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
of the other semi between luca brecel and mark allen. 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 their lead at the top to 9 points although they left it late at aberdeen asjo currie reports. as the freeze affected fixtures across scotland, celtic s match away to aberdeen survived the conditions to give the leaders a chance to restore their nine point gap at the top. the first half came and went in a flurry of celtic chances. aberdeen had the goalkeeper to thank for keeping them in the game, while they themselves offered little in the way of attack. after the break, the one way action continued. celtic had no problem creating chances, the issue was finishing them. as aberdeen stubbornly dug