-3 Nathan Aspinall Michael van Gerwen 6-1 Gary Anderson

FA PREMIERE LEAGUE SATURDAY BRIGHTON 1-0 EVERTON LUCIOUS LOCIDIA Jurgen Locadia's second-half goal proved decisive as Brighton beat Everton to end 2018 with another win at the Amex Stadium. The Dutchman's strike just before the hour mark came after Toffees midfielder Andre Gomes inadvertently diverted the ball into his path from a corner. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46656878 MY OPINION A match which possibly might mean that Everton can play with a sense of comfort as neither team are really playing for anything at the moment. I think that Brighon must be happy with how Locado played LEICESTER 0-1 CARDIFF CHAMP CAMARASA Victor Camarasa's stunning injury-time strike gave the Bluebirds their first away win of the season. Against the run of play, the midfielder curled home a 25-yard shot which sailed into the top corner over a flailing Kasper Schmeichel. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46656882 MY OPINION This was a definite surpri...

PDC WORLD DARTS CHAMPIONSHIP LAST 16 THURSDAY ANDERSON 4-3 DOBBY MY OPINION Dobby proved himself at the start of the match but Anderson was able to find a way to get back into it and I think the final set was very exciting as the match could went either way at this point. Anderson was able to use his experience to take control and win the match under serious pressure VAN GERWIN 4-1 LEWIS MY OPINION Micheal Van Gerwin was able to show why he was the best player in the world with the ability to cruise to a win over Adrian Lewis a former world champion and he did it with such ease that you have to say who ever beats Van Gerwin should win the world championship   FRIDAY ASPINALL 4-1 PETERSON MY OPINION Aspinall had shown in this match that the game was a little too easy for him as he defeated South African Peterson but Peterson could not get into th3e game at any stage and I think this was a problem but another shock backs how this tournament is running B...

FA PREMIERE LEAGUE LATE GAMES ARSENAL 1-1 BRIGHTON LIVING LAVITAS LOCADA Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang curled in the opening goal following fine work from Alexandre Lacazette after just seven minutes. Arsenal right-back Stephan Lichtsteiner then made a poor mistake, heading a long ball into the path of Brighton striker Jurgen Locadia, who rounded Bernd Leno to equalise on 35 minutes. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46615147 MY OPINION This is definitely a problem for Arsenal as they push for Champions League place. Defensively they do have their weaknesses which Brighton have exploited to keep them in a position of comfort but they could still be dragged into the relegation zone. WATTFORD 1-2 CHELSEA HAPPY HAZZARD Hazard, 27 became only the 10th player to score 100 goals when he collected Mateo Kovacic's pass, took the ball around goalkeeper Ben Foster and calmly finished in first-half injury time. Chelsea's lead only lasted two minutes as Roberto Pere...

PDC DARTS LAST 32 Devon Peterson (SA) 4-2 (Eng) Steve West MY OPINION This result can bring a continent together if they can know ow how to use it correctly as this was slightly unexpected as a result. Peterson can take this beam of home and shine it on a nation as not too many people expected him to win but this was easy and |West needs to learn fast where he went wrong Luke Humphries (Eng) 4-1 (Bel) Dimitri Van Der Bergh MY OPINION Another shock here that is not sure but not a big one as Van Der Berg is the more recognised player in the world of darts. With the right draw I think Humphries can go far but I think he will have to avoid the big players Micheal Smith (Eng)   4-2 (Sco) John Hendersdon MY OPINION This was a match between two seeds that went the way everyone would have predicted as Smith showed the damage that the can do in a match. The way this championship is going he has the potential to be the World champion this year LAST 16 DRAW TONIGHT ...

FA PREMIERE LEAGUE FULLHAM 1-1 WOLVES SAISS SALVATION Wolves were more assured after the break without regularly threatening before Fulham substitute Ryan Sessegnon scuffed in a volley after Rui Patricio's weak punch on 74 minutes. But the hosts could not hold on for a third Premier League win of the season as Ivan Cavaleiro got in down the left to slide the ball across goal, with Fulham wing-back Joe Bryan stopping the ball but then falling over - allowing Romain Saiss to tap in his first Premier League goal. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46615162 MY OPINION Another great point for Fullham makes me think that they have a chance of surviving this season. FOR Wolves there should be a sense of contentment with how they are playing as people like Saiss and Cavalerio can still change a game BURNLEY 1-5 EVERTON DIGNE DOES DAMAGE Yerry Mina, Lucas Digne and Gylfi Sigurdsson found the target as the Toffees, who went into the game on the back of two consecutiv...

Saturday, December 22 Afternoon Session Ryan Joyce 4-3 Alan Norris (Third Round) MY OPINION Another shock in this year’s world championship as most people would have picked Norrris as a nice little outside bet. I feel that maybe there was that sense of him crumbling in the final set. Joyce might even dare to dream Dave Chisnall 4-0 Kim Huybrechts (Third Round) MY OPINION Dave Chisnall has shown why he the inform player at the moment and one maybe even that can win the whole thing but his next task is a tricky one where he will play the best player in the world. Huybrechts is definitely a better player than this. Jamie Lewis 4-3 Daryl Gurney (Third Round) MY OPINION This was a huge disaopintment as Gurney had a match dart and hit the wrong double but he was 2-0 and 3-1 down in this game and to get back to level inn sets in my view this is an incredible achievement Evening Session Ryan Searle 4-1 William O'Connor (Third Round) MY OPINION This was a di...

PDC WORLD DARTS CHAMPIONSHIPS Thursday December 20 Afternoon Session (1230) Jermaine Wattimena 3-0   Michael Barnard (R2) MY OPINION Wattimena cruised into the third round of the Championship but as I see it. It was very unfair that Barnard did not get a set as the averages were so close.   There will be a lot tougher tasks for Wattimena moving ford and I think this might just be as far as he goes. Alan Norris   3-2   Steve Lennon MY OPINION This was cruel on Lennon of that there is no doubt to go to a deciding leg and loose it due to the fact that Norris hit a 180 in that leg you cannot consider that to be fair at all as a sports fan but you have to give it to Norris for his first set as he was unplayable. Stephen Bunting 1-3 Luke Humphries MY OPINION Bunting would have been one of my bets for the championship as a whole and you do have to wonder sometimes what exactly went wrong here as we know that he is better than this. As for Hump...

LEAGUE CUP QUARTERS ARSENAL 0-2 SPURS ALI ARRIVES Son pounced on Alli's smart ball over the top to put Spurs in front after just 20 minutes at the Emirates. Alli then coolly chipped it over keeper Petr Cech with the outside of his boot in the second half to make it 2-0. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46533822 MY OPINION Arsenal have not got the results needed in recent days which does make me think that their might be a little bit of a crisis in camp at this time that teams can take advantage of. As for Spurs will this be their trophy that they have waited for so long CHELSEA 1-0 BOURNMOUTH HAZZARD THE HERO  Hazard was able to get a shot away inside the area, but his effort took a huge deflection on the way to beating the unfortunate Boruc. https://www.sportsmole.co.uk/football/chelsea/league-cup/live-commentary/live-commentary-chelsea-vs-bournemouth_344639.html MY OPINION This was a match that we expected more from Chelsea as we thought t...

PDC WORD DARTS CHAMPIONSHIP Afternoon Session Nathan Aspinall 3-0 Geert Nentjes (R1) MY OPINION An easy win here for Aspanill means he has learned very little from this match and we cannot see the quality of player that he is especially as it is in round 1 Jeffrey de Graaf 2-3 Noel Malicdem (R1) MY OPINION The last round 1 match was a bit of a craker where the underdog got the better of the favourite. De Graf must now be annoyed at the doubles that he missed to lose the match. You do wonder how far Manlidem can go from here I don’t think he can go that far Joe Cullen 0-3 Brendan Dolan (R2) MY OPINION To me this was a happy surprise not in the fact that Dolan won but how he won and I now think he might be able to go at least into the next round of the competition. I definitely expected this to be more of a contest and Cullen will go home annoyed. Kim Huybrechts 3-0 Daniel Larsson (R2) MY OPINION Huybrechts is a certain outside bet for the competition a...

LEAGUE CUP QUARTERS MAN CITY 1-1 LEICESTER 3-1   pens DE BRYNE GIVES CITY DE LUCK Pep Guardiola's side took the lead in the first half through Kevin de Bruyne's first goal of the season - a sweet low drive into the bottom corner. Leicester were poor in the opening 45 minutes but regrouped at half-time and levelled the contest through Marc Albrighton's well-struck effort A low-quality shootout saw the home side miss three penalties while a dinked attempt went wrong for England's Raheem Sterling before Ukraine left-back Oleksandr Zinchenko emphatically thumped the decisive kick into the top corner to send his side through. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46516343 MY OPINION This is a game that all City fans would have expected to be done in the 90 minutes but City have shown to have that little bit of luck at the moment and that showed on the day. This result was not about quality in any way. For Leicester to do so poorly in a shootout is sayin...

Afternoon Session Robert Thornton 1-3 Daniel Larsson (R1) MY OPINION I was very surprised to see Robert Thornton have such a bad game as he is such a big name in the world of darts but Larsson will have bigger challenges now Ricky Evans 1-3 Rowby-John Rodriguez (R1) MY OPINION Rodreguez showed here that he had that bit of class but to be honest I had not heard of either player Krzysztof Ratajski 2-3 Seigo Asada (R1) MY OPINION A very good match here between two players of which darts are not really that strong in their country Darren Webster 0-3 Vincent Van der Voort (R2) MY OPINION I was surprised how easy this was for Van Der Vort but he has got to know that there will be tougher challenges moving forward Evening Session (7pm) Steve Lennon 3-0 James Bailey (R1) MY OPINION Steve Lennon is a rising star in the world of darts but he still has got a few things that have to be learned at such an early stage in his career as there was little learned h...

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Full draw Schalke v  Manchester City This should be an easy win for City Atletico Madrid v Juventus Tie of the round both sides could win the entire thing Manchester United  v Paris St-Germain At the moment you can only see this as a PSG win Tottenham  v Borussia Dortmund This one could be interesting Lyon v Barcelona Easy win for Barcelona Roma v Porto This game looks tight maybe Porto on away goals Ajax v Real Madrid Easy win for Real Liverpool  v Bayern Munich Depends what Liverpool are playing for at this time EUROPA LEAGUE Full draw Viktoria Plzen v Dinamo Zagreb Should be a Zagreb win Club Brugge v Red Bull Salzburg Tight Rapid Vienna v Inter Milan Easy win for Inter Slavia Prague v Genk Should be a tight game Krasnodar v Bayer Leverkusen Easy win for Leverkusen FC Zurich v Napoli Easy win for Napoli Malmo v  Chelsea Easy win for Chelsea Shakhtar Donetsk v Eintr...

PDC WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Monday, December 17 (1900) Vincent van der Voort 3-1 Lourence Ilagan (First Round) Devon Petersen 3-2 Wayne Jones (First Round) Ryan Joyce 3-0 Anastasia Dobromyslova (First Round) Darius Labanauskas 3-2 Raymond van Barneveld (Second Round) MY OPINION There were no major first round shocks but the biggest second round shock has to be the beating of Raymond Van Barnevelle in the second round and you do wonder if he will get his form back next year

PRMIERE LEAGUE FOOTBALL MAN CITY 3-1 EVERTON JESUS MIRICLE Pickford knocks the goal kick to Mina, whose poor clearance is intercepted by Gundogan. He lays off to Sane, who slides a pass down the inside-left for Jesus. The striker takes a stride into the box, and lashes the ball past Pickford,   Delph slips a pass down the inside-left for Sane, who clips in a cross. Jesus rises and blasts a header past a helpless Pickford. So simple! Walker makes good down the right, and his dangerous low cross is hacked clear by Mina. Sigurdsson races up the other end. The ball breaks to Digne out on the left. Digne loops in a cross and Calvert-Lewin plants a glorious header into the top right! Ederson had no hope Jesus flicks a little pass down the inside-left channel. Fernandinho reaches the byline and dinks one into the middle, where Sterling plants a header into the net from close range! https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2018/dec/15/manchester-city-v-everton-premie...