Like all athletes, dart players are seeking life during the coronavirus pandemic. And they have it easier than anyone. At home, they don't need permits to exercise outdoors or even treadmills or exercise bikes. A wall, a target and, of course, darts are enough. So his competitions are working quite well. Without having to resort to eSports or replays of old feats, the Professional Darts League (PDC) has organized a tournament from home with more than considerable audiences.

The format is simple: players only need a camera that focuses on the target. A short shot. Nothing else. The rest is handled by the organization itself, which broadcasts live and follows the scores. 32 Unibet Home Tour groups have been created - each day a different group is played - and, after a tie, a grand final with the best 16 is expected for June.

The competition, which in Spain is being broadcast by DAZN, has in principle no fissure. Or if. Because many of the players, most of them English urbanites, do not have a proper internet connection and there have already been problems. In several games, the quality of the signal emitted has been disappointing, but in one it was directly unacceptable. Gary Anderson was not able to teach his target correctly and, after several attempts, he was disqualified.

"It does not surprise me. With my signal it is difficult for me to enter all the websites, I cannot even pay the bills online, it is really frustrating" said Anderson, two-time world darts champion in 2015 and 2016, current ninth best player in the world, to The Sun. His case, which was not unique, as other players directly gave up playing, served to make many inhabitants of rural areas of the United Kingdom denounce their problems with the internet for both leisure and work.

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