simon whitlock survived a scare to reach the second round of the world darts championships. he beat asian champion christian perez. englishman martin lukeman and alan soutar of scotland are also through. mark selby is into the final of the english open after knocking out defending champion neil robertson. selby beat the australian by 6 frames to 4. he ll play the winner of the other semi between luca brecel and mark allen. and great britain s men claimed their second bonus point in a row in the fih pro league mini tournament, after seeing off the netherlands in a shoot out. nick bandurak scoring his first goal for great britain as it finished 1 1, but the gb men held their nerve in the shoot out. now, the football world cup may have paused top flight league football across europe, but the scottish premiership returned to action this week. earlier today, celtic extended
stormers beat london irish 34 14 and ulster s second half comeback was in vein as they went down 29 36 at home to la rochelle. montpellier against ospreys gets under way at 8pm. let s have a quick look at some of the other stories making the sports news today. jockey frankie dettori has announced that 2023 will be his final season. the 52 year old is one of the sport s best known figures and has ridden over 3000 british winners, since his first, back in 1987. his wins also include 21 british classic successes and three champion jockey titles. simon whitlock survived a scare to reach the second round of the world darts championships. he beat asian champion christian perez. englishman martin lukeman and alan soutar of scotland are also through. mark selby is into the final of the english open after knocking out defending champion neil robertson. selby beat the australian by 6 frames to 1l he ll play the winner