Stephen Bunting will begin his defence of the Bahrain Darts Masters title against Japan’s Ryusei Azemoto on Thursday evening, as World Champion Luke Littler and Singapore’s darting icon Paul Lim go head-to-head.The 2026 World Series of Darts begins with the fourth staging of the Bahrain Darts Masters on 15-16 January, as a 16-player field battles it out at the Exhibition World Bahrain.Thursday’s opening round will see the eight PDC superstars – headlined by newly-crowned two-time World Champion Littler – take on the eight Asian representatives for a place at Finals Day.Coverage starts at 4:00pm UK time on ITV4. All matches are the best of 11 legs (first to 6).>Tonight's matches (4:00pm start, best of 11 legs)Gerwyn Price v Motomu Sakai(3) Gian van Veen v Man Lok LeungDanny Noppert v Basem MahmoodNathan Aspinall v Lourence Ilagan(2) Luke Humphries v Abdulla Saeed(1) Luke Littler v Paul Lim(4) Michael van Gerwen v Alexis ToyloStephen Bunting v Ryusei Azemoto>Tournament previewhttps://www.pdc.tv/news/2026/01/14/2026-bahrain-darts-masters-previewA few stories from the past few days:>New ITV presenters, commentators and pundits announcedhttps://www.pdc.tv/news/2026/01/15/new-look-line-unveiled-itvs-2026-darts-coverage>Dom Taylor banned for six months for out-of-competition cannabis and cocaine usage; £25,000 removed from Order of Merit so loses Tour Card as was expectedhttps://www.skysports.com/darts/news/12040/13494344/dom-taylor-receives-six-month-ban-after-failing-drugs-test-at-world-darts-championship>Confirmation of final Tour Cards won on final day of Q-Schoolhttps://www.pdc.tv/news/2026/01/11/manby-de-zwaan-secure-automatic-tour-cards-2026-q-schools-conclude
Ya seethe?
link whereno I won't pay money to the (((PDC)))
that scoreboard is something else
>>152985853what the fug bros
>>152985752Fawanews.sc>>152985860>>152985853Hahahaha wtf
>>152985750>posts back in November that it was his last event with ITV Sport>then posts thisStick to doing fuck all at the PDPA, Alan.>>152985860Was going to post this, absolutely horrendous.
This has the standard and crowd of a Friday afternoon on the Euro Tour
>the PDC scrapped the Singapore/Japan World Series events for this
>>152985965understand it due to the money involved but from a fan perspective Jap/Singapore much more interested in the darts than b*hrain or s*udi
Gerwyn not a fan of Dragons rugby union any more? Big patch over it on his back lel
>>152985975This is reminding me why Gibraltar got binned from the Euro Tour.>Chud vs Hugo LeungCan't see a repeat of that Worlds match
this will be close!
>>152986007>Can't see a repeat of that Worlds matchWell, Leung is nothing like he was that dayChud on the other hand...
>>152986149Chud surge won that, Leung missed far too much.>Floppert versus Bahrain man #1No thank you.
damn, the mongpit are off work again, lucky them!
Mahmood clearly has the ability but doesn't have the consistency or board management.
State of this for next week
rolling for live littler coronary
Noppert picked up at the end there. Him v Chud might be decent.
Longing for the day they turn the masters into a third tour just above the EurosExhibs are so soulless
>>152986522JesusNot as bad as the Golden Riyadh Ball in the snooker but still
>>152986587What about the UK Open Qualifiers that used to be the third part of the Pro Tour?What was that all about?
>>152986603Corey Cadby's only ranking title came in the final one of those I think, they were scrapped after 2018.
GUNNER vs THE ASS
hello bros
>>152985878thank you la'
why is the dude who says the score screaming so hard
ASP YOU IDIOT
>Asp managing to leave 166lmao
i feel like the gunner is getting to the asp here. he cant handle his energy.
>bust 80 on D15>take it out next leg starting with S1Ilagan is an absolute mad lad
GET ON WITH IT YOU LITTLE PRICK
>Blubber
>that was only half an hourFelt like 1,000,000 years
>Luke Littler>Luke Humphries>Gian van Veen>Michael van Gerwen>Jonny Clayton>Stephen Bunting>Josh Rock>Gerwyn PricePlease, someone explain to me how Jonny fucking Clayton gets a Premier League spot but not fan favorite Aspinall?
>>152986986Clayton did better in 2025 than Aspinall.
nice awkward guided tour there
AWKWARD SELFIE
what happened to the silver haired announcer? this baldy has no aura
is humphries bulking or am i imagining it?
he used to be fat when he was feeling sadmaybe he feels sad again :(
>>152987065John McDonald retired after the Worlds. Lewis Jones is dreadful.
damn, he has a huge nose
>>152987080>John McDonald retired after the Worldsgutted. i liked him.
Humph the only PDC rep so far not fucking around
what is a non euro jobber called
top kek
>>152987198I felt for Saeed. Imagine losing 6-0 every single year to the same bloke.
>2 fattest players eating food
here comes the little fat goblin.and i dont mean the chinese man.
THE BOY CAN PLAY luv dire straits, simple as
not fair lim bros
shittler is celebrating beating a geriatric he is such an obnoxious turd
>>152987396He would have been competitive against every other PDC representive tonight bar Humph
>Toylo up nextHim and Ilagan will be the Filipino WC team and every match of theirs will be AIDS
>>152987468*takes half an hour to throw one dart*
Finally caught up to live so I can shitpost with the ladsSkipped the Humph match tbqhwy
Since when did MVG start dragging his arm to the left before releasingThrows completely gone
>mvg will never be good again
what the fuck is up with this dude screaming 180 like a retard
>>152987556you wouldnt get it
>>152987549>In a few years there will be kids watching that won't believe he was ever good
>>152987585There are already people thinking Pheel was overrated
>>152987576I know I wouldn't, I never hit a 180 yet in my life
>>152987608i am happy if i get all 3 on the board
Good job this was on early, I'm falling asleep
throw timers when?
>>152987651Just ban the asians and mensur from playing
why is this fucker stalling so much
mvg looks like he never gets more than 3 hours sleep a night these days
>>152987662>Just ban the asiansMany people are saying this
MVG playing like snakeshite
>>152987624I only started playing fairly regularly since we got a board at work around 4-5 months ago. I never hit a 180 but managed a 140 numerous times and the best I got was 171 once from 3x t19. My highest finish ever was from 119 and I was very happy with that too
I am officially over the Bunting gimmick.
>>152987823whats his gimmick? that he looks like the family guy?
>>152987840he's diet proof
>>152987823Very fortunate that Azemoto turned back to the Asian Tour jobber we know of, could have been in deep trouble otherwise.
https://nitter.net/berryvanbeer/status/2011858856960540985
>>152988052>the glance up at the stage hoardings to confirm where he's atHow can you be this inept
