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WORLD DARTS CHAMPIONSHIPS   Thursday's results First round Justin Pipe (Eng)  3-2  Benjamin Pratnemer (Slo) Jan Dekker (Ned)  3-2  Ryan Joyce (Eng) Second round John Henderson (Sco)  3-0  James Richardson (Eng) Steve Beaton (Eng)  3-1  Kyle Anderson (Aus) Chris Dobey (Eng)  3-2  Ron Meulenkamp (Ned) Danny Noppert (Ned)  3-2  Callan Rydz (Eng) Dave Chisnall (Eng)  3-1  Vincent van der Voort (Ned) Gerwyn Price (Wal)  3-2  William O'Connor (Ire) Decided after 2-2 but some bad maths from O Connor lost him the 5 th leg which was curtail it could have went 5-5 but the ref should have told O |Connor what was needed bad referring but he will learn  

LEAGUE CUP VILLA 5-0 LIVERPOOL KODJIA KILLS OF ANY ANFIELD HOPE Hourihane whips it in low, Kodjia is among those jumping in front of Kelleher and the keeper loses sight of it, diving too late and watching the ball skid past him and into the corner. That’ll settle Villa, who had been unimpressive.  Villa look relieved by the opener and sweep upfield again, working the ball right to the overlapping Elmohamady. His cross flicks off Boyes and loops high into the sky before dropping beyond a helpless Kelleher and into the corner.  Villa win a 50/50 in midfield and Jota releases Kodjia, who races through and finishes coolly. Very harsh lesson, this, for Liverpool’s youngsters. Villa’s best-worked of the bunch, Elmohamady sliding across a precise centre and Kodjia applying a clinical finish. This deeply weird game now stands at 4-0 to Villa. With the game’s last action Wesley gets his goal! It’s well taken, running round the ball when sent away on the left of the...

FIRST 3 MATCHES IN SESSION FIRST ROUND LAST MATCH IN SESSION SECOND  ROUND Tuesday December 17 Ryan Searle 3-2 Robbie King Cristo Reyes 3-2 Lourence Ilagan Rowby-John Rodriguez 0-3 Noel Malicdem Krzysztof Ratajski 3-1 Zoran Lerchbacher Evening Session (7pm) 3 x First Round, 1 x Second Round Ritchie Edhouse 3-1 Boris Koltsov Jose De Sousa 0-3 Damon Heta Ted Evetts 2-3 Fallon Sherrock Jeffrey de Zwaan 3-2 Darin Young Wednesday December 18 Afternoon Session (12.30pm) 3 x First Round, 1 x Second Round Ron Meulenkamp 3-0 Ben Robb Mickey Mansell 0-3 Seigo Asada Harry Ward 3-2 Madars Razma Stephen Bunting 3-2 Jose Justicia Evening Session (7pm) 3 x First Round, 1 x Second Round James Wilson vs Nico Kurz Josh Payne vs Diogo Portela Gabriel Clemens vs Benito van de Pas James Wade vs Ritchie Edhouse

FA PREMIERE LEAGUE LIVERPOOL 2-0 WATTFORD SALAH SINKS IT   The corner was half cleared towards Firmino, who improvised superbly to volley the loose ball over his head to Mane. He moved it down the inside-left channel to Salah, who Cruyff-turned away from Kiko Femenia on the edge of the area and toed a right-footed curler that drifted into the far corner. Brilliant goal.  Liverpool split Watford open with two fine passes from Alexander-Arnold and then Oxlade-Chamberlain, who slid the ball down the inside-right channel to release Mane. He cut it back carefully to Origi, who made a hopeless mess of his first-time shot. It was bobbling wide of goal when Salah improvised to flick the ball behind his standing leg and into the net. It looked like it was going to be disallowed for offside, but eventually the VAR folk decided his heel was level with Kabasele’s. https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2019/dec/14/liverpool-v-watford-premier-league-live MY O...

PDC WORLD DARTS CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 1 William O'Connor 3-0 Marko Kantele Vincent van der Voort 3-0 Keane Barry Steve Lennon 2-3 Callan Rydz Lennon lost on final leg ROUND 2 Gary Anderson 3-0 Brendan Dolan maybe if Dolan had wakened up in the first set it would be a different match

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Last-16 draw in full Borussia Dortmund v Paris St-Germain Very PSG sided Real Madrid v  Manchester City Tie of the round by a mile as bit sides have a massive desire to win it Atalanta v Valencia Looks like the easiest draw on paper Atletico Madrid v  Liverpool Depending on where Liverpool are in the league might depend on what they do here not so easy Chelsea  v Bayern Munich I like this one Lyon v Juventus Juve seem to be through at the moment but Spurs can improve Tottenham  v RB Leipzig This could be a battle Napoli v Barcelona Very Barca sided EUROPA LEAGUE Last-32 Europa League draw in full: Wolves  v Espanyol Wolves don’t have a hope Sporting Lisbon v Istanbul Basaksehir Getafe v Ajax Bayer Leverkusen v Porto Tie of the round Copenhagen v  Celtic Good tie for Celtic should suit Celtic APOEL v Basel Very good tie I like Basil Cluj v Sevilla Olympiakos v ...

WILLIAM HILL PDC WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Friday December 13 3x First Round, 1x Second Round Jelle Klaasen 3-1 Kevin Burness (First Round) Kim Huybrechts 3-2 Geert Nentjes (First Round) Luke Humphries 3-1 Devon Petersen (First Round) Michael van Gerwen 3-1 Jelle Klaasen (Second Round) Saturday December 14 Afternoon Session 3x First Round, 1x Second Round Darius Labanauskas 3-0 Matthew Edgar (First Round) Yuki Yamada 3-1 Ryan Meikle (First Round) Luke Woodhouse 3-0 Paul Lim (First Round) Luke Humphries 3-2 Jermaine Wattimena (Second Round) Evening Session 3x First Round, 1x Second Round Mark McGeeney 3-1 Matt Campbell (First Round) Zoran Lerchbacher 3-2 Jamie Hughes (First Round) Darin Young 3-1 Raymond van Barneveld (First Round) Kim Huybrechts 3-0 Rob Cross (Second Round) Sunday, December 115 (All times GMT) Afternoon Session (12.30pm) Kyle Anderson 3-2 Xiaochen Zong (First round) Ross...

EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS CUP POOL 3 QUINS 10-34 ULSTER COONEY COLAB In a drab first half, Ulster made a poor start as the early concession of a penalty, a serious-looking shoulder/pectoral injury to out-half Billy Burns (from which he recovered to play on), Cooney failing to find the mark with a penalty touch-finder and a Burns knock on within his 22 all combined to put them on the back foot inside the first five minutes. Harlequins seemed invigorated by such a moment of defence, and responded by carving out two line-breaks into the Ulster 22 almost immediately - both via lock forward Stephan Lewies. The second of those forays forced a penalty against Ulster for holding on, which centre James Lang then dispatched for 3-3. Upon receiving a Stuart McCloskey pass within the 22 off a defensive scrum, Cooney's half-back partner Burns scythed through the Quins line for the initial break before offloading to Jacob Stockdale. The full-back sprinted forward and found wing Fadde...

UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE MAN UNITED 4-0 AZ ALKMAR MAGNIFICO MATA Pereira brilliantly skills   his way past two opponents at the left-hand corner flag, backheeling to Mata. He gives it back and Pereira slides infield to Matic, whose first-time ball from just outside the box picks out Mata, who has been busy cutting into a congested penalty area from the left. The Spaniard controls and slides across goal, and though Martial hasn’t anticipated it, meaning the ball rolls across goal without anyone tapping it in, Young pops up well beyond the far post to thunder it into the roof of the net from an acute angle! Fredrik Midtsjo wins the ball on his right wing and embarks on a ludicrously misguided jog infield, which ends when he’s bang central, 10 yards outside his area, and James Garner tackles him. The ball rolls to Greenwood, who takes one touch and then hits a low left-footer into the corner! Greenwood is bundled over by Clasie in the penalty area, as clear a penalty as you’re ...