2024/25 Paddy Power World Darts Championship - Day One latest

Luke Humphries (PDC)

The 2024/25 Paddy Power World Darts Championship gets underway on Sunday evening, as Luke Humphries begins his defence of the Sid Waddell Trophy.

Reigning champion Humphries will take on either French number one Thibault Tricole or Australian qualifier Joe Comito, who go head-to-head in the tournament's curtain-raiser.

European Championship runner-up Jermaine Wattimena will play trailblazer Stefan Bellmont, who will become the first Swiss player to compete in the sport's flagship event.

Elsewhere, former quarter-finalist Kim Huybrechts takes on Irish star Keane Barry for the right to meet 2020/21 World Champion Gerwyn Price on Monday evening.

The Paddy Power World Darts Championship is being broadcast live on Sky Sports in the UK, through the PDC's worldwide broadcast partners including DAZN and Viaplay, and on PDCTV (excluding UK, Ireland, Germany, Austria & Switzerland based subscribers).

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2024/25 Paddy Power World Darts Championship
Sunday December 15 (1900 GMT)
3x First Round, 1x Second Round
Thibault Tricole v Joe Comito (R1)
Jermaine Wattimena v Stefan Bellmont (R1)
Kim Huybrechts v Keane Barry (R1)
Luke Humphries v Tricole/Comito (R2)