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Czech Darts Open 2024: FULL schedule, results, TV, stream, dates and times as Luke Littler battles for huge Prague title
PRAGUE is the place to be as Luke Littler and rivals will battle it out for the 2024 Czech Darts Open title.
Peter Wright is the reigning champion after beating Dave Chisnall in last year’s thrilling final.
And the Scottish star will be determined to bounce back from his recent poor display in the World Grand Prix by reclaiming the Prague crown jewel.
Luke Littler is also set to feature after his World Grand Prix rant which was motivated by a first-round exit.
The likes of Luke Humphries, Michael van Gerwen and Stephen Bunting will all be in contention to lift the title.
However, a lot of the attention will be on Mike de Decker after his shock win triumph last weekend.
When is the Czech Darts Open 2024?
- The 2024 Czech Darts Open will get underway on Friday, October 18 before concluding on Sunday, October 20.
- Matches are scheduled to start at 12pm BST – 1pm local time.
- PVA EXPO Praha in Prague, Czech Republic is the chosen venue for this huge tournament.
- Peter Wright beat Dave Chisnall to win the 2023 edition.
What TV channel is it on and can it be live streamed?
- The 2024 Czech Darts Open will be broadcast LIVE on PDC.TV
- Fans can stream the entire action through a compatible mobile device or tablet.
- Alternatively, SunSport will have coverage of the whole tournament through our LIVE blog.
What is the format?
For the first time, both the PDC Order of Merit and the PDC ProTour Order of Merit ranking were used to determine 32 of the 48 entrants for the competition.
The top 16 on the PDC Order of Merit qualified along with highest 16 ranked players on the PDC ProTour Order of Merit.
And the remaining 16 places went to players from four other qualifying events.
It will be best of 11 legs from the first round until the quarter-finals. The sem-finals will be best of 13 and the final is set to be best of 15 legs.
Czech Darts Open 2024 schedule and results:
*timings subject to change
Friday, October 18
16x First Round matches
From 12pm BST
- Robert Owen 2-6 Niels Zonneveld
- Jermaine Wattimena 6-5 Patrik Kovacs
- Ritchie Edhouse 6-2 Jiri Brejcha
- Floria Hempel 2-6 Alan Soutar
- Krzystof Ratajski 6-3 Madars Ramza
- Brendan 1-6 Gabriel Clemens
- Martin Lukeman 6-4 Callan Rydz
- Joe Cullen 4-6 Pavel Drtil
From 6pm BST
- Luke Woodhouse 6-0 Marko Kantele
- James Wade 6-1 Daniel Markovsky
- Mike de Decker 6-1 Brett Clayton
- Michal Smejda 1-6 Nathan Aspinall
- Dimitri van den Bergh 2-6 Jonny Clayton
- Daryl Gurney 0-6 Raymond van Barneveld
- Cameron Menzies 5-6 Peter Wright
- Kevin Doets 3-6 Michael Smith
Saturday, October 19
16x Second Round matches
From 12pm BST
- Ricardo Pietreczko 6-5 Martin Lukeman
- Damon Heta 6-3 Gabriel Clemens
- Chris Dobey 0-6 Jermaine Wattimena
- Josh Rock 5-6 Pavel Drtil
- Kim Huybrechts 6-5 Luke Woodhouse
- Ross Smith 5-6 Alan Soutar
- Danny Noppert 0-6 Mike de Decker
From 6pm BST
- Ryan Searle 3-6 Michael Smith
- Gian van Veen 6-2 James Wade
- Dave Chisnall 2-6 Niels Zonneveld
- Maik Kuivenhoven 4-6 Raymond van Barneveld
- Stephen Bunting 3-6 Jonny Clayton
- Michael van Gerwen 6-4 Krzysztof Ratajski
- Luke Littler 6-1 Nathan Aspinall
- Luke Humphries 6-2 Ritchie Edhouse
- Martin Schindler 6-1 Peter Wright
Sunday, October 20
From 12pm BST
- Niels Zonneveld vs Ricardo Pietreczko
- Jonny Clayton vs Michael Smith
- Pavel Drtil vs Kim Huybrechts
- Raymond van Barneveld vs Jermaine Wattimena
- Alan Soutar vs Michael van Gerwen
- Damon Heta vs Luke Littler
- Luke Humphries vs Gian van Geen
- Mike de Decker vs Martin Schindler
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
First look at King Charles’ new 19ft carriage 6 years in making – from WWI timepiece to 42 portraits of Kings and Queens
FOR the ultimate in heir suspension, take a look at the latest royal carriage being painstakingly built by an Australian master craftsman who is fighting cancer like King Charles.
Jim Frecklington, 74, who has already made two royal coaches, has toiled almost every day for six years on the 3¼-ton gold leaf-embossed work of art at his warehouse in Sydney.
He hopes King Charles, 75, and Queen Camilla, 77, will pay a visit to see it on their current tour Down Under so he can show them the extra-ordinarily intricate creation he hopes to complete this year.
Jim revealed the carriage, which takes many of its design cues from Rolls-Royce limousines, for the first time to The Sun on Sunday.
The craftsman, who first worked for the Royal Family in London in 1972, confessed it will be his last, and possibly the last, as carriage-building is a dying art.
He said: “If I didn’t make it, no one else in the world would.
“Nobody else knows how to and it’s my best yet. I wanted to do something special to honour King Charles.”
Jim, whose prostate and bowel cancer has spread to his lungs, admits he has been “slowed down a bit” by his illness and fortnightly chemotherapy sessions.
But it is no surprise the 19ft long, 11ft 2in high coach, which will be pulled through London by six horses, has taken so long.
Jim, who corresponds with Charles about his work, has gone to great lengths at his own expense to turn the vehicle into a “time capsule” incorporating unique components.
The crown on top of the carriage is made from timber donated in 2019 by the Dean of Westminster from Westminster Abbey.
The wood is believed to be at least 1,000 years old. The roof is decorated with 56 bronze flowers representing every Commonwealth country’s national flower.
Jim has placed Australia’s — the golden wattle — above the door through which the King and Queen will one day step.
The undercarriage is spotted gum, an Australian hardwood, and the cabin is made from aluminium panels shaped by hand on an English wheeling machine.
It is painted in black and royal claret and embossed with the King’s insignia and cyphers and a floral design created by Jim.
The metal is the same used in Rolls-Royce cars. Red wheel hubs embossed with a gold crown logo do not rotate with the wheels, another idea copied from the luxury motors.
Behind the cabin, there are door handles acquired from the Sydney Opera House to help keep the footman or brakeman steady. The steps and undercarriage contain steel from the Sydney Harbour Bridge donated following recent renovation work.
Bronze bearings in the steering are from the 3801 Australian steam train built in 1943. It was retired in 1962 and has been preserved.
Four brass lanterns remain on Jim’s workshop table but are ready to be installed and fitted with Waterford Crystal.
‘No stone unturned’
The larger panels display animal symbols of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland, and the smaller ones each national flower.
The coach has thick all-rubber tyres on its vast wheels and hydraulic stabilisers to stop the body rocking.
Jim used a similar suspension technique on his other royal carriages — the Australian State Coach finished in 1989 and Diamond Jubilee State Coach, in 2013.
If I didn’t make it, no one else in the world would
Jim Frecklington
It is a far cry from the Gold State Coach which Queen Elizabeth II claimed made her feel “travel sick” at her Coronation in 1953.
Jim said: “The reason why I built this one like this is that Her Late Majesty said she didn’t like the ride on the Golden State Coach.
“The Queen told me how horrible it was as it oscillated. She said it should never be used and should be put in a museum.”
While the exterior surely wows crowds, the interior has been designed with even more thought and care.
There will be portraits of all 42 Kings and Queens since William the Conqueror, miniature replicas from London’s National Portrait Gallery. Jim said: “I don’t think anyone’s done that before.”
He also obtained two Dead Man’s Pennies, coins sent to families of all those who died fighting for Britain in World War One.
Two replicas have been forged and placed inside the door next to where the King and Queen will sit.
Beneath the seat will be a capsule containing the Westminster Watch, a soldier-issued World War One timepiece worn by Capt Edward Elliott who was killed by a Nazi bomb attack on the Houses of Parliament in May 1941.
It’s not only a coach but a time capsule of British history
Jim Frecklington
Jim hopes the touches will mean his carriage can replicate the spirit of the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior at Westminster Abbey.
The cabin is heated and fitted with German-made electric windows. The seat fabric is Suffolk silk. But the carriage is not only built for comfort.
The windows will be one-inch thick glass and the chassis is to be armour plated.
The carriage is the first built for a king since the Gold State Coach made in 1762 for George III.
Astonishingly, proud Aussie Jim worked without drawings or plans.
Jim, who is based in Manley, said: “I try to leave no stone unturned and do the best I can.”
His two previous coaches were bought by a benefactor through the Royal Collection Trust and have not cost the Royal Family, UK or Aussie taxpayers a penny.
Jim said: “I pay for this. It has cost a lot of money. I mortgaged my home to finance the Diamond Jubilee State Coach and have mortgaged my home again to build this.
“But I have to because no one else in the world knows how to make something like this.
“It’s hard to put a value on it as I’ve spent seven days a week working on it for six or seven years.”
When completed, the coach will be flown to the UK by cargo plane.
Jim said: “The King is fully aware of the situation and has been kept up to date.
“It’s up to the Royal Household to decide how they would like to collect it or have it sent.
“I’d really like to see it presented to the King on behalf of the Commonwealth.”
He added: “In my last correspondence I made him aware that I have been having chemotherapy. So I understand what the King has been going through.
“It would be lovely for His Majesty to come here and look at the carriage while he is in Australia.”
Jim hopes his showpiece could be called the Commonwealth Carriage, adding: “I’m very proud of the Commonwealth. It’s made the world a much safer place.”
He said of his coach: “It’s not only a coach but a time capsule of British history.”
- THE carriage will feature on The Sun’s Royal Exclusive show on YouTube.
Francis Ngannou vs Renan Ferreira LIVE RESULTS: Latest as Cristiano Ronaldo watches legend make long-awaited MMA return
FRANCIS NGANNOU is back in action TONIGHT – with Cristiano Ronaldo ringside for his HUGE return in Saudi Arabia.
The Predator has not been seen inside an octagon since his January 2022 UFC win over Ciryl Gane having spent a couple of years chasing huge boxing fights against Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua.
Ngannou is not wasting any time having jumped from the UFC to the PFL, facing reigning heavyweight champ Renan Ferreira, who is in the middle of a four-fight winning streak.
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‘Shein have outdone themselves!’ shoppers rave over customisable neon signs for under £50 & they’re ideal for weddings
WHEN it comes to weddings, many brides and grooms can end up forking out a fortune for the big day.
However, one savvy shopper raved about Shein’s neon signs for her nuptials – and the best part is they are totally customisable.
TikTok user @popsroadie_ showed how she had picked up a neon sign saying their family name – The Bucklands
She wrote: “I kept seeing brides talk about Shein’s customisable neon lights.
“Obvs had to order.”
She paid £48 for her sign and said she was “hoping” she hadn’t wasted the money while she waited for it to arrive.
The bride-to-be told followers that her ordered sign was 28 inches in the font “Brittany Signature.”
On the Shein website, the USB-powered sign has a number of options and prices, starting from £24.33 for 18 inches and eight letters.
The most expensive option starts at £39.98 for 30 inches and 18 letters.
Thankfully when it arrived the bride said she was over the moon.
She wrote: “Well SHEIN have outdone themselves with this.
“Can confirm it was packaged securely.”
Opening the parcel, she said: “Ohh…this looks good. Ok obsessed.”
The bride shared how she had seen similar customisable signs that cost over £150 more than what she paid, so she had saved herself a lot of cash.
She shared: “They are such a bargain!!”
The neon signs on Shein have a 4.82 out of five rating, with many people raving about them in the comments.
One shopper wrote: “Exceeded my expectations.
“Took the gamble getting one from shein and also with not many reviews and it paid off it’s perfect!
“So glad I didn’t pay hundreds for one on another website!
“Can’t wait to use for my wedding.”
Another said: “This custom sign is of the highest standard and was made and posted in 2 weeks.
“I’m super impressed and the price was so good, I priced different shops with custom signs prices as high as £300.”
What is Shein and is it legit?
Shein is an online-only fast-fashion retailer, based out of China, that has become a number one shopping destination for many around the world.
The company was valued at $66billion in 2023, dwarfing that of popular high street brands Zara and H&M.
The fashion retailer was founded in late 2008, by entrepreneur and marketing specialist Xu Yangtian, also known as Chris Xu.
Shein is a legitimate selling website and is not a phishing scam.
But you may receive a disappointing order or run into shipping issues if you order from the site, according to reviews.
There have been swathes of quality complaints, which makes sense when looking at the price tag.