How many times has Raymond van Barneveld (57) said it in recent years? The five-time world champion just wants to be controversial. People need to chat about him. Well, Barney succeeded in that mission with flying colors on Friday evening. In front of his own audience in Den Bosch, he decided his match in the first round of the TOTO Dutch Darts Masters with a 144 finish and so – in the presence of his wife Julia and his children – he beamed with pride. “I haven’t felt this much joy in years.”

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