ROB CROSS admitted he was “guilty as charged” for making an X-rated gesture at the World Championship. The World No.4 has revealed he has already been fined by the Darts Regulation Authority less than a month after his Ally Pally poor show. Cross, 34, made a lewd hand signal to his manager as he walked off the stage in frustration at his own performance as he exited the tournament at the first hurdle.
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He beat Richard Veenstra in his opening Dutch Darts Masters clash on Friday and said: “I don’t even know whether I’m allowed to speak about that. “Put it this way, for what I got fined, it’s the quickest fine I’ve ever paid. "Usually I leave it to the last minute. It was decent.
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"I’m guilty as charged and I’ve apologised about it.”. Cross looked back on form with the 6-3 win over Veenstra, a week after a poor display in a shock defeat to Paolo Nebrida in Bahrain. He added: “I’ve had some time off and a rest from the Worlds. But no excuses. I think 12-darter came at a good time.
“There’s flashes there but it’s not like it’s a complete performance that I need. JOIN SUN VEGAS: GET £50 BONUS. BELOW is a list of darts world champions by year. The list does not include winners from the pre-Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) era or BDO world champions.
That means Raymond van Barneveld, for example, is only listed once - Barney also won four BDO titles - and none of Eric Bristow's five BDO titles are included. Most World Titles. “You need a win just to get your platform and what you are going to kick off for the year.
