Darts – Darts Premier League with nine starters for Price – Sport

London (AP) – World champion Gerwyn Price leads the line-up for the prestigious Premier League of darts professionals. This was announced by the PDC in London following the World Cup final between Price and Gary Anderson (7: 3).

In addition to the two World Cup finalists, Michael van Gerwen (Netherlands), Peter Wright (Scotland) and Rob Cross (England) are on the ranking list. In addition, Glen Durrant, Nathan Aspinall (both England) and the two debutants Dimitri van den Bergh from Belgium and José de Sousa from Portugal received wildcards.

The tenth starter was initially open. “There are many players who have shown their skills. We’ll see who this tenth player will be,” said CEO Matthew Porter at Sky Sports. As a candidate for tenth place, he named England’s Michael Smith or the “eggplant king” Dirk van Duijvenbode (Netherlands), among others. Because of the corona pandemic, the Premier League is set to start later than usual this year. The final is planned for Berlin this year.

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