England Retain, Just.

Well the World Cup of Darts was at the weekend, and it is fair to say that the event has become truly global. Who would have thought a few years ago that Belgium would reach the final or that Finland would have made the semi? It seems as though if you have two decent players playing their best then you can go along way, the Spanish team sums this up. How did England win this event with Lewis playing so badly?

Well mainly because they have Phil Taylor averaging 105+ in every game and Scotland and Holland were dispatched early on. Still in the match against Wales they got lucky big time as Wales basically threw the win away from 3-1 up and 100+ ahead. I suppose that can happen with Ritchie about, its worth watching any event just to see this man play, his arm flailing bout all over the place after every third dart. The Belgium team on the other hand were the definition of steady with both players playing well throughout although Ronnie might have found the going a little though towards the end. So the answer what do you need to become World Cup of Darts Champions? As the German fans kept reminding us, 'there's only one Phil Taylor'.

German Masters Glory for Carter

This week the snooker bandwagon moved into Berlin for the third staging of the German Masters. The event which is staged in the Temperdom has been a roaring success with near capacity crowds in attendance at every session. The crowd have been very respectful to the players and there has been a great atmosphere all week. The coverage on Eurosport was been good enough, although it is disappointing that once the game on the main table is completed coverage does not switch to one of the outside tables. It was also vexing that the first session of the final was not broadcast live, something to do which tennis or something, pssh.

Ali Carter might not have been the first name on most peoples list when it came to picking a winner, likewise Marco Fu as a potential finalist. But is you look at their respective form Carter's run to the UK semi, where it has to be said he should have reached the final and Fu reaching the Australian Open semi and International quarter, both are also former ranking event winners. There were a number of upsets though most notably young Mr. Trump losing to the Sheriff of Pottingham and Higgins losing out to Peter Lines, both players look woefully short of form at the minute. In the final, well I think it started at 5-3 to Fu, Carter came out firing and knocked in consecutive centuries in great style, from then on Fu never seemed to recover missing a hat full of chances and allowing Carter to take victory with relative ease, his third ranking event in total and who's to say he can't follow up at the Welsh Open next week?