Should darts be included in the Olympic Games?
Yes, says thirteen-times World Darts champion Phil ‘The Power’ Taylor By the summer of 2012 I am not sure if I will still be playing darts at a professional level, but I know I will be looking forward to the Olympic Games in London. And, as another world darts championship ended this week – with us gaining as much publicity as ever – the time is right for our sport to become part of the world’s greatest sports show. We have tried so hard over the years to clean up the image of darts. If you tell people you are a professional player, and that you do not go out playing in pubs all the time, and that you are actually at home and are boring, then I am boring. The level at which darts players train and practise now is greater than ever before. There is not a day when I do not throw a dart – I am going on a cruise now that the world championship is over, but I will be taking a dart board with me. Darts has a chance of being in the Olympics. I would love to see it there and in my view it dese
