Dom Taylor has been misplaced his PDC Tour card after he was thrown out of the World Darts Championship following his first spherical success.
Dom Taylor has been banned after the DRA was notified of an (Picture: Getty)
Dom Taylor has misplaced his Skilled Darts Company (PDC) tour card after a second failed medicine take a look at. The 27-year-old has additionally been stripped of his World Darts Championship prize cash and banned from all PDC occasions.
The darts participant from Bristol was suspended from the championships after the Darts Regulation Authority (DRA) was notified of an “opposed analytical discovering” after his 3-0 win over Oskar Lukasiak within the first spherical. In consequence, he was faraway from the competitors and denied the chance to play quarter-finalist Jonny Clayton and can not pocket any of the £25,000 prize cash. The elimination sees him fall down the order of advantage and out of the highest 64 which earns a one-year tour card.
Taylor beforehand served a one-month ban in 2025 following a failed medicine take a look at on the Gamers Championship Finals. His ban was diminished from two years after he agreed a UKAD-approved three-month Substance of Abuse remedy programme.
Following his failed take a look at on the World’s, Taylor apologised for “blatant mendacity” after he was thrown out of the match. Writing on his Fb web page, he stated: “The very first thing I have to say is sorry!
“I’m sorry to each single one in every of my household, buddies, sponsors, administration staff and most of vital of all, you guys, all my followers be it exterior of darts or within darts, the sport/sport I really like probably the most.
“Additionally I have to apologise for blatant mendacity to you all in my interview after my win towards Oskar final week, as I’ve been mendacity to myself and everybody else round me. I did full and end the course that I used to be required to do on the finish of final/starting of this 12 months, together with all the things else I used to be required to do and sanctions.
Dom Taylor had crushed Oskar Lukasiak 3-0 on the World Darts Championship. (Picture: Getty)
In a press release launched in December, the PDC wrote: “On 19 December, the DRA was notified of an opposed analytical discovering in respect of the participant Dom Taylor ensuing from a take a look at carried out on 14 December. On account of this and according to related DRA processes, Dom Taylor has been suspended from taking part in any DRA regulated occasions with instant impact.
“This matter will now be the topic of a disciplinary course of according to the related DRA Anti-Doping Guidelines.The DRA won’t be making any additional remark pending the end result of this confidential course of.
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“On account of this, Taylor’s scheduled opponent in spherical two on the Paddy Energy World Darts Championship, Jonny Clayton, will obtain a Bye by to spherical three. The PDC might be making no additional touch upon this matter.”
Taylor had impressed throughout his first-round win over the Swedish darts participant after hitting three ton-plus checkouts. Belgian Mario Vandenbogaerde has retained his taking part in rights on the PDC tour after the ban for Taylor. The darts superstars will take pleasure in a break following the record-breaking World Championships earlier than the Bahrain Darts Masters kicks off on January 15. Luke ‘The Nuke’ Littler romped to success after defending his title to win back-to-back accolades. The 18-year-old turned the primary participant to attain the £1million prize-money after his 7-1 win over Gian van Veen, who netted £400,000 because the runner-up.
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