DARTS fans were given an early Christmas present with a thrilling match at Alexandra Palace in London, with Tyrone’s own Mickey Mansell losing out to Jonny Clayton in a sudden-death tie-breaker.

Mickey Mansell narrowly missed out on a place in ... who impressed on his run to the semi-finals of the Grand Slam of Darts, had claimed the opening set against the darts as Clayton was made ...

Mickey Mansell was one of the main players to rip into the Premier League Darts line-up in particular how it was picked as certain players missed out on the elite eight that perhaps had a cause to ...

Jonny Clayton won a sudden-death leg in the deciding set to edge past Mickey Mansell ... spurned three match darts – one on the bull and two on double eight – allowing Mansell to level back ...

Mickey Mansell and Jonny Clayton will take to oche around 3pm. It will be shown live on Sky Sports Darts and on Sky Sports Main Event. Jonny Clayton is one of the best players in the world and is ...

"I had chances before and Mickey definitely had chances before ... held and broke Clayton's throw to lead 4-3. Mansell missed a match dart at double 20, before Clayton won on double five after ...

Mickey Mansell produced back-to-back monster finishes as the match went the distance (John Walton/PA) Former Premier League winner Clayton spurned three match darts – one on the bull and two on ...