The Darts Regulation Authority (DRA) has handed out hefty penalties to Billy Warriner and PDC Tour Card holder Leighton Bennett for match-fixing. Both players had already been provisionally suspended during the investigation.

 

Stephen Bunting: Viral sensation excited for World Darts Championship crowd to go ‘Bunting mental!’

 

Stephen Bunting has become a fan favourite over the past year due to his social media and epic walk-on song, and he wants that to continue at the Worlds; watch every session of the World Darts Championship from December 15-January 3 live on Sky Sports

 

Wherever Stephen Bunting goes he knows he will have the crowd right behind him – and the World Darts Championship will be no exception.

Bunting has taken social media by storm over the last year with his TikToks, his catchy tagline of ‘Let’s go Bunting mental!’ sweeping through crowds at every darts tournament there is.

His walk-on also has the fans going wild singing ‘Titanium’, by David Guetta ft Sia, as Bunting takes in every moment while working the crowd.

Luckily for the St Helens man, Bunting’s rising cult status has been coupled with the best darts of his life and he does not want it to stop anytime soon, especially not at the Worlds.

 

“I think the fans see my sort of personality, which is good, and it’s good to give something back to the fans as well.

“I’ve also seen even more now with the merchandise, and people wearing the Bunting t-shirts and singing the ‘Let’s go Bunting mental’ chant. It’s gone crazy, to be honest.

 

“People are all singing it at every venue I go to now, and even when people are in the street pulling me to one side, ‘Oh, Bunting mental!’.

“It’s gone absolutely crazy, and yeah, long may it continue.”

 

 

There will be live darts over each of the following eight days, including seven afternoon sessions, with the usual three-day break from Christmas Eve to Boxing Day before returning with the third round and a double session on December 27.

The third and fourth rounds will be completed by December 30 before a night off on New Year’s Eve, with the quarter-finals held across two sessions on New Year’s Day ahead of the semi-finals on January 2 and the final on Friday January 3.