Darts is a precision sport in which players throw small pointed missiles at a circular, numbered target board, most commonly played to a standard format in which competitors race to reduce a starting score to exactly zero. The sport developed from informal pub and tavern games in England, with the standardized numbering layout of the modern board credited to Lancashire carpenter Brian Gamlin in the 1890s. Darts is governed internationally by the World Darts Federation and the Professional Darts Corporation and is not part of the Olympic program.
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Olympic Programme Status Connections
Sources
1. Darts - Wikipedia
Darts organisations
The World Darts Federation (WDF) (founded 1976), along with organisations in some 60 other countries worldwide.
History, Dartboard section
The standard numbered point system is attributed to Lancashire carpenter Brian Gamlin, who devised it in 1896 to penalise inaccuracy
History section (overview)
Darts is commonly played in the British Isles, and recreationally loved around the world.
entity record, description (olympic-status)
Darts is governed internationally by the World Darts Federation and the Professional Darts Corporation and is not part of the Olympic program.
Associated With: Golf, Variants, Dart golf
Dart golf is a darts game based on the sport of golf
Associated With: Baseball, Variants, Dartball
Dartball is a darts game based on the sport of baseball
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