A massive thank you to everyone who has stayed with us today and throughout the first nine days of the 2025 PDC World Darts Championship.

That's all from us for today. You can read about the day in full via Callum Matthews and Jonty Colman's report in full here.

We will be back on Friday for the start of the third round. Defending champion Luke Humphries is in action in the evening, while we have to wait until Saturday to see Luke Littler again.

If you do celebrate, have a very Merry Christmas.

Goodbye!

Friday, 27 December

Afternoon session (12:30 GMT)

(9) Damon Heta (Australia) v Luke Woodhouse (England)

(7) Jonny Clayton (Wales) v (26) Daryl Gurney (Northern Ireland)

(8) Stephen Bunting (England) v Madars Razma (Latvia)

Evening session (19:00 GMT)

(10) Gerwyn Price (Wales) v (23) Joe Cullen (England)

Jermaine Wattimena (Netherlands) v (17) Peter Wright (Scotland)

(1) Luke Humphries (England) v Nick Kenny (Wales)

Saturday, 28 December

Afternoon session (12:30 GMT)

Ryan Joyce (England) v (20) Ryan Searle (England)

Scott Williams (England) v Ricardo Pietreczko (Germany)

(12) Nathan Aspinall (England) v (21) Andrew Gilding (England)

Evening session (19:00 GMT)

(15) Chris Dobey (England) v (18) Josh Rock (Northern Ireland)

(3) Michael van Gerwen (Netherlands) v (30) Brendan Dolan (Northern Ireland)

(4) Luke Littler (England) v Ian White (England)

Sunday, 29 December

Afternoon session (12:30 GMT)

Jeffrey de Graaf (Sweden) v Paolo Nebrida (Philippines)

Kevin Doets (Netherlands) v (31) Krzysztof Ratajski (Poland)

(11) Dimitri van den Bergh (Belgium) v Callan Rydz (England)

Evening session (19:00 GMT)

Ricky Evans (England) v Robert Owen (Wales)

Two x fourth round matches

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First quarter

(1) Luke Humphries (England) v Nick Kenny (Wales)

Jermaine Wattimena (Netherlands) v (17) Peter Wright (Scotland)

(8) Stephen Bunting (England) v Madars Razma (Latvia)

(9) Damon Heta (Australia) v Luke Woodhouse (England)

Second quarter

(4) Luke Littler (England) v Ian White (England)

Ryan Joyce (England) v (20) Ryan Searle (England)

Scott Williams (England) v Ricardo Pietreczko (Germany)

(12) Nathan Aspinall (England) v (21) Andrew Gilding (England)

Third quarter

Kevin Doets (Netherlands) v (31) Krzysztof Ratajski (Poland)

(15) Chris Dobey (England) v (18) Josh Rock (Northern Ireland)

(7) Jonny Clayton (Wales) v (26) Daryl Gurney (Northern Ireland)

(10) Gerwyn Price (Wales) v (23) Joe Cullen (England)

Fourth quarter

(3) Michael van Gerwen (Netherlands) v (30) Brendan Dolan (Northern Ireland)

Jeffrey de Graaf (Sweden) v Paolo Nebrida (Philippines)

Ricky Evans (England) v Robert Owen (Wales)

(11) Dimitri van den Bergh (Belgium) v Callan Rydz (England)

We have some news just reaching us on the schedule for the third round after Christmas.

We now know that Luke Humphries will play his third-round match on Friday, 27 December and both Luke Littler and Michael van Gerwen will play on Saturday, 28 December.

Before we bring you that, let's look who will face who...

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If you're reading this, our guess is you probably think it is - and while opinion differs, you'd be right.

Darts has been officially recognised as a sport by all of the sports councils in the United Kingdom.

Sport England recognised darts as a sporting activity in March 2005 and Sport Wales, Sport Northern Ireland and Sport Scotland followed suit.

Hit the thumbs if you agree, or disagree.

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Here's a question a few of you have asked, so we consulted the official rules.

Standard height from the floor to the bullseye on the dartboard is 5 feet 8 inches (1.72 metres), while the oche (distance between the front of the board and the toeline) should measure 7ft 9.25 ins.

That's a fair old way when you're under pressure.

Rob Cross has to hold his throw to stay in the match and the leg could not go any worse for him.

Scott WIlliams starts with a 180. He responds with a second 180. He's on a nine!

It ends for Shaggy after six darts, but after nine, both have a finish.

Cross can't land 170 and Williams, needing 80, went for tops, tops and missed both out of the board scoring 20. An awful decision.

Voltage misses two at double eight and Williams comes back to pin double 20, following his error and takes the match.

Another former world champion is out!

John Part
Former PDC world champion on Sky Sports

That is completely foolish. He should have gone for the treble.

This match is improving from both men as they trade two-treble visits.

Scott Williams will get three darts at a 120 out to level the set. Rob Cross waits on 126.

Shaggy hits 96 to leave double 12 and he will get invited back.

Williams pins double six after halving 24. He is one leg away from victory.

Rob Cross takes a healthy lead in the third leg of the set and gets two visits at106.

Voltage only needs one.

20, treble 18 and double 16 see it off.

Scott Williams has the darts to level the set and gets three darts at 100, with Rob Cross lurking behind.

Williams goes treble 20, 20 and double 10 for his 100+ out of the night.

To sum up this meeting between former world champion Rob Cross and last year's semi-finalist Scott Williams, both men have failed to average 90 in a single set between them.

Shaggy has the big fish to break Cross. Treble 20 and treble 20 leave bull, which is just missed.

Cross takes double 20 for a 60 out for the leg.

John Part
Former PDC world champion on Sky Sports

It is now or never to elevate for Cross.

Scott Williams gets a healthy lead as he looks to break Rob Cross to win this third set.

A 140 from Shaggy sets up six darts at 90 for the set as Voltage continues to struggle.

The first three darts leave double 20 and the second three are all missed doubles across tops and the 10s.

Treble 20 and 20 leave a dart at double 18 for Cross, which he misses.

Williams pins the 10s for the third set.

If Ricky Evans' 3-2 win over Dave Chisnall was the match of the tournament so far, this has been anything but.

Scott Williams can take the leg on 65 but splits double six to invite Rob Cross back 80.

20, 20, 20. On we go.

Williams takes double three for a hold of throw.

Dan Dawson
Commentator on Sky Sports

One of these two are going to win and I can envisage that they will say 'this one of the hardest games I've had to play' because it feels like it.

Scott Williams is the first down to a finish on 136, with Rob Cross waiting to go next on 125.

Williams cuts it down by less than half and on 125, Cross leaves 32.

Shaggy has 78 and puts the double 20 chance too low.

Cross needs double 16 and of three drats puts two low and one high.

Williams breaks back on double 10.

Scott Williams starts the third set with the darts and does get down to a finish first, requiring 87 to take the leg.

He can't get it to go and needing 130, Rob Cross pins bull for a break of throw.

Despite that, Voltage isn't looking happy.

Dan Dawson
Commentator on Sky Sports

Rob Cross looks very vulnerable.

Speaking of Scott Williams, in the break between sets he has been orchestrating the crowd into a Robbie Williams singalong.

Hopefully, for his sake and the sake of this match, it perks things up a bit.