Former darts world champion Michael Smith has arthritis in throwing hand

  • 2023 world champion lost in first round of World Masters
  • Smith to see specialist over arthritis in right hand

Former world champion Michael Smith has revealed he is suffering from arthritis in his right hand and is set to see a specialist.

Smith’s form has dropped off rapidly since winning the world title in 2023 in what was widely regarded as producing one of the greatest legs in the history of the sport. He made the revelation on his injury after losing in the first round of the revamped World Masters on Thursday night.

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Manchester City to face Real Madrid in Champions League playoff; transfer news: football – live

Uefa are still preambling. I have learned that one side of the draw will be silver and the other side will be blue.

Uefa are going big on the preambles here, so I’ve got time to remind you of the basic rules. There are eight seeded teams and eight unseeded teams. The two seeded teams with the highest league finish will be drawn against the two unseeded teams with the lowest league finish and so on, until everyone’s paired up. So Atalanta will play Sporting or Brugge, and Borussia Dortmund will play the other one, while PSG will play Monaco or Brest and Benfica will get the other one. You can play teams from your own country, and teams you played in the group. Got it? Great.

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How to watch NASCAR: Your hub for the 2025 season

NASCAR’s new seven-year media rights agreement for the NASCAR Cup Series begins in 2025 with four best-in-class distribution partners — FOX Sports, NBC Sports, Amazon‘s Prime Video and TNT Sports, a division of Warner Bros. Discovery. Those four broadcast partners will deliver live coverage of all 38 NASCAR Cup Series races. Here’s a quick breakdown […]

Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry both hit hole-in-ones at Pebble Beach Pro-Am

  • Irish golfers hit perfect shots at first round in California
  • Rory McIlroy hits 66 and trails Russell Henley by two

Rory McIlroy celebrated a hole-in-one on his way to carding a score of 66 in the opening round at California’s Pebble Beach Pro-Am. The 35-year-old Northern Irishman found the cup with a sand wedge on the par-three 15th hole at Spyglass Hill Golf Course and will now head into Friday’s second round sitting two shots behind leader Russell Henley.

The hole-in-one marked the second career ace for McIlroy, who made his first during the 2023 Travellers Championship.

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