Darts’ most jaw-dropping scandals as World Championship heats up… including hotel sexting shock and infamous ‘fart-gate’
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SCORING 180 in darts is no mean feat - and hitting bullseye after downing 24 bottles of lager with someone breaking wind next to you is even harder. But 'fart-gate' is just one of the many scandals to plague the Darts World Championships, which is now in full swing at London's Alexandra Palace in London.
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British sensation Luke Littler is a favourite to clinch the Sid Waddell Trophy after losing out to Luke Humphries in January's gripping final. While the crowds will be cheering on the two Lukes at Ally Pally, the prestigious contest has a chequered history.
![[Brit Luke Humphries is defending his Darts World Championship title]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/luke-humphries-england-poses-trophy-957191866_cd0594.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
From a contestant caught snogging a woman half his age to a shameless bickering incident, we take a look at darts' most jaw-dropping scandals. Among the many dark arts darts players have tried over the years, farting is the one that goes unnoticed on TV.
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But in 2018, Dutch player Wesley Harms found himself in the firing line of a "fragrant smell" that later became known as fart-gate. He was up against two-time world champ Gary Anderson who ended up blowing him away 10-2, but was later accused of breaking wind on the oche.
![[Gary Anderson says Wesley Harms caused a stink during their match]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/NINTCHDBPICT000449909686.jpg)
In a post-match interview, Anderson hit back at the claims and suggested it was perhaps Harms who left the unpleasant smell. He said: "It definitely came from table-side and it was eggs, rotten eggs, but not from me. "Every time I walked past there was a waft of rotten eggs so that’s why I was thinking it was him.
![[The darts duo have accused each other of farting on the oche]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/NINTCHDBPICT000449739794.jpg)
